Diabetes, Vol 44, Issue 2 203-209, Copyright © 1995 by American Diabetes Association

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Regulation of postprandial whole-body proteolysis in insulin-deprived IDDM

G Biolo, S Inchiostro, A Tiengo and P Tessari
Cattedra di Malattie del Ricambio, Istituto di Medicina Clinica, University of Padua, Italy.

Suppression of tissue proteolysis is an important mechanism of postprandial protein anabolism, and it may be mediated by insulin, hyperaminoacidemia, or both. To evaluate whether insulin is essential in the regulation of this process, we have investigated the effect of mixed-meal ingestion on whole-body protein breakdown in insulin-deprived insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) patients and normal control subjects. Endogenous phenylalanine and leucine rate of appearance (Ra) from proteolysis were measured at steady-state conditions using a multiple stable isotope technique before and after the constant administration of a synthetic mixed meal. In the postabsorptive state, the IDDM patients exhibited accelerated intracellular leucine Ra (IDDM, 2.64 +/- 0.19 mumol.min-1.kg-1; control, 2.02 +/- 0.08 mumol.min-1.kg-1; P < 0.05) and plasma phenylalanine Ra (IDDM, 0.73 +/- 0.03 mumol.min-1.kg-1; control, 0.61 +/- 0.04 mumol.min-1.kg-1; P < 0.05). During meal ingestion, endogenous phenylalanine and leucine Ra values were suppressed in both the insulin-deficient IDDM (P < 0.05) and control subjects (P < 0.05). Although postmeal endogenous leucine and phenylalanine Ra values remained greater (P < 0.05) in IDDM, the delta changes from the basal endogenous leucine Ra (IDDM, -0.56 +/- 0.11 mumol.min-1.kg-1; control, -0.56 +/- 0.09 mumol.min-1.kg-1) and phenylalanine Ra (IDDM, -0.13 +/- 0.01 mumol.min-1.kg-1; control, -0.14 +/- 0.02 mumol.min-1.kg-1) were similar in both groups. In the IDDM patients, the postmeal increases from the basal leucine concentration were onefold greater (P < 0.05) than in the control-subjects.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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