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OBESITY
Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 351-358Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20943
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [MOP-62889]
- Fonds de la recherche du Quebec-Sante
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ObjectiveIn insulin-resistant states, resistance of protein anabolism occurs concurrently with that of glucose, but can be compensated for by abundant amino acid (AA) provision. This effect and its mechanism were sought in obesity. MethodsPancreatic clamps were performed in 8 lean and 11 obese men, following 5-h postabsorptive, 3-h infusions of octreotide, basal glucagon, and growth hormone, with clamped postprandial-level insulin, glucose, and AA. Whole-body [1-C-13]-leucine and [3-H-3]-glucose kinetics, skeletal muscle protein (H-2(5)-phenylalanine) fractional synthesis rates, and insulin signaling were determined. ResultsClamp insulin and branched-chain AA did not differ; fasting glucagon and growth hormone were maintained. Glucose uptake was 20% less in obese concurrent with less Akt(Ser473), but also less IRS-1(Ser636/639) phosphorylation. Stimulation of whole-body, myofibrillar, and sarcoplasmic protein synthesis was similar. Whole-body protein catabolism suppression tended to be less (P=0.06), resulting in lesser net balance (1.090.07 vs. 1.31 +/- 0.08 mol [kg FFM-1] min(-1), P=0.048). Increments in muscle S6K1(Thr389) phosphorylation were less in the obese, but 4E-BP1(Ser65) did not differ. ConclusionsHyperaminoacidemia with hyperinsulinemia stimulated protein synthesis (possibly via nutrient signaling) normally in obesity, but suppression of proteolysis may be compromised. Whether long-term high protein intakes could compensate for the insulin resistance of protein anabolism remains to be determined.
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