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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Volume 288, Issue 6, Pages E1244-E1251Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00530.2004
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proline; arginine biosynthesis; first-pass metabolism
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We have shown that first-pass intestinal metabolism is necessary for similar to 50% of whole body arginine synthesis from its major precursor proline in neonatal piglets. Furthermore, the intestine is not the site of increased arginine synthesis observed during dietary arginine deficiency. Primed constant intravenous (iv) and intraportal (ip) infusions of L-[U-C-14]proline, and iv infusion of either L-[guanido-C-14]arginine or L-[4,5-H-3]arginine were used to measure first-pass hepatic arginine synthesis in piglets enterally fed either deficient (0.20 g.kg(-1).day(-1)) or generous (1.80 g.kg(-1).day(-1)) quantities of arginine for 5 days. Conversion of arginine to other urea cycle intermediates and arginine recycling were also calculated for both dietary treatments. Arginine synthesis (g.kg(-1).day(-1)) from proline was greater in piglets (P < 0.05) fed the deficient arginine diet in both the presence (generous: 0.07; deficient: 0.17; pooled SE = 0.01) and absence (generous: 0.06; deficient: 0.20; pooled SE = 0.01) of first-pass hepatic metabolism. There was no net arginine synthesis from proline during first-pass hepatic metabolism regardless of arginine intake. Arginine conversion to urea, citrulline, and ornithine was significantly greater (P < 0.05) in piglets fed the generous arginine diet. Calculated arginine fluxes were significantly lower (P = 0.01) for [4,5-H-3]arginine than for [guanido-C-14]arginine, and the discrepancy between the values was greater in piglets fed the deficient arginine diet (35% vs. 20%). Collectively, these findings show that first-pass hepatic metabolism is not a site of net arginine synthesis and that piglets conserve dietary arginine in times of deficiency by decreasing hydrolysis and increasing recycling.
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