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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
36
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
Intracellular protein degradation in perfused livers of fed rats has been shown to be directly regulated by 7 amino acids (Leu, Tyr, Gln, Pro, Met, His, and Trp) and co-regulated by alanine. Responses to graded increases of regulatory amino acids (individually or combined) are multiphasic and include (a) an initial inhibition at 0.5 times normal plasma concentrations, (b) a localized, zonal loss of inhibition at normal levels, and (c) suppression to basal rates at 4 times normal concentrations or greater; the zonal loss of inhibition is prevented by 0.5 mM (normal) alanine. In further perfusion studies carried out at the usual time (1100 h), we have occasionally observed a sharp decrease in proteolytic responsiveness at normal amino acid concentrations. The decrease, which occurred spontaneously in normal fed rats, was attributed to a nearly 90% loss in the sensitivity of alanine co-regulation. In all instances, alanine sensitivity was restored after 4 to 24 h of starvation. The cause of the insensitivity and the mechanism of its reversal by caloric deprivation are not presently known. Starvation for 24 h also appeared to alter the individual inhibitory effectiveness of Leu, Tyr, and Gln. On the other hand, inhibition by the full regulatory group at 4 times normal plasma levels was unchanged when compared with the complete plasma mixture except for a concentration shift in the peak zonal loss of proteolytic inhibition from 1.25 to 0.6 times plasma levels. Since the shift paralleled known changes in portal vein regulatory amino acids, it may have been adaptive in nature. As with fed animals, the zonal loss in starvation was abolished by 0.5 mM alanine, but not with high levels of lactate and pyruvate (10 mM), a finding consistent with the view that co-regulation is mediated by the recognition of alanine per se rather than its metabolism.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
263
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
19545-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Modulation of the amino acid control of hepatic protein degradation by caloric deprivation. Two modes of alanine co-regulation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey 17033.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.