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Teng T, Song X, Sun G, Ding H, Sun H, Bai G, Shi B. Glucose supplementation improves intestinal amino acid transport and muscle amino acid pool in pigs during chronic cold exposure. ANIMAL NUTRITION (ZHONGGUO XU MU SHOU YI XUE HUI) 2022; 12:360-374. [PMID: 36788930 PMCID: PMC9898627 DOI: 10.1016/j.aninu.2022.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Mammals in northern regions chronically suffer from low temperatures during autumn-winter seasons. The aim of this study was to investigate the response of intestinal amino acid transport and the amino acid pool in muscle to chronic cold exposure via Min pig models (cold adaptation) and Yorkshire pig models (non-cold adaptation). Furthermore, this study explored the beneficial effects of glucose supplementation on small intestinal amino acid transport and amino acid pool in muscle of cold-exposed Yorkshire pigs. Min pigs (Exp. 1) and Yorkshire pigs (Exp. 2) were divided into a control group (17 °C, n = 6) and chronic cold exposure group (7 °C, n = 6), respectively. Twelve Yorkshire pigs (Exp. 3) were divided into a cold control group and cold glucose supplementation group (8 °C). The results showed that chronic cold exposure inhibited peptide transporter protein 1 (PepT1) and excitatory amino acid transporter 3 (EAAT3) expression in ileal mucosa and cationic amino acid transporter-1 (CAT-1) in the jejunal mucosa of Yorkshire pigs (P < 0.05). In contrast, CAT-1, PepT1 and EAAT3 expression was enhanced in the duodenal mucosa of Min pigs (P < 0.05). Branched amino acids (BCAA) in the muscle of Yorkshire pigs were consumed by chronic cold exposure, accompanied by increased muscle RING-finger protein-1 (MuRF1) and muscle atrophy F-box (atrogin-1) expression (P < 0.05). More importantly, reduced concentrations of dystrophin were detected in the muscle of Yorkshire pigs (P < 0.05). However, glycine concentration in the muscle of Min pigs was raised (P < 0.05). In the absence of interaction between chronic cold exposure and glucose supplementation, glucose supplementation improved CAT-1 expression in the jejunal mucosa and PepT1 expression in the ileal mucosa of cold-exposed Yorkshire pigs (P < 0.05). It also improved BCAA and inhibited MuRF1 and atrogin-1 expression in muscle (P < 0.05). Moreover, dystrophin concentration was improved by glucose supplementation (P < 0.05). In summary, chronic cold exposure inhibits amino acid absorption in the small intestine, depletes BCAA and promotes protein degradation in muscle. Glucose supplementation ameliorates the negative effects of chronic cold exposure on amino acid transport and the amino acid pool in muscle.
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Nakai N, Iida N, Kitai S, Shimomura Y, Kitaura Y, Higashida K. BDK knockout skeletal muscle satellite cells exhibit enhanced protein translation initiation signal in response to BCAA in vitro. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2022; 86:610-617. [PMID: 35108367 DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbac021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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We examined the effects of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) and electrical pulse stimulation (EPS) on the mTORC1 pathway in muscle satellite cells (MSCs) isolated from branched-chain α-keto acid dehydrogenase kinase (BDK) knockout (KO) mice in vitro. MSCs were isolated from BDK KO and wild-type (WT) mice, proliferated, and differentiated into myotubes. BCAA stimulation increased the phosphorylation of p70 S6 kinase (p70S6K), a marker of protein translation initiation, in MSCs from WT and BDK KO mice, but the rate of the increase was higher in MSCs isolated from BDK KO mice. Contrarily, there was no difference in the increase in p70S6K phosphorylation by EPS. Acute BDK knockdown in MSCs from WT mice using shRNA decreased p70S6K phosphorylation in response to BCAA stimulation. Collectively, the susceptibility of mTORC1 to BCAA stimulation was elevated by chronic, but not acute, enhancement of BCAA catabolism.
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- Naoya Nakai
- Department of Nutrition, University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Nutrition, University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Nutrition, University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Nutrition, University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Shiga, Japan
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Rudar M, Naberhuis JK, Suryawan A, Nguyen HV, Stoll B, Style CC, Verla MA, Olutoye OO, Burrin DG, Fiorotto ML, Davis TA. Intermittent bolus feeding does not enhance protein synthesis, myonuclear accretion, or lean growth more than continuous feeding in a premature piglet model. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2021; 321:E737-E752. [PMID: 34719946 PMCID: PMC8714968 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00236.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Optimizing enteral nutrition for premature infants may help mitigate extrauterine growth restriction and adverse chronic health outcomes. Previously, we showed in neonatal pigs born at term that lean growth is enhanced by intermittent bolus compared with continuous feeding. The objective was to determine if prematurity impacts how body composition, muscle protein synthesis, and myonuclear accretion respond to feeding modality. Following preterm delivery, pigs were fed equivalent amounts of formula delivered either as intermittent boluses (INT; n = 30) or continuously (CONT; n = 14) for 21 days. Body composition was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and muscle growth was assessed by morphometry, myonuclear accretion, and satellite cell abundance. Tissue anabolic signaling and fractional protein synthesis rates were determined in INT pigs in postabsorptive (INT-PA) and postprandial (INT-PP) states and in CONT pigs. Body weight gain and composition did not differ between INT and CONT pigs. Longissimus dorsi (LD) protein synthesis was 34% greater in INT-PP than INT-PA pigs (P < 0.05) but was not different between INT-PP and CONT pigs. Phosphorylation of 4EBP1 and S6K1 and eIF4E·eIF4G abundance in LD paralleled changes in LD protein synthesis. Satellite cell abundance, myonuclear accretion, and fiber cross-sectional area in LD did not differ between groups. These results suggest that, unlike pigs born at term, intermittent bolus feeding does not enhance lean growth more than continuous feeding in pigs born preterm. Premature birth attenuates the capacity of skeletal muscle to respond to cyclical surges in insulin and amino acids with intermittent feeding in early postnatal life.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Extrauterine growth restriction often occurs in premature infants but may be mitigated by optimizing enteral feeding strategies. We show that intermittent bolus feeding does not increase skeletal muscle protein synthesis, myonuclear accretion, or lean growth more than continuous feeding in preterm pigs. This attenuated anabolic response of muscle to intermittent bolus feeding, compared with previous observations in pigs born at term, may contribute to deficits in lean mass that many premature infants exhibit into adulthood.
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- Marko Rudar
- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Department of Animal Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
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- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- The Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
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- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- The Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
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- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Chen X, Xiang L, Huang Z, Jia G, Liu G, Zhao H. Effect of dietary leucine supplementation on skeletal muscle fiber type transformation in weaning piglets. Anim Biotechnol 2021; 33:546-554. [PMID: 34543141 DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2021.1977309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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To investigate the effects of dietary leucine supplementation on muscle fiber type transformation in weaning piglets, 54 21-day-old male DLY (Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire) weaned piglets were randomly divided into control, 0.25% and 0.5% leucine groups. The experiment lasted for 42 d. The results showed that dietary supplementation of 0.25% leucine significantly increased the protein expressions of slow MyHC, myoglobin and Troponin I-SS and the mRNA expressions of MyHC I, MyHC IIa, Tnni1, Tnnc1, Tnnt1 and myoglobin, while decreased the protein level of fast MyHC and the mRNA level of MyHC IIb in longissimus dorsi (LD) muscle. Furthermore, 0.25% leucine significantly increased succinic dehydrogenase (SDH) activity and decreased lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity. In addition, our data found that 0.25% leucine significantly increased serum adiponectin (AdipoQ) concentration, and the protein levels of AdipoQ, adiponectin receptor 1 (AdipoR1), phosphorylated AMP-activated protein kinase (p-AMPK) and PPAR-γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) and the mRNA levels of AdipoQ, AdipoR1 and AMPKα2. Together, our findings indicate that leucine promotes porcine skeletal muscle fiber type transformation from fast-twitch to slow-twitch, and the effect may be mediated by AdipoQ-AMPK-PGC-1α signaling pathway.
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- Xiaoling Chen
- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition, Sichuan Province, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition, Sichuan Province, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition, Sichuan Province, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition, Sichuan Province, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition, Sichuan Province, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition, Sichuan Province, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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Leucine Reconstitutes Phagocytosis-Induced Cell Death in E. coli-Infected Neonatal Monocytes-Effects on Energy Metabolism and mTOR Signaling. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22084271. [PMID: 33924101 PMCID: PMC8074332 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22084271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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MΦ differentiate from circulating monocytes (Mo). The reduced ability of neonatal Mo to undergo apoptosis after E. coli infection (phagocytosis-induced cell death (PICD)) could contribute to sustained inflammatory processes. The objective of our study was to investigate whether immune metabolism in Mo can be modified to gain access to pro-apoptotic signaling. To this end, we supplemented Mo from neonates and from adults with the branched amino acid leucine. In neonatal Mo, we observed increased energy production via oxidative phosphorylation (Oxphos) after E. coli infection via Seahorse assay. Leucine did not change phagocytic properties. In neonatal Mo, we detected temporal activation of the AKT and mTOR pathways, accompanied with subsequent activation of downstream targets S6 Kinase (S6K) and S6. FACS analyses showed that once mTOR activation was terminated, the level of anti-apoptotic BCL-2 family proteins (BCL-2; BCL-XL) decreased. Release of cytochrome C and cleavage of caspase-3 indicated involvement of the intrinsic apoptotic pathway. Concomitantly, the PICD of neonatal Mo was initiated, as detected by hypodiploid DNA. This process was sensitive to rapamycin and metformin, suggesting a functional link between AKT, mTOR and the control of intrinsic apoptotic signaling. These features were unique to neonatal Mo and could not be observed in adult Mo. Supplementation with leucine therefore could be beneficial to reduce sustained inflammation in septic neonates.
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Rudar M, Naberhuis JK, Suryawan A, Nguyen HV, Stoll B, Style CC, Verla MA, Olutoye OO, Burrin DG, Fiorotto ML, Davis TA. Prematurity blunts the insulin- and amino acid-induced stimulation of translation initiation and protein synthesis in skeletal muscle of neonatal pigs. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2021; 320:E551-E565. [PMID: 33427053 PMCID: PMC7988778 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00203.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Extrauterine growth restriction in premature infants is largely attributed to reduced lean mass accretion and is associated with long-term morbidities. Previously, we demonstrated that prematurity blunts the feeding-induced stimulation of translation initiation signaling and protein synthesis in skeletal muscle of neonatal pigs. The objective of the current study was to determine whether the blunted feeding response is mediated by reduced responsiveness to insulin, amino acids, or both. Pigs delivered by cesarean section preterm (PT; 103 days, n = 25) or at term (T; 112 days, n = 26) were subject to euinsulinemic-euaminoacidemic-euglycemic (FAST), hyperinsulinemic-euaminoacidemic-euglycemic (INS), or euinsulinemic-hyperaminoacidemic-euglycemic (AA) clamps four days after delivery. Indices of mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) signaling and fractional protein synthesis rates were measured after 2 h. Although longissimus dorsi (LD) muscle protein synthesis increased in response to both INS and AA, the increase was 28% lower in PT than in T. Upstream of mTORC1, Akt phosphorylation, an index of insulin signaling, was increased with INS but was 40% less in PT than in T. The abundances of mTOR·RagA and mTOR·RagC, indices of amino acid signaling, increased with AA but were 25% less in PT than in T. Downstream of mTORC1, eIF4E·eIF4G abundance was increased by both INS and AA but attenuated by prematurity. These results suggest that preterm birth blunts both insulin- and amino acid-induced activation of mTORC1 and protein synthesis in skeletal muscle, thereby limiting the anabolic response to feeding. This anabolic resistance likely contributes to the high prevalence of extrauterine growth restriction in prematurity.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Extrauterine growth faltering is a major complication of premature birth, but the underlying cause is poorly understood. Our results demonstrate that preterm birth blunts both the insulin-and amino acid-induced activation of mTORC1-dependent translation initiation and protein synthesis in skeletal muscle, thereby limiting the anabolic response to feeding. This anabolic resistance likely contributes to the reduced accretion of lean mass and extrauterine growth restriction of premature infants.
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- Marko Rudar
- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Department of Animal Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
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- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Fenner BP, Darden DB, Kelly LS, Rincon J, Brakenridge SC, Larson SD, Moore FA, Efron PA, Moldawer LL. Immunological Endotyping of Chronic Critical Illness After Severe Sepsis. Front Med (Lausanne) 2021; 7:616694. [PMID: 33659259 PMCID: PMC7917137 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2020.616694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Improved management of severe sepsis has been one of the major health care accomplishments of the last two decades. Due to enhanced recognition and improved management of severe sepsis, in-hospital mortality has been reduced by up to 40%. With that good news, a new syndrome has unfortunately replaced in-hospital multi-organ failure and death. This syndrome of chronic critical illness (CCI) includes sepsis patients who survive the early "cytokine or genomic storm," but fail to fully recover, and progress into a persistent state of manageable organ injury requiring prolonged intensive care. These patients are commonly discharged to long-term care facilities where sepsis recidivism is high. As many as 33% of sepsis survivors develop CCI. CCI is the result, at least in part, of a maladaptive host response to chronic pattern-recognition receptor (PRR)-mediated processes. This maladaptive response results in dysregulated myelopoiesis, chronic inflammation, T-cell atrophy, T-cell exhaustion, and the expansion of suppressor cell functions. We have defined this panoply of host responses as a persistent inflammatory, immune suppressive and protein catabolic syndrome (PICS). Why is this important? We propose that PICS in survivors of critical illness is its own common, unique immunological endotype driven by the constant release of organ injury-associated, endogenous alarmins, and microbial products from secondary infections. While this syndrome can develop as a result of a diverse set of pathologies, it represents a shared outcome with a unique underlying pathobiological mechanism. Despite being a common outcome, there are no therapeutic interventions other than supportive therapies for this common disorder. Only through an improved understanding of the immunological endotype of PICS can rational therapeutic interventions be designed.
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- Brittany P Fenner
- Department of Surgery, Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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Ayuso M, Buyssens L, Stroe M, Valenzuela A, Allegaert K, Smits A, Annaert P, Mulder A, Carpentier S, Van Ginneken C, Van Cruchten S. The Neonatal and Juvenile Pig in Pediatric Drug Discovery and Development. Pharmaceutics 2020; 13:44. [PMID: 33396805 PMCID: PMC7823749 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13010044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Pharmacotherapy in pediatric patients is challenging in view of the maturation of organ systems and processes that affect pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Especially for the youngest age groups and for pediatric-only indications, neonatal and juvenile animal models can be useful to assess drug safety and to better understand the mechanisms of diseases or conditions. In this respect, the use of neonatal and juvenile pigs in the field of pediatric drug discovery and development is promising, although still limited at this point. This review summarizes the comparative postnatal development of pigs and humans and discusses the advantages of the juvenile pig in view of developmental pharmacology, pediatric diseases, drug discovery and drug safety testing. Furthermore, limitations and unexplored aspects of this large animal model are covered. At this point in time, the potential of the neonatal and juvenile pig as nonclinical safety models for pediatric drug development is underexplored.
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- Miriam Ayuso
- Comparative Perinatal Development, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium; (L.B.); (M.S.); (A.V.); (C.V.G.)
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- Comparative Perinatal Development, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium; (L.B.); (M.S.); (A.V.); (C.V.G.)
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- Comparative Perinatal Development, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium; (L.B.); (M.S.); (A.V.); (C.V.G.)
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- Comparative Perinatal Development, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium; (L.B.); (M.S.); (A.V.); (C.V.G.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; (K.A.); (P.A.)
- Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium;
- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium;
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospitals UZ Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; (K.A.); (P.A.)
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- Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Antwerp, 2650 Edegem, Belgium;
- Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Comparative Perinatal Development, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium; (L.B.); (M.S.); (A.V.); (C.V.G.)
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- Comparative Perinatal Development, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium; (L.B.); (M.S.); (A.V.); (C.V.G.)
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Takegaki J, Sase K, Yasuda J, Shindo D, Kato H, Toyoda S, Yamada T, Shinohara Y, Fujita S. The Effect of Leucine-Enriched Essential Amino Acid Supplementation on Anabolic and Catabolic Signaling in Human Skeletal Muscle after Acute Resistance Exercise: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Comparison Trial. Nutrients 2020; 12:nu12082421. [PMID: 32806711 PMCID: PMC7468954 DOI: 10.3390/nu12082421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Resistance exercise transiently activates anabolic and catabolic systems in skeletal muscle. Leucine-enriched essential amino acids (LEAAs) are reported to stimulate the muscle anabolic response at a lower dose than whey protein. However, little is known regarding the effect of LEAA supplementation on the resistance exercise-induced responses of the anabolic and catabolic systems. Here, we conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group comparison trial to investigate the effect of LEAA supplementation on mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1), the ubiquitin-proteasome system and inflammatory cytokines after a single bout of resistance exercise in young men. A total of 20 healthy young male subjects were supplemented with either 5 g of LEAA or placebo, and then they performed 10 reps in three sets of leg extensions and leg curls (70% one-repetition maximum). LEAA supplementation augmented the phosphorylation of mTORSer2448 (+77.1%, p < 0.05), p70S6KThr389 (+1067.4%, p < 0.05), rpS6Ser240/244 (+171.3%, p < 0.05) and 4EBP1Thr37/46 (+33.4%, p < 0.05) after resistance exercise. However, LEAA supplementation did not change the response of the ubiquitinated proteins, MuRF-1 and Atrogin-1 expression. Additionally, the mRNA expression of IL-1β and IL-6 did not change. These data indicated that LEAA supplementation augments the effect of resistance exercise by enhancing mTORC1 signal activation after exercise.
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- Junya Takegaki
- Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan;
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- Faculty of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan; (K.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.S.)
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- Faculty of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan; (K.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.S.)
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- Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo 104-8315, Japan; (D.S.); (H.K.); (S.T.); (T.Y.)
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- Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo 104-8315, Japan; (D.S.); (H.K.); (S.T.); (T.Y.)
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- Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo 104-8315, Japan; (D.S.); (H.K.); (S.T.); (T.Y.)
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- Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo 104-8315, Japan; (D.S.); (H.K.); (S.T.); (T.Y.)
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- Faculty of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan; (K.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.S.)
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- Faculty of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan; (K.S.); (J.Y.); (Y.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-77-561-5229
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Naberhuis JK, Suryawan A, Nguyen HV, Hernandez-Garcia A, Cruz SM, Lau PE, Olutoye OO, Stoll B, Burrin DG, Fiorotto ML, Davis TA. Prematurity blunts the feeding-induced stimulation of translation initiation signaling and protein synthesis in muscle of neonatal piglets. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2019; 317:E839-E851. [PMID: 31503514 PMCID: PMC6879862 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00151.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Postnatal growth of lean mass is commonly blunted in preterm infants and may contribute to short- and long-term morbidities. To determine whether preterm birth alters the protein anabolic response to feeding, piglets were delivered at term or preterm, and fractional protein synthesis rates (Ks) were measured at 3 days of age while fasted or after an enteral meal. Activation of signaling pathways that regulate protein synthesis and degradation were determined. Relative body weight gain was lower in preterm than in term. Gestational age at birth (GAB) did not alter fasting plasma glucose or insulin, but when fed, plasma insulin and glucose rose more slowly, and reached peak value later, in preterm than in term. Feeding increased Ks in longissimus dorsi (LD) and gastrocnemius muscles, heart, pancreas, and kidney in both GAB groups, but the response was blunted in preterm. In diaphragm, lung, jejunum, and brain, feeding increased Ks regardless of GAB. Liver Ks was greater in preterm than term and increased with feeding regardless of GAB. In all tissues, changes in 4EBP1, S6K1, and PKB phosphorylation paralleled changes in Ks. In LD, eIF4E·eIF4G complex formation, phosphorylation of TSC2, mTOR, and rpS6, and association of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR1) complex with RagA, RagC, and Rheb were increased by feeding and blunted by prematurity. There were no differences among groups in LD protein degradation markers. Our results demonstrate that preterm birth reduces weight gain and the protein synthetic response to feeding in muscle, pancreas, and kidney, and this is associated with blunted insulin- and/or amino acid-induced translation initiation signaling.
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- Jane K Naberhuis
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Zeitz JO, Käding SC, Niewalda IR, Machander V, de Paula Dorigam JC, Eder K. Effects of leucine supplementation on muscle protein synthesis and degradation pathways in broilers at constant dietary concentrations of isoleucine and valine. Arch Anim Nutr 2019; 73:75-87. [PMID: 30821190 DOI: 10.1080/1745039x.2019.1583519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The present study investigated the hypothesis that dietary concentrations of leucine (Leu) in excess of the breeder´s recommendations activates protein synthesis and decreases protein degradation in muscle of broilers. Day-old male Ross 308 broilers (n = 450) were phase-fed corn-soybean meal-based diets during starter (d 1-10), grower (d 11-22), and finisher (d 23-34) period. The basal diets fed to the control group (L0) met the broilers' requirements for nutrients and amino acids, and contained Leu, Leu:isoleucine (Ile) and Leu:valine (Val) ratios, close to those recommended by the breeder (Leu:Ile: 100:54, 100:52, 100:51; Leu:Val 100:64, 100:61, 100:58; in starter, grower and finisher diet, resp.). Basal diets were supplemented with Leu to exceed the breeder's recommendations by 35% (group L35) and 60% (group L60). Growth performance during 34 d, and carcass weights, and breast and thigh muscle weights on d 34 were similar among groups. Hepatic and muscle mRNA levels of genes involved in the somatotropic axis [growth hormone receptor, insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1, IGF binding protein 2, IGF receptor] on d 34 were not influenced by Leu. In the breast muscle, relative mRNA abundances of genes involved in the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway of protein synthesis (mTOR, ribosomal p70 S6 kinase) and the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway of protein degradation (F-box only protein 32, Forkhead box protein O1, Muscle RING-finger protein-1) on d 34 were largely similar among groups. Likewise, relative phosphorylation and thus activation of mTOR and ribosomal protein S6 involved in the mTOR pathway, and of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2A (eIF2a) involved in the general control nonderepressible 2 (GCN2)/eIF2a pathway of protein synthesis inhibition, were not influenced. These data indicate that dietary Leu concentrations exceeding the broiler´s requirements up to 60% neither influence protein synthesis nor degradation pathways nor muscle growth in growing broilers.
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- Johanna O Zeitz
- a Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Physiology , University of Giessen , Giessen , Germany
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- a Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Physiology , University of Giessen , Giessen , Germany
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- a Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Physiology , University of Giessen , Giessen , Germany
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- a Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Physiology , University of Giessen , Giessen , Germany
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Leucine promotes differentiation of porcine myoblasts through the protein kinase B (Akt)/Forkhead box O1 signalling pathway. Br J Nutr 2019; 119:727-733. [PMID: 29569540 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114518000181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Leucine, one of the branched-chain amino acids, is the only amino acid to regulate protein turnover in skeletal muscle. Leucine not only increases muscle protein synthesis, but also decreases muscle protein degradation. It is well documented that leucine plays a positive role in differentiation of murine muscle cells. However, the role of leucine on porcine myoblast differentiation and its mechanism remains unclear. In this study, porcine myoblasts were induced to differentiate with differentiation medium containing different concentrations of leucine, and wortmannin was used to interdict the activity of protein kinase B (Akt). We found that leucine increased the number of myosin heavy chain-positive cells and creatine kinase activity. Moreover, leucine increased the mRNA and protein levels of myogenin and myogenic determining factor (MyoD). In addition, leucine increased the levels of phosphorylated Akt/Akt and phosphorylated Forkhead box O1 (P-FoxO1)/FoxO1, as well as decreased the protein level of FoxO1. However, wortmannin, a specific repressor of PI3K/Akt signalling pathway, attenuated the positive role of leucine on porcine myoblast differentiation. Our results suggest that leucine promotes porcine myoblast differentiation through the Akt/FoxO1 signalling pathway.
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Rudar M, Huber LA, Zhu CL, de Lange CFM. Effects of dietary leucine supplementation and immune system stimulation on plasma AA concentrations and tissue protein synthesis in starter pigs. J Anim Sci 2019; 97:829-838. [PMID: 30476328 DOI: 10.1093/jas/sky449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 11/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Immune system stimulation (ISS) adversely affects protein and AA metabolism and reduces productivity in pigs. Leucine (Leu) has a regulatory role in skeletal muscle protein turnover, which may be affected by ISS. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of ISS and dietary Leu supplementation on the protein fractional synthesis rate (FSR) of various tissues in pigs. Yorkshire barrows were surgically fitted with jugular vein catheters and assigned to one of three dietary treatments: (i) CON, 1.36% standardized ileal digestible (SID) Leu; (ii) LEU-M, 2.04% SID Leu; and (iii) LEU-H, 2.72% SID Leu. The diets were formulated to contain all essential AA 10% above estimated requirements for maximum whole-body protein deposition for this BW range. At the start of the 36-h challenge period (initial BW = 14.5 ± 0.8 kg), ISS was induced in pigs with lipopolysaccharide (ISS+; n = 7, 8, and 7 for CON, LEU-M, and LEU-H pigs, respectively); a subset of CON pigs was injected with sterile saline (ISS-; n = 6). During challenge period, pigs were fed every 4 h and feed intake of ISS- pigs was kept equal to ISS+ pigs. At the end of the challenge period, FSR of liver, plasma, gastrocnemius, and LD proteins were determined with a flooding dose of l-[ring-2H5]phenylalanine (40 mol%). All essential AA, most nonessential AA, and plasma urea-N peaked at 12 h and declined to baseline levels at 36 h after ISS was induced in ISS+ pigs (P < 0.05), whereas plasma AA and urea-N concentrations were constant in ISS- pigs. At 36 h, dietary Leu supplementation resulted in a linear decline in plasma isoleucine, valine, glutamine, and urea nitrogen concentrations (P < 0.05), whereas plasma Leu concentration was unaffected. Liver protein FSR was increased in ISS+ pigs (P < 0.05), whereas plasma and skeletal muscle protein FSR was not affected by ISS. Dietary Leu supplementation tended to diminish liver protein FSR (linear reduction; P = 0.052) and increase gastrocnemius protein FSR (linear increase; P = 0.085) in ISS+ pigs. Leucine supplementation above estimated requirements may support repartitioning of AA from visceral to peripheral protein deposition during ISS.
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- Marko Rudar
- Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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Zhang F, Zheng W, Xue Y, Yao W. Suhuai suckling piglet hindgut microbiome-metabolome responses to different dietary copper levels. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 103:853-868. [PMID: 30535578 PMCID: PMC6373200 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9533-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Revised: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Unabsorbed copper accumulates in the hindgut of pigs that consume high levels of dietary copper, which enhances the coselection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and is considered detrimental to the environment and to porcine health. In our study, a combination of 16S rRNA pyrosequencing and nontargeted metabolomics was used to investigate the microbiome-metabolome responses to dietary copper levels in the hindgut of suckling piglets. The results showed that the dietary copper level affected the abundance of several Clostridia genera and that the relative abundance of butyrate-producing bacteria, such as Coprococcus, Roseburia, and Acidaminococcus, was reduced in the 300 mg kg−1 (high) Cu group. Metabolomic analysis revealed that dietary copper levels affected protein and carbohydrate metabolites, protein biosynthesis, the urea cycle, galactose metabolism, gluconeogenesis, and amino acid metabolism (including the metabolism of arginine, proline, β-alanine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, and methionine). Furthermore, Pearson’s correlation analysis showed that the abundance levels of Coprococcus (family Lachnospiraceae) and operational taxonomic unit (OTU) 18 (family Ruminococcaceae) were positively correlated with energy metabolism pathways (gluconeogenesis, glycolysis, and the pentose phosphate pathway). The abundance of Streptococcus was negatively correlated with amino acid metabolism pathways (protein biosynthesis, glycine, serine, threonine, methionine, phenylalanine, and tyrosine metabolism), and OTU583 and OTU1067 (family Rikenellaceae) were positively correlated with amino acid metabolism pathways. These results suggest that the copper levels consumed by LC (low-copper group) versus HC (high-copper group) animals alter the composition of the gut microbiota and modulate microbial metabolic pathways, which may further affect the health of suckling piglets.
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- Feng Zhang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Nutrition and Animal Health, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.,College of Agriculture, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Nutrition and Animal Health, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Nutrition and Animal Health, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Nutrition and Animal Health, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. .,Key Lab of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing, China.
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Leucine promotes porcine myofibre type transformation from fast-twitch to slow-twitch through the protein kinase B (Akt)/forkhead box 1 signalling pathway and microRNA-27a. Br J Nutr 2018; 121:1-8. [DOI: 10.1017/s000711451800301x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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AbstractMuscle fibre types can transform from slow-twitch (slow myosin heavy chain (MyHC)) to fast-twitch (fast MyHC) or vice versa. Leucine plays a vital effect in the development of skeletal muscle. However, the role of leucine in porcine myofibre type transformation and its mechanism are still unclear. In this study, effects of leucine and microRNA-27a (miR-27a) on the transformation of porcine myofibre type were investigatedin vitro. We found that leucine increased slow MyHC protein level and decreased fast MyHC protein level, increased the levels of phospho-protein kinase B (Akt)/Akt and phospho-forkhead box 1 (FoxO1)/FoxO1 and decreased the FoxO1 protein level. However, blocking the Akt/FoxO1 signalling pathway by wortmannin attenuated the role of leucine in porcine myofibre type transformation. Over-expression of miR-27a decreased slow MyHC protein level and increased fast MyHC protein level, whereas inhibition of miR-27a had an opposite effect. We also found that expression of miR-27a was down-regulated following leucine treatment. Moreover, over-expression of miR-27a repressed transformation from fast MyHC to slow MyHC caused by leucine, suggesting that miR-27a is interdicted by leucine and then contributes to porcine muscle fibre type transformation. Our finding provided the first evidence that leucine promotes porcine myofibre type transformation from fast MyHC to slow MyHC via the Akt/FoxO1 signalling pathway and miR-27a.
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Rudar M, Fiorotto ML, Davis TA. Regulation of Muscle Growth in Early Postnatal Life in a Swine Model. Annu Rev Anim Biosci 2018; 7:309-335. [PMID: 30388025 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-animal-020518-115130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Skeletal muscle growth during the early postnatal period is rapid in the pig and dependent on the capacity of muscle to respond to anabolic and catabolic stimuli. Muscle mass is driven by the balance between protein synthesis and degradation. Among these processes, muscle protein synthesis in the piglet is exceptionally sensitive to the feeding-induced postprandial changes in insulin and amino acids, whereas muscle protein degradation is affected only during specific catabolic states. The developmental decline in the response of muscle to feeding is associated with changes in the signaling pathways located upstream and downstream of the mechanistic target of rapamycin protein complex. Additionally, muscle growth is supported by an accretion of nuclei derived from satellite cells. Activated satellite cells undergo proliferation, differentiation, and fusion with adjacent growing muscle fibers. Enhancing early muscle growth through modifying protein synthesis, degradation, and satellite cell activity is key to maximizing performance, productivity, and lifelong pig health.
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- Marko Rudar
- USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA; , ,
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- USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA; , ,
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- USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA; , ,
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Manjarín R, Columbus DA, Solis J, Hernandez-García AD, Suryawan A, Nguyen HV, McGuckin MM, Jimenez RT, Fiorotto ML, Davis TA. Short- and long-term effects of leucine and branched-chain amino acid supplementation of a protein- and energy-reduced diet on muscle protein metabolism in neonatal pigs. Amino Acids 2018; 50:943-959. [PMID: 29728917 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-018-2572-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The objective of this study was to determine if enteral leucine or branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) supplementation increases muscle protein synthesis in neonates who consume less than their protein and energy requirements, and whether this increase is mediated via the upregulation of the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) pathway or the decrease in muscle protein degradation signaling. Neonatal pigs were fed milk replacement diets containing reduced energy and protein (R), R supplemented with BCAA (RBCAA), R supplemented with leucine (RL), or complete protein and energy (CON) at 4-h intervals for 9 (n = 24) or 21 days (n = 22). On days 9 and 21, post-prandial plasma amino acids and insulin were measured at intervals for 4 h; muscle protein synthesis rate and activation of mTOR-related proteins were determined at 120 min post-feeding in muscle. For all parameters measured, the effects of diet were not different between day 9 or day 21. Compared to CON and R, plasma leucine and BCAA were higher (P ≤ 0.01) in RL- and RBCAA-fed pigs, respectively. Body weight gain, protein synthesis, and activation of S6 kinase (S6K1), 4E-binding protein (4EBP1), and eukaryotic initiation factor 4 complex (eIF4E·eIF4G) were decreased in RBCAA, RL, and R relative to CON (P < 0.01). RBCAA and RL upregulated (P ≤ 0.01) S6K1, 4EBP1, and eIF4E·eIF4G compared to R. In conclusion, when protein and energy are restricted, both leucine and BCAA supplementation increase mTOR activation, but do not enhance skeletal muscle protein synthesis and muscle growth in neonatal pigs.
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- Rodrigo Manjarín
- Department of Pediatrics, U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Suite 9070, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Animal Science Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93407, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Suite 9070, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.,Prairie Swine Centre, Inc., Saskatoon, SK, S7H 5N9, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Suite 9070, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Suite 9070, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Suite 9070, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Suite 9070, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Animal Science Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93407, USA
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- Animal Science Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93407, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Suite 9070, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Suite 9070, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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Horiguchi H, Loftus TJ, Hawkins RB, Raymond SL, Stortz JA, Hollen MK, Weiss BP, Miller ES, Bihorac A, Larson SD, Mohr AM, Brakenridge SC, Tsujimoto H, Ueno H, Moore FA, Moldawer LL, Efron PA. Innate Immunity in the Persistent Inflammation, Immunosuppression, and Catabolism Syndrome and Its Implications for Therapy. Front Immunol 2018; 9:595. [PMID: 29670613 PMCID: PMC5893931 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Clinical and technological advances promoting early hemorrhage control and physiologic resuscitation as well as early diagnosis and optimal treatment of sepsis have significantly decreased in-hospital mortality for many critically ill patient populations. However, a substantial proportion of severe trauma and sepsis survivors will develop protracted organ dysfunction termed chronic critical illness (CCI), defined as ≥14 days requiring intensive care unit (ICU) resources with ongoing organ dysfunction. A subset of CCI patients will develop the persistent inflammation, immunosuppression, and catabolism syndrome (PICS), and these individuals are predisposed to a poor quality of life and indolent death. We propose that CCI and PICS after trauma or sepsis are the result of an inappropriate bone marrow response characterized by the generation of dysfunctional myeloid populations at the expense of lympho- and erythropoiesis. This review describes similarities among CCI/PICS phenotypes in sepsis, cancer, and aging and reviews the role of aberrant myelopoiesis in the pathophysiology of CCI and PICS. In addition, we characterize pathogen recognition, the interface between innate and adaptive immune systems, and therapeutic approaches including immune modulators, gut microbiota support, and nutritional and exercise therapy. Finally, we discuss the future of diagnostic and prognostic approaches guided by machine and deep-learning models trained and validated on big data to identify patients for whom these approaches will yield the greatest benefits. A deeper understanding of the pathophysiology of CCI and PICS and continued investigation into novel therapies harbor the potential to improve the current dismal long-term outcomes for critically ill post-injury and post-infection patients.
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- Hiroyuki Horiguchi
- Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States.,Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States
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Wilkinson DJ, Bukhari SSI, Phillips BE, Limb MC, Cegielski J, Brook MS, Rankin D, Mitchell WK, Kobayashi H, Williams JP, Lund J, Greenhaff PL, Smith K, Atherton PJ. Effects of leucine-enriched essential amino acid and whey protein bolus dosing upon skeletal muscle protein synthesis at rest and after exercise in older women. Clin Nutr 2017; 37:2011-2021. [PMID: 29031484 PMCID: PMC6295981 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2017.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2017] [Revised: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Impaired anabolic responses to nutrition and exercise contribute to loss of skeletal muscle mass with ageing (sarcopenia). Here, we tested responses of muscle protein synthesis (MPS), in the under represented group of older women, to leucine-enriched essential amino acids (EAA) in comparison to a large bolus of whey protein (WP). METHODS Twenty-four older women (65 ± 1 y) received (N = 8/group) 1.5 g leucine-enriched EAA supplements (LEAA_1.5), 6 g LEAA (LEAA_6) in comparison to 40 g WP. A primed constant I.V infusion of 13C6-phenylalanine was used to determine MPS at baseline and in response to feeding (FED) and feeding-plus-exercise (FED-EX; 6 × 8 unilateral leg extensions; 75%1-RM). We quantified plasma insulin/AA concentrations, leg femoral blood flow (LBF)/muscle microvascular blood flow (MBF), and anabolic signalling via immunoblotting. RESULTS Plasma insulineamia and EAAemia were greater and more prolonged with WP than LEAA, although LEAA_6 peaked at similar levels to WP. Neither LEAA or WP modified LBF or MBF. FED increased MPS similarly in the LEAA_1.5, LEAA_6 and WP (P < 0.05) groups over 0-2 h, with MPS significantly higher than basal in the LEAA_6 and WP groups only over 0-4 h. However, FED-EX increased MPS similarly across all the groups from 0 to 4 h (P < 0.05). Only p-p70S6K1 increased with WP at 2 h in FED (P < 0.05), and at 2/4 h in FED-EX (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, LEAA_1.5, despite only providing 0.6 g of leucine, robustly (perhaps maximally) stimulated MPS, with negligible trophic advantage of greater doses of LEAA or even to 40 g WP. Highlighting that composition of EAA, in particular the presence of leucine rather than amount is most crucial for anabolism.
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- Daniel J Wilkinson
- MRC/ARUK Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Derby DE22 3DT, UK
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- MRC/ARUK Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Derby DE22 3DT, UK
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- MRC/ARUK Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Derby DE22 3DT, UK
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- MRC/ARUK Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Derby DE22 3DT, UK
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- MRC/ARUK Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Derby DE22 3DT, UK
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- MRC/ARUK Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Derby DE22 3DT, UK
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- MRC/ARUK Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Derby DE22 3DT, UK
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- MRC/ARUK Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Derby DE22 3DT, UK
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- MRC/ARUK Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Derby DE22 3DT, UK
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- MRC/ARUK Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Derby DE22 3DT, UK
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- MRC/ARUK Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Derby DE22 3DT, UK
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- MRC/ARUK Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Derby DE22 3DT, UK
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- MRC/ARUK Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Derby DE22 3DT, UK.
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Dietary leucine supplementation alters energy metabolism and induces slow-to-fast transitions in longissimus dorsi muscle of weanling piglets. Br J Nutr 2017. [DOI: 10.1017/s0007114517001209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
AbstractLeucine plays an important role in promoting muscle protein synthesis and muscle remodelling. However, what percentage of leucine is appropriate in creep feed and what proteome profile alterations are caused by dietary leucine in the skeletal muscle of piglets remain elusive. In this case, we applied isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation to analyse the proteome profile of the longissimus dorsi muscles of weanling piglets fed a normal leucine diet (NL; 1·66 % leucine) and a high-leucine diet (HL; 2·1 % leucine). We identified 157 differentially expressed proteins between these two groups. Bioinformatics analysis of these proteins exhibited the suppression of oxidative phosphorylation and fatty acid β-oxidation, as well as the activation of glycolysis, in the HL group. For further confirmation, we identified that SDHB, ATP5F1, ACADM and HADHB were significantly down-regulated (P<0·01, except ATP5F1, P<0·05), whereas the glycolytic enzyme pyruvate kinase was significantly up-regulated (P<0·05) in the HL group. We also show that enhanced muscle protein synthesis and the transition from slow-to-fast fibres are altered by leucine. Together, these results indicate that leucine may alter energy metabolism and promote slow-to-fast transitions in the skeletal muscle of weanling piglets.
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