title: Protein metabolism and the gut.
abstract: This paper reviews the recent literature concerning the importance of the gut in extraintestinal protein metabolism. A growing body of evidence suggests that the gut modulates amino acid flux and inter-organ relationships in various metabolic states. This may be particularly true during the absorptive period, when the gut: (1) controls amino acid absorption; (2) may modulate catabolism and uptake for synthesis of absorbed amino acid; and (3) consequently influences the availability of liver and extrasplanchnic amino acids, as well as their pattern and kinetics through portal flow delivery.
authors.affiliation: INRA Unité Nutrition Humaine et Physiologie Intestinale, Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon, Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mariotti
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Huneau
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahé
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tomé
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D005243:Feces; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D007422:Intestines / Q000502:physiology*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D011506:Proteins; D009584:Nitrogen