Effects of intravenous glucose on whole body leucine dynamics, studied with 1-13C-leucine, in healthy young and elderly adults.
We examined whole body leucine metabolism in healthy young and elderly adults while in the postabsorptive state and during an intravenous glucose administration at two rates. Leucine flux, incorporation into whole body protein, and oxidation were estimated from a continuous intravenous infusion of L-[1-13C]leucine and determination of 13C enrichment in plasma leucine and expired air. Per unit of body weight, leucine flux and rates of incorporation into protein were similar in young and old men. Old women showed lower rates compared with young women. Rates were similar for both age groups when expressed per unit of total body water and/or of muscle protein mass. Intravenous glucose infusion (4 mg . kg-1 . min-1) reduced plasma leucine levels and flux similarly in both age groups. Thus, age-related differences in muscle mass and sensitivity of peripheral tissues to insulin-mediated glucose uptake and metabolism are not paralleled by alterations in whole body leucine kinetics in the postabsorptive state.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000097:blood; D001786:Blood Glucose; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005934:Glucagon / Q000097:blood; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007700:Kinetics; D007930:Leucine / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D012737:Sex Factors
D000596:Amino Acids; D001786:Blood Glucose; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002395:Catecholamines; D007328:Insulin; D005934:Glucagon; D007930:Leucine; D005947:Glucose; D006854:Hydrocortisone