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Table 6 Cathepsin B and L activities (nmol AMC/mg protein/hour)

From: Alterations in protein and amino acid metabolism in rats fed a branched-chain amino acid- or leucine-enriched diet during postprandial and postabsorptive states

 

Fed animals

Overnight starved animals

SLD (n = 10)

HVLID (n = 10)

HLD (n = 9)

SLD + S (n =10)

HVLID + S (n = 10)

HLD (n = 10)

M. gastrocnemius

5.4 ± 1.1

4.3 ± 1.6

5.7 ± 1.2

6.5 ± 1.4

6.0 ± 0.9

5.9 ± 1.1

M. soleus

44.3 ± 2.6

51.4 ± 3.2

39.0 ± 2.1 c

55.4 ± 3.8 b

45.4 ± 1.6

27.4 ± 2.1 a,b,c

M. ext. digitorum longus

12.6 ± 1.4

11.5 ± 1.4

8.0 ± 1.4

10.1 ± 4.7

4.7 ± 1.6 a,b

1.6 ± 1.0 a,b

Liver

213 ± 10

233 ± 11

192 ± 12

346 ± 21 b

394 ± 14 b

372 ± 16 b

Jejunum

164 ± 7

214 ± 17 a

98 ± 24 c

270 ± 20

104 ± 16 a,b

99 ± 23 a

Kidney

1420 ± 47

1337 ± 96

831 ± 56

1566 ± 50

1126 ± 56

1021 ± 57

  1. Means ± SE, p ˂ 0.05
  2. a compared to the corresponding control (SLD or SLD + S)
  3. b compared to the corresponding fed group
  4. c HLD (HLD + S) vs. HVLID (HVLID + S). Abbreviations as indicated in Table 1
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Nutrition & Metabolism

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