title: Technetium-99m-GSA clearance in mice under long-term dietary restriction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Dietary restriction (DR) without malnutrition is widely acknowledged to prolong lifespan in laboratory animals. Evidence suggests that DR retards age-related decline in protein turnover of most organs. However, there has been no report about hepatic serum glycoprotein catabolism under DR. In the current study, we evaluate the hepatic uptake of asialoglycoprotein in ICR mice with DR by measuring the plasma clearance of technetium-99m galactosyl human serum albumin (Tc-GSA).
  
  
  METHODS
  The amount of food supplied to the restricted mice was 70% of that consumed by the mice fed ad libitum (AL). The regimen was initiated at the age of 7 weeks and terminated after the age of 44 weeks. The plasma clearance of Tc-GSA was measured at the age of 7 weeks, 14 weeks, 28 weeks, and 42 weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The restricted animals showed a marked decrease in their body and liver weight, and hepatic uptake of Tc-GSA per liver weight in the restricted mice was greater than that in the mice fed AL. On the other hand, the Tc-GSA plasma clearance in the mice fed AL was stable during the study period, and that in the restricted mice showed no change with age either, and those in the two groups were similar. In addition to the receptor function, there was no difference in the expression of mRNAs of the asialoglycoprotein receptor between the two groups. Serum concentrations of cholinesterase and hepatic mRNAs of glutamine synthetase in the restricted mice were higher than those in the mice fed AL. Serum levels of amino acids in the restricted mice were lower than those in the mice fed AL.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The data presented here show that the DR did not affect the capacity of hepatic serum glycoprotein catabolism, whereas several protein metabolic pathways were affected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ono-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama 589-8511, Japan. kouda@med.kindai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Katsuyasu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kouda
authors.forename: Hirao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: Harunobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Sang K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ha-Kawa
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sonoda
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology*; D031204:Caloric Restriction / Q000379:methods*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; C070561:technetium Tc 99m DTPA-galactosyl-human serum albumin; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate