Levels of histidine and histidine derivatives in breast muscle of protein-depleted and repleted adult cockerels.

Nutrition and Metabolism
H FisherD Strumeyer

Abstract

Four groups of adult cockerels, consisting of a control group given adequate protein, a protein-depleted group, and two groups that had been given, respectively, a low and a higher nitrogen-containing diet following protein depletion, were killed after appropriate time intervals and histidine and histidine derivatives analyzed in breast muscle extract. The concentration of l-methylhistidine increased more than 12-fold during protein depletion and returned to near control levels during repletion. Carnosine decreased during depletion to less than 1/20 of the concentration in controls, yet increased more rapidly during repletion in the group fed a low-nitrogen diet free of histidine compared to the group fed a high-nitrogen diet containing histidine. Depleted cocks showed an elevation in the concentration of free histidine which decreased toward control levels after repletion. Levels of 3-methylhistidine were highest in the cocks fed diets containing histidine. Evidence for an accumulation in the breast muscle of adult cocks of 3-methylhistidine consisted of unusually high ratios of this derivative to muscle protein in all experimental groups. It was suggested that both 3-methylhistidine and 1-methylhistidine might serve as useful...Continue Reading

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Jan 1, 1977·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. B, Comparative Biochemistry·D E FisherD H Strumeyer
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