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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-3-24
pubmed:abstractText
1. Myofibrillar protein degradation has been measured by the rate of 3-methylhistidine excretion in premature infants weighing between 635 g and 1295 g. Analyses were made in conjunction with 1--3 day nitrogen balance studies. 2. In 56 balance studies in 36 infants, total muscle protein breakdown varied between 0.70 and 2.58 (mean 1.05) g day-1 kg-1 body weight while the percentage of total muscle protein degraded each day was between 3.3 and 8.3 (mean 4.8). 3. Both total and fractional rates of protein breakdown showed highly significant negative correlations with nitrogen retention but no relationship to total energy input. 4. Protein degradation was higher than average in infants who were losing weight at the time of the balance study, lower in infants who were gaining weight and higher in those who died within 2 weeks of the analysis. 5. Myofibrillar protein breakdown was not different between infants fed orally and those receiving total parenteral nutrition. 6. Generally the effects of nitrogen and evergy status on muscle protein degradation in the premature infants are different from changes reported in adult human beings or adult rats. We suggest that this difference may be a consequence of the very limited energy reserves of the premature infant.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0143-5221
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
535-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:117967-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Creatinine, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Energy Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Enteral Nutrition, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Female, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Histidine, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Infant, Premature, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Male, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Methylhistidines, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Muscle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Muscles, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Myofibrils, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Nitrogen, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Parenteral Nutrition, pubmed-meshheading:117967-Proteins
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Muscle protein degradation in premature human infants.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial