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Alazzam AM, Alrubaye MW, Goldsmith JA, Gorgey AS. Trends in measuring BMR and RMR after spinal cord injury: a comprehensive review. Br J Nutr 2023; 130:1720-1731. [PMID: 37092679 PMCID: PMC10587382 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114523000831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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Studying factors that contribute to our understanding of maintaining normal energy balance are of paramount significance following spinal cord injury (SCI). Accurate determination of energy needs is crucial for providing nutritional guidance and managing the increasing prevalence of malnutrition or obesity after SCI. BMR represents 75-80 % of the total energy expenditure in persons with SCI. Accurately measuring BMR is an important component for calculating total energetic needs in this population. Indirect calorimetry is considered the gold-standard technique for measuring BMR. However, technical challenges may limit its applications in large cohort studies and alternatively rely on prediction equations. Previous work has shown that BMR changes in response to disuse and exercise in the range of 15-120 %. Factors including sex, level of injury and type of assistive devices may influence BMR after SCI. RMR is erroneously used interchangeably for BMR, which may result in overestimation of energetic intake when developing nutritional plans. To address this concern, we comprehensively reviewed studies that conducted BMR (n=15) and RMR (n=22) in persons with SCI. The results indicated that RMR is 9 % greater than BMR in persons with SCI. Furthermore, the SCI-specific prediction equations that incorporated measures of fat-free mass appeared to accurately predict BMR. Overall, the current findings highlighted the significance of measuring BMR as well as encouraging the research and clinical community to effectively establish countermeasures to combat obesity after SCI.
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- Ahmad M. Alazzam
- Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders Center, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders Center, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders Center, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders Center, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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Energy and Nutrient Issues in Athletes with Spinal Cord Injury: Are They at Risk for Low Energy Availability? Nutrients 2018; 10:nu10081078. [PMID: 30104487 PMCID: PMC6116042 DOI: 10.3390/nu10081078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Revised: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Low energy availability (LEA) and nutrient intake have been well studied in able-bodied athletes, but there is a lack of research examining these issues amongst athletes with spinal cord injury (SCI). To date, there have been no studies that have examined energy availability (EA) amongst this population. Furthermore, athletes with SCI may experience unique challenges around nutrition that may increase their risk of LEA. This review will evaluate the literature and assess whether this population is at risk for LEA. Due to the limited research on this topic, sedentary individuals with SCI and para athletes were also included in this review. Review of the current literature suggests that athletes with SCI may be at an increased risk for LEA. While research examining EA and risk of LEA in athletes with SCI is lacking, the number of athletes with SCI continues to increase; therefore, further research is warranted to assess nutrient and energy needs and their risk to this population.
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Contributors to Metabolic Disease Risk Following Spinal Cord Injury. CURRENT PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION REPORTS 2016; 4:190-199. [PMID: 29276654 DOI: 10.1007/s40141-016-0124-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Spinal cord injury (SCI) induced changes in neurological function have significant impact on the metabolism and subsequent metabolic-related disease risk in injured individuals. This metabolic-related disease risk relationship is differential depending on the anatomic level and severity of the injury, with high level anatomic injuries contributing a greater risk of glucose and lipid dysregulation resulting in type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk elevation. Although alterations in body composition, particularly excess adiposity and its anatomical distribution in the visceral depot or ectopic location in non-adipose organs, is known to significantly contribute to metabolic disease risk, changes in fat mass and fat-free mass do not fully account for this elevated disease risk in subjects with SCI. There are other negative adaptations in body composition including reductions in skeletal muscle mass and alterations in muscle fiber type, in addition to significant reduction in physical activity, that contribute to a decline in metabolic rate and increased metabolic disease risk following SCI. Recent studies in adult humans suggest cold- and diet-induced thermogenesis through brown adipose tissue metabolism may be important for energy balance and substrate metabolism, and particularly sensitive to sympathetic nervous signaling. Considering the alterations that occur in the autonomic nervous system (SNS) (sympathetic and parasympathetic) following a SCI, significant dysfunction of brown adipose function is expected. This review will highlight metabolic alterations following SCI and integrate findings from brown adipose tissue studies as potential new areas of research to pursue.
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Totosy de Zepetnek J, Pelletier C, Hicks A, MacDonald M. The Authors Respond. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2016; 97:174-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2015.10.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Boon H, Kostovski E, Pirkmajer S, Song M, Lubarski I, Iversen PO, Hjeltnes N, Widegren U, Chibalin AV. Influence of chronic and acute spinal cord injury on skeletal muscle Na+-K+-ATPase and phospholemman expression in humans. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012; 302:E864-71. [PMID: 22275761 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00625.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase is an integral membrane protein crucial for the maintenance of ion homeostasis and skeletal muscle contractibility. Skeletal muscle Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase content displays remarkable plasticity in response to long-term increase in physiological demand, such as exercise training. However, the adaptations in Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase function in response to a suddenly decreased and/or habitually low level of physical activity, especially after a spinal cord injury (SCI), are incompletely known. We tested the hypothesis that skeletal muscle content of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase and the associated regulatory proteins from the FXYD family is altered in SCI patients in a manner dependent on the severity of the spinal cord lesion and postinjury level of physical activity. Three different groups were studied: 1) six subjects with chronic complete cervical SCI, 2) seven subjects with acute, complete cervical SCI, and 3) six subjects with acute, incomplete cervical SCI. The individuals in groups 2 and 3 were studied at months 1, 3, and 12 postinjury, whereas individuals with chronic SCI were compared with an able-bodied control group. Chronic complete SCI was associated with a marked decrease in [(3)H]ouabain binding site concentration in skeletal muscle as well as reduced protein content of the α(1)-, α(2)-, and β(1)-subunit of the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase. In line with this finding, expression of the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase α(1)- and α(2)-subunits progressively decreased during the first year after complete but not after incomplete SCI. The expression of the regulatory protein phospholemman (PLM or FXYD1) was attenuated after complete, but not incomplete, cervical SCI. In contrast, FXYD5 was substantially upregulated in patients with complete SCI. In conclusion, the severity of the spinal cord lesion and the level of postinjury physical activity in patients with SCI are important factors controlling the expression of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase and its regulatory proteins PLM and FXYD5.
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- Hanneke Boon
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Section for Integrative Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Kostovski E, Iversen PO, Hjeltnes N. [Complications of chronic spinal cord injury]. TIDSSKRIFT FOR DEN NORSKE LEGEFORENING 2010; 130:1242-5. [PMID: 20567276 DOI: 10.4045/tidsskr.09.0055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND A spinal cord injury changes body composition and metabolism over time. The main purpose of this article is to provide an overview of what is known about these changes and the consequences of those in the chronic phase, long after the acute injury. MATERIAL AND METHODS The article is based on own research and clinical experience, as well as a non-systematic search in the PubMed database. RESULTS The following has been documented for people with spinal cord injury: reduced bone and muscle mass, altered composition of muscle fibre, marked increase of body fat, decreased sensitivity to insulin and leptin and an increased activity in inflammatory signalling pathways. Changes are also demonstrated in hemostatic mechanisms and immune system. INTERPRETATION Changes in metabolism and hormonal regulation in people with spinal cord injury, may increase the risk of osteoporosis, obesity, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Changed body composition and inflammatory activity may contribute to the higher incidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes/metabolic syndrome, although other important risk factors (such as obesity and high blood pressure) may be absent. It has not been documented that changes in haemostatic mechanisms and the immune system are associated with the increased incidence of thromboembolic complications, severe infections or certain types of cancer.
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- Emil Kostovski
- Forskningsavdelingen, Sunnaas sykehus, 1450 Nesoddtangen, Norway.
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Feasel S, Groah S. The Impact of Diet on Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury. Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil 2009. [DOI: 10.1310/sci1403-58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Yamaoka I, Doi M, Nakayama M, Ozeki A, Mochizuki S, Sugahara K, Yoshizawa F. Intravenous administration of amino acids during anesthesia stimulates muscle protein synthesis and heat accumulation in the body. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2006; 290:E882-8. [PMID: 16352675 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00333.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The present study was conducted to determine the contribution of muscle protein synthesis to the prevention of anesthesia-induced hypothermia by intravenous administration of an amino acid (AA) mixture. We examined the changes of intraperitoneal temperature (Tcore) and the rates of protein synthesis (K(s)) and the phosphorylation states of translation initiation regulators and their upstream signaling components in skeletal muscle in conscious (Nor) or propofol-anesthetized (Ane) rats after a 3-h intravenous administration of a balanced AA mixture or saline (Sal). Compared with Sal administration, the AA mixture administration markedly attenuated the decrease in Tcore in rats during anesthesia, whereas Tcore in the Nor-AA group became slightly elevated during treatment. Stimulation of muscle protein synthesis resulting from AA administration was observed in each case, although K(s) remained lower in the Ane-AA group than in the Nor-Sal group. AA administration during anesthesia significantly increased insulin concentrations to levels approximately 6-fold greater than in the Nor-AA group and enhanced phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein-1 (4E-BP1) and ribosomal protein S6 protein kinase relative to all other groups and treatments. The alterations in the Ane-AA group were accompanied by hyperphosphorylation of protein kinase B and the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). These results suggest that administration of an AA mixture during anesthesia stimulates muscle protein synthesis via insulin-mTOR-dependent activation of translation initiation regulators caused by markedly elevated insulin and, thereby, facilitates thermal accumulation in the body.
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- Ippei Yamaoka
- Division of Pharmacology, Drug Safety and Metabolism, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Naruto, Tokushima 772-8601, Japan.
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Nearly 20% of US citizens are disabled. Epidemiologic studies have shown that people with physical disabilities have a 1.2- to 3.9-fold increase in obesity prevalence. Obesity is becoming a serious problem in disabled individuals. The mechanisms by which obesity occurs in people with physical disabilities is not clear, but pathophysiological changes of body composition and energy metabolism, physical inactivity, and muscle atrophy all favor the development of obesity. Health professionals should identify disabled patients at risk and provide early prevention guidance. Research is needed to help generate detailed clinical guidelines to promote weight control among people with physical disabilities.
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- Tsan-Hon Liou
- New York Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Institute of Human Nutrition, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, USA
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Hjeltnes N, De Groot P, Birkeland KI, Falch JA, Iversen PO. Tetraplegic subjects have hyperleptinaemia with marked circadian variation. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2005; 62:223-7. [PMID: 15670200 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02204.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The disruption between the brain and the spinal cord leads to a decentralized sympathetic nervous system in people with chronic, cervical spinal cord lesions. These tetraplegic subjects are prone to disorders of energy metabolism and osteoporosis, and they experience alterations in their body composition with a relative accumulation of fat. The adipocyte-derived cytokine leptin is a key signal in caloric intake and energy expenditure, and it might modify bone remodelling, possibly regulated by sympathetic neuronal signalling. In able-bodied subjects leptin exhibits circadian variations, possibly mediated via sympathetic neurones. We have examined the plasma concentration of leptin among tetraplegics, to determine whether plasma leptin in these subjects exhibits circadian variations. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Blood samples were collected during a 24-h study period from tetraplegic subjects (n = 6) and from able-bodied controls (n = 8). Fasting, tetraplegic subjects had mean plasma concentrations of leptin about four times those of able-bodied controls (P < 0.05). In tetraplegia, plasma leptin was negatively correlated with total lean mass (r =-0.88, P < 0.05) but correlated positively with total fat mass (r = 0.89, P < 0.05). A marked circadian variation in plasma leptin concentrations was more evident in tetraplegia than in able-bodied controls. CONCLUSION Plasma leptin is markedly elevated and it shows more prominent circadian variations in tetraplegia compared with able-bodied subjects. Possibly the regulation of leptin metabolism is impaired among these patients. This might distort thermogenesis and energy expenditure, thus explaining the enhanced risk of the metabolic syndrome and of osteoporosis among tetraplegic subjects.
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Chandrasekaran TV, Morgan RNW, Mason RA, Mangat PS, Watkins AJ, Carr ND. Nutrient induced thermogenesis during major colorectal excision--a pilot study. Colorectal Dis 2005; 7:74-8. [PMID: 15606590 DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2004.00732.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Hypothermia may occur during general anaesthesia and is associated with postoperative coagulopathy, ischaemic cardiac events, wound infections and increased metabolic expenditure due to shivering. The purpose of the present pilot study was to determine whether the administration of certain amino acids (Vamin 18) during general anaesthesia could prevent postoperative hypothermia. PATIENTS AND METHODS Two groups of patients were studied. The study group comprised 10 patients who underwent complex major colorectal operations. In this group an infusion of 500 mls of Vamin 18 (Fresenius Kabi Ltd) was commenced immediately after induction of anaesthesia but prior to the skin incision. In a control group (n=10) who underwent similar surgical procedures Vamin 18 was not administered. In both groups core body temperature, using an oesophageal probe was recorded during the procedure and recovery period. Ambient theatre and recovery room temperature and other body warming techniques were standardized for all patients. Statistical analysis was performed using t-test for comparison of linear temperature changes at different times during the procedure for both groups of patients. RESULTS The body temperature was statistically significantly reduced in both groups at skin incision when compared with temperature prior to induction of anaesthesia. ( STUDY GROUP mean 0.74 degrees C, SD=0.38, P =<0.001; CONTROL GROUP mean 0.54 degrees C, SD=0.43, P=0.003]. The increase in body temperature between the time of skin incision and recovery period was statistically significant (P=0.012) in the study group but not so in the control group (P=0.730). CONCLUSION The results of the present pilot study demonstrate that complex colorectal operations are associated with a decrease in body temperature which is most marked immediately after the induction of anaesthesia. The perioperative administration of Vamin 18 appears to increase the rate of recovery of body temperature. The impact of this thermogenic effect on perioperative morbidity and mortality should be studied in a prospective randomised clinical trial.
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- T V Chandrasekaran
- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Singleton Hospital, Sketty, Swansea, UK
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Obesity is a common secondary complication of chronic spinal cord injury and is associated with adverse metabolic sequelae. Because positive energy balance is the fundamental cause of obesity, we herein review the current knowledge pertaining to total daily energy expenditure, including resting metabolic rate, the thermic effect of food, and physical activity, in the spinal cord injury population. RECENT FINDINGS Commonly used equations to predict resting metabolic rate overestimate measured requirements in chronic spinal cord injury by 5-32%. Measured resting metabolic rate is 14-27% lower in persons with spinal cord injury versus those without, due to decreased fat-free mass and sympathetic nervous system activity in this population. However, preliminary evidence suggests that neither the metabolic activity of the fat-free body, nor the obligatory phase of the thermic effect of food is different between those with and without injury. Physical activity levels, especially in those with tetraplegia and complete lesions, are lower than recommended or lower than those of able-bodied persons. SUMMARY New equations to predict resting metabolic rate should be validated and prospectively tested in a large sample of men and women with complete and incomplete paraplegia and tetraplegia. Whether the facultative phase of the thermic effect of food is different between those with and without SCI remains to be elucidated. Persons with chronic spinal cord injury, and perhaps those with tetraplegia and complete lesions especially, should be encouraged to engage in increased frequency, intensity and/or duration of physical activity. Future research efforts should explore the effects of level and completeness of neurological lesion on resting metabolic rate, thermic effect of food, and physical activity.
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- Andrea C Buchholz
- Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
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Biolo G, Ciocchi B, Lebenstedt M, Barazzoni R, Zanetti M, Platen P, Heer M, Guarnieri G. Short-term bed rest impairs amino acid-induced protein anabolism in humans. J Physiol 2004; 558:381-8. [PMID: 15131238 PMCID: PMC1664959 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.066365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Diminished muscular activity is associated with alterations of protein metabolism. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of short-term muscle inactivity on regulation of whole-body protein deposition during amino acid infusion to simulate an experimental postprandial state. We studied nine healthy young volunteers at the end of 14 day periods of strict bed rest and of controlled ambulation using a cross-over design. Subjects received a weight-maintaining diet containing 1 g protein kg(-1) day(-1). l[1-(13)C]leucine was used as a marker of whole-body protein kinetics in the postabsorptive state and during a 3 h infusion of an amino acid mixture (0.13 g amino acid (kg lean body mass)(-1) h(-1)). In the postabsorptive state, bed rest decreased (P < 0.05) the rate of leucine disposal (R(d)) to protein synthesis and tended to decrease leucine rate of appearance (R(a)) from proteolysis, whereas the rate of leucine oxidation did not change significantly. Amino acid infusion increased leucine R(d) to protein synthesis and oxidation and decreased leucine R(a) from proteolysis in both the bed rest and ambulatory conditions. Changes from basal in leucine R(d) to protein synthesis were lower (P < 0.05) during bed rest than those in the ambulatory period, whereas changes in leucine R(a) from proteolysis and oxidation were not significantly different. During amino acid infusion, net leucine deposition into body protein was 8 +/- 3% lower during bed rest than during the ambulatory phase. In conclusion, short-term bed rest leads to reduced stimulation of whole-body protein synthesis by amino acid administration. Results of this study were, in part, presented at the meeting, Experimental Biology, 2004, Washington DC.
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- Gianni Biolo
- Clinica Medica, Ospedale di Cattinara, Strada di Fiume 447, Trieste 34149, Italy.
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Although first described more than two centuries ago, the increase in energy expenditure associated with feeding (nutrient induced thermogenesis (NIT) is still incompletely understood. Although the magnitude of the response and the effect of varying the composition of the diet, route and rate of feeding is still the subject of controversy, the importance of taking into account NIT when designing an optimal feeding regimen is well recognised. What is currently unclear is the effect that injury or sepsis have on NIT. This is of clinical significance because it is precisely this group of patients in whom adequate nutritional support is most difficult to achieve yet most important. Despite significant differences in the metabolic response to feeding, NIT appears to be similar in septic patients and healthy subjects. Excessive use of intravenous glucose in such patients however may lead to marked increases in energy expenditure and stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system and should be avoided.
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- G L Carlson
- Department of Surgery, North West Injury Research Centre, Hope Hospital, Salford, UK
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Brundin T, Aksnes AK, Wahren J. Whole body and splanchnic metabolic and circulatory effects of glucose during beta-adrenergic receptor inhibition. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1997; 272:E678-87. [PMID: 9142891 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.272.4.e678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The aim of the study was to assess the possible contribution of adrenergic mechanisms to the thermogenic and circulatory effects of glucose ingestion. With the use of indirect calorimetry and arterial, pulmonary arterial, and hepatic venous catheterization, whole body and splanchnic oxygen uptake and blood flow were examined in nine propranolol-treated healthy male volunteers before and during 2 h after oral ingestion of 75 g of glucose. The glucose effects were compared with those in nine untreated controls. After propranolol, the glucose-induced rise in splanchnic blood flow was reduced by approximately 60%, and the hepatic venous glucose release to the systemic circulation was significantly delayed. Glucose-induced increments in pulmonary and splanchnic oxygen uptake and cardiac output were similar in the two groups. It is concluded that adrenergic mechanisms contribute to the glucose-induced rise in splanchnic blood flow and thereby probably to the time course for intestinal absorption of nutrients. It is suggested that the magnitude of glucose-induced thermogenesis is independent of adrenergic stimulation.
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- T Brundin
- Department of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Aksnes AK, Hjeltnes N, Wahlström EO, Katz A, Zierath JR, Wallberg-Henriksson H. Intact glucose transport in morphologically altered denervated skeletal muscle from quadriplegic patients. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1996; 271:E593-600. [PMID: 8843756 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1996.271.3.e593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The present study was undertaken to investigate the nature of the whole body insulin resistance that characterizes patients with complete cervical spinal cord lesion. Nine patients with C5-C7 lesions and ten age-matched healthy individuals were studied. Whole body insulin-mediated glucose utilization was reduced by 43% in the quadriplegic patients compared with the controls (P < 0.001). In the quadriplegic patients, lean body mass corresponded to 66 +/- 3% of total body mass. Despite whole body insulin resistance, in isolated vastus lateralis muscle, basal and insulin-stimulated 3-O-methylglucose transport, as well as protein expression of the insulin or exercise-regulatable glucose transporter, GLUT-4, and glycogen content were comparable between the patients and controls. Strikingly, muscle fiber area was reduced by 44% (P < 0.05), percentage of type IIb fibers was increased (P < 0.01), and there was a complete loss of type I fibers in the patients. In conclusion, the dissociation between whole body insulin-mediated glucose uptake and skeletal muscle glucose transport in quadriplegic patients primarily reflects the decreased muscle mass. Furthermore, these findings demonstrate a remarkable capacity of skeletal muscle to maintain an intact glucose transport system despite severe morphological alterations.
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Aksnes AK, Brundin T, Hjeltnes N, Wahren J. Metabolic, thermal and circulatory effects of intravenous infusion of amino acids in tetraplegic patients. CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY (OXFORD, ENGLAND) 1995; 15:377-96. [PMID: 7554772 DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097x.1995.tb00528.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Metabolic, circulatory and thermal effects of intravenously (i.v.) administered amino acids were studied in eight patients with complete cervical spinal cord injuries, and compared with the effects in eight healthy subjects. Using indirect calorimetry and catheter techniques, whole-body and splanchnic oxygen consumption, blood flow and blood temperatures were measured before and at timed intervals during 2.5 h of i.v. infusion of 600 kJ of a mixture of 19 amino acids. Pulmonary oxygen uptake increased from 209 +/- 11 to 267 +/- 13 ml min-1 in the patients and from 268 +/- 5 to 320 +/- 8 ml min-1 in the controls. The thermic effect of amino acids was 21 +/- 3% and 16 +/- 2% in patients and controls, respectively. In both groups the splanchnic tissues accounted for approximately half of the rise in whole-body oxygen consumption. Cardiac output rose by, on average, 0.5 +/- 0.1 and 0.8 +/- 0.2 1 min-1 in patients and controls, respectively, while the hepatic blood flow remained unchanged in both groups. Pulmonary arterial blood temperature increased by 0.647 +/- 0.100 degrees C in the patients and by 0.244 +/- 0.174 degrees C in the controls (P < 0.05). The whole-body specific heat was low in the patients, its calculated maximum value being approximately 20% below the normal level. During the amino acid infusion the arterial blood concentration of amino acids rose by approximately 170% and 112% of its basal levels in patients and controls, respectively, indicating a significantly reduced capacity for cellular uptake of amino acids in tetraplegic patients. It is concluded that, in tetraplegic patients, i.v. infused amino acids induce prompt thermogenesis of normal magnitude accompanied by supranormal temperatures and amino acid concentrations in the blood, and that low whole-body specific heat contributes to the well-known thermoregulatory instability in tetraplegia.
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