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A High-Protein Meal Exceeds Anabolic and Catabolic Capacities in Rats Adapted to a Normal Protein Diet

^* Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité de Physiologie de la Nutrition et du Comportement Alimentaire, Institut National Agronomique de Paris–Grignon, 16 Rue Claude Bernard, F-75005 Paris, France; ^** German Institute of Human Nutrition, Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114–116, D-14558 Bergholz–Rehbruecke, Germany

¹To whom correspondence should be addressed at INRA UPNCA, INA–PG, 16 Rue Claude Bernard, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.

The postprandial fixation of dietary nitrogen in splanchnic and peripheral tissues as well as its dynamic transfer to the nitrogen pools of the body were quantified in rats subjected to an acute augmentation of dietary protein. For this purpose, we traced the dietary protein and studied the immediate fate of exogenous nitrogen in many tissues and biological fluids. Rats were adapted to a diet providing an adequate protein level (14 g/100 g), and then fed a meal containing either 0.42 g (Group A) or 1.50 g (Group H) of [¹⁵N]-labeled milk protein. The amounts of exogenous nitrogen transferred to urea (0.32 ± 0.04 vs. 2.46 ± 0.25 mmol, respectively), incorporated in splanchnic (0.41 ± 0.02 vs. 0.87 ± 0.10 mmol) and peripheral (1.65 ± 0.84 vs. 2.36 ± 0.49 mmol) tissue protein were higher in group H than in group A. Individual plasma amino acids (AA) [¹⁵N]-enrichments showed that AA respond differentially to an acute augmentation of dietary intake. This work provides new descriptive and quantitative information on the metabolic fate of dietary nitrogen in the postprandial state. It highlights the higher integration of a surplus of dietary nitrogen in the tissues even if it is rapidly limited by saturation of the protein synthesis capacities. The main metabolic response remains the stimulation of AA degradation, leading to a large rise in urea production. However, both anabolic and catabolic systems are exceeded, resulting in an elevation of peripheral AA and negative feedback on the gastric emptying rate.

KEY WORDS: • rats • protein metabolism • high-protein meal • [¹⁵N]

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