title: Rat myocardial protein degradation.
abstract: 1. Myocardial protein degradation rates were determined by following tyrosine release from rat isolated left hemi-atria in vitro. 2. After two 20 min preincubations the rate of tyrosine release from hemi-atria was constant for 4 h. 3. Skeletal muscle protein degradation was determined by following tyrosine release from rat isolated hemi-diaphragm (Fulks, Li & Goldberg, 1975). 4. Insulin (10(-7) M) inhibited tyrosine release from hemi-atria and hemi-diaphragm to a similar extent. A 48 h fast increased tyrosine release rate from hemi-diaphragm and decreased tyrosine release rate from hemi-atria. Hemi-diaphragm tyrosine release was inhibited by 15 mmol/l D-glucose but a variety of concentrations of D-glucose (0, 5, 15 mmol/l) had no effect on tyrosine release from hemi-atria. Five times the normal plasma levels of the branched-chain amino acids leucine, isoleucine and valine had no effect on tyrosine release from either hemi-atria or hemi-diaphragm.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001711:Biotransformation; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000378:metabolism; D005215:Fasting; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D014443:Tyrosine