Adaptative increase of ornithine production and decrease of ammonia metabolism in rat colonocytes after hyperproteic diet ingestion

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 2 50-2, 2004, Pages

  Mouillé, Béatrice ^a   Robert, Véronique ^a   Blachier, François ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Colonic epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ARGINASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CASEIN; CITRULLINE; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMMONIA FORMATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; COLON MUCOSA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT; UREA CYCLE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BODY WEIGHT; CITRULLINE; COLON; DIETARY PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; FECES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTESTINES; MALE; ORNITHINE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POLYAMINES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; VEINS;

EID: 3242683393     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00445.2003     Document Type: Article

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