Amino acid tolerance in cirrhotic patients following oral protein and amino acid loads

Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
M Y MorganD Stambuk

Abstract

Plasma amino acid and venous blood ammonia concentrations were measured in six patients with well-compensated cirrhosis and in six healthy volunteers, both in the fasting state and serially for 5 h following ingestion of 30 g mixed protein and 30 g amino acid mixture, administered on separate occasions. Mean fasting plasma concentrations of threonine, serine, proline, glycine, and of the three branched-chain amino acids, valine, isoleucine and leucine, were significantly reduced in the cirrhotic patients compared with the control subjects, while mean (+/- 1 s.d.) fasting venous blood ammonia concentrations were comparable 71.2 +/- 31.4 cf. 56.0 +/- 25.4 mumol/L. Following the oral protein and amino acid loads, increases were observed in plasma amino acid concentrations in the majority of subjects with a return to baseline values by the end of the study. Changes in the circulating concentrations of most amino acids were independent of their concentration in the oral protein and amino acid loads, and their relative distribution in the circulation varied over time. The increases in the concentrations of the three branched-chain amino acids did, however, reflect their concentrations in the two nitrogen loads and did remain constant...Continue Reading

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