Leucine supplementation of a low-protein meal increases skeletal muscle and visceral tissue protein synthesis in neonatal pigs by stimulating mTOR-dependent translation initiation

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2145-2152

  Torrazza, Roberto Murgas ^a   Suryawan, Agus ^a   Gazzaneo, Maria C ^a   Orellana, Renán A ^a   Frank, Jason W ^b,c   Nguyen, Hanh V ^a   Fiorotto, Marta L ^a   El Kadi, Samer ^a   Davis, Teresa A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUCOSE; HISTIDINE; INITIATION FACTOR 4E; INITIATION FACTOR 4E BINDING PROTEIN 1; INITIATION FACTOR 4G; INSULIN; ISOLEUCINE; LACTOSE; LEUCINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; METHIONINE; S6 KINASE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; VALINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEEDING; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JEJUNUM; KIDNEY; LIVER; MASSETER MUSCLE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE; TRANSLATION INITIATION; VISCERA;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIETARY PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; INSULIN; LEUCINE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SWINE; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 78649544447     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.128421     Document Type: Article

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