title: The effects of cafeteria diet induced obesity on rat blood amino acid compartmentation.
abstract: In female virgin Wistar rats, the effects of a cafeteria-diet induced obesity on blood amino acid levels and their distribution between plasma and blood cells have been studied in fed and 24-hour starved states. Cafeteria diet induced obesity provoked a decrease in total blood cell amino acid content, both in fed and starved situations when compared with controls. Whether is a causal factor for developing obesity due to imbalance in tissue amino acid supply for protein biosynthesis processes, or represents some signal related to hypothalamic control of feeding, or is a consequence of the obesity remains to be established.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Biologia i Ciències de la Salut (Laboratori de Bioquímica), Facultat de Ciències, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gianotti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roca
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palou
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000097:blood*; D000818:Animals; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology; D010949:Plasma / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013217:Starvation / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids