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Further solutions to an isotope dilution model for partitioning phenylalanine and tyrosine between milk protein synthesis and other metabolic fates by the mammary gland of lactating dairy cows

Journal

JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
Volume 160, Issue 3-4, Pages 250-259

Publisher

CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859622000223

Keywords

Isotope dilution; kinetic model; mammary gland; phenylalanine; tyrosine

Funding

  1. DEFRA project [LS3656]
  2. Canada Research Chairs Program
  3. DEFRA
  4. BBSRC
  5. Milk Development Council
  6. Purina Mills LLC
  7. NUTRECO Inc.

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This paper investigates two methods of solving the amino acid tracer model and contrasts their solutions. The study shows that solving the model as two four-pool submodels is preferable to the integrated eight-pool model. Experimental data indicate that high and low protein diets have an impact on the partitioning of amino acids in the mammary gland.
Phenylalanine (PHE) and to a lesser extent TYR are two commonly used amino acid tracers for measuring protein metabolism in a variety of species and tissues. The model examined in this paper was developed to resolve trans-organ and stable isotope dilution data collected from experiments with lactating dairy cows using these tracers. Two methods of solving the model, i.e. as two four-pool submodels, one representing PHE and the other TYR, or as an integrated eight-pool model, are investigated and the alternative solutions are contrasted. Solving the model as the two four-pool submodels rather than the integrated 8-pool model is preferred as the equations are slightly simpler and their application less susceptible to any compounding of measurement errors. The data used to illustrate the model were taken from experiments conducted to investigate the effects of high and low protein diets on the partitioning of PHE and TYR between milk protein synthesis and other metabolic fates by the mammary gland.

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