title: Correlation between the urinary excretion of acid-soluble peptides, fractional synthesis rate of whole body proteins, and plasma immunoreactive insulin-like growth factor-1/somatomedin C concentration in the rat.
abstract: The relations between the urinary excretion of acid-soluble peptide (ASP)-form amino acids, the rate of whole body protein synthesis and plasma immunoreactive insulin-like growth factor-1/somatomedin C concentration were investigated in rats. The urinary ASP-form leucine plus valine excretion correlated well with the rate of whole body protein synthesis and with the plasma immunoreactive insulin-like growth factor-1 concentration. The results provide further evidence for the hypothesis that urinary excretion of ASP is an excellent index of the status of protein metabolism in animals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Funabiki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naito
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000032:analysis*; D007930:Leucine / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D010455:Peptides / Q000652:urine*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000032:analysis*; D014633:Valine / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D013002:Somatomedins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D007930:Leucine; D014633:Valine