title: Proteolytic activities in kidney and liver during refeeding of protein depleted mice.
abstract: Proteolytic activities at pH 5.0 and pH 7.4 in both kidney and liver during refeeding of protein-depleted mice were determined. Under this nutritional condition, the in vivo rate of protein breakdown is inhibited. Protein depletion caused in both kidney and liver a loss of pH 5.0 proteolytic activity. It was restored to normal values after 12 hours of refeeding with a complete diet. The pH 7.4 proteolytic activity also decreased as a consequence of protein depletion, but remained low during refeeding. Both re-fed kidney and liver lysosomes showed an increased stability to osmotic shock and, therefore, a decreased autophagic activity. The results indicate that both kidney and liver exhibit a similar behavior. The decreased activity of the lysosomal-vacuolar system, and the low pH 7.4 proteolytic activity may account for the observed in vivo protein breakdown inhibition during refeeding of protein-depleted mice.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina.
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Cassia
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Sanllorenti
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Conde
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D011488:Protein Deficiency / Q000178:diet therapy*
chemical_list: D004044:Dietary Proteins