Whole body protein breakdown rates and hormonal adaptation in fasted obese subjects

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
L C Henson, D Heber

Abstract

Fasting is known to result in marked decreases in urinary urea nitrogen excretion over a 7-day period. In the present studies, changes in whole body protein breakdown rates and in the circulating levels of a number of hormones involved in protein anabolism and catabolism were systematically studied in nine obese subjects after 12 h and after 7 days of fasting. Whole body protein breakdown rates, measured with a primed continuous infusion of L-[U-14C]lysine, were decreased after 7 days of fasting (1.54 +/- 0.12 g/kg . day) compared to those after 12 h of fasting (1.96 +/- 0.10 g/kg . day). Plasma insulin decreased and glucagon increased after 7 days of fasting, resulting in an increased glucagon to insulin molar ratio. Plasma cortisol, urinary free cortisol excretion plasma rT3 levels, and branched chain amino acid levels increased after 7 days of fasting. Serum lysine levels, used for the calculations of whole body protein breakdown rates, were not changed. We conclude: 1) decreased whole body protein breakdown contributes significantly to the decreased nitrogen excretion observed with fasting in obese subjects; and 2) a decrease in circulating levels of free T3 may lead to this adaptive decrease in protein breakdown in fasted ...Continue Reading

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