title: Decrease of the pool of amino acids adsorbed on blood cell membranes caused by starvation in rats.
abstract: The effect of 24 h starvation on the pool of amino acids adsorbed on the blood cell membranes was determined in Wistar rats. Aortic and iliac blood was analysed. 24 h starvation induced a significant decrease in the combined essential amino acids adsorbed on the blood cell membranes, in both arterial and venous blood, without affecting whole-blood levels (adsorbed + non-adsorbed). The same tendency was extended to most of the individual amino acids. This finding indicates that this pool of adsorbed amino acids has a rapid turnover and probably plays a physiological role in a situation of exogenous food deprivation.
authors.affiliation: Dept. de Biologia Fonamental i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de les Illes Balears, UIB, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Picó
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pons
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palou
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013217:Starvation / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids