title: Time-dependent regulation by insulin of leucine metabolism in young healthy adults.
abstract: The long- and short-term effects of insulin on leucine turnover were investigated in six young healthy volunteers using [1-14C]leucine in combination with indirect calorimetry. After baseline measurement of leucine turnover (44.9 +/- 2.7 mumol.m-2.min-1), the plasma insulin concentration was raised by 10 microU/ml above baseline while maintaining euglycemia for 24 h. Repeat determinations of leucine turnover were carried out at 3 and 24 h. On a separate day, in three of the six subjects, leucine turnover also was quantitated after 13 h of equivalent hyperinsulinemia. Insulin significantly suppressed plasma leucine and ketoisocaproate (KIC) concentrations during short-term (3 h) infusion, and this reduction persisted after 13 and 24 h of insulin administration. Endogenous leucine flux (an index of protein degradation) was decreased similarly by hyperinsulinemia at 3 h (34.2 +/- 2.9 mumol.m-2.min-1, P < 0.001) and at 13 h (29.2 +/- 2.6 mumol.m-2.min-1, P < 0.05 vs. baseline) but returned to the basal preinsulin rate after 24 h of insulinization (40.4 +/- 2.9 mumol.m-2.min-1; P = not significant vs. baseline, P < 0.001 vs. 3 h, and P < 0.05 vs. 13-h studies). Leucine oxidation did not change significantly after either 3, 13, or 24 h of insulin infusion. Similar results were obtained whether the calculations were carried out using the [14C]KIC or [14C]leucine specific activities. Four separate subjects, treated in a similar manner to the experimental group, received a 24-h infusion of saline and thus served as the controls for time, nutritional status, and level of physical activity.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis 38163.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Petrides
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Luzi
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: DeFronzo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000097:blood; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002153:Calorimetry, Indirect; D005260:Female; D005934:Glucagon / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D006946:Hyperinsulinism / Q000097:blood; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D007651:Keto Acids / Q000097:blood; D007930:Leucine / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012016:Reference Values; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D007651:Keto Acids; C013082:alpha-ketoisocaproic acid; D005934:Glucagon; D007930:Leucine