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Fractional rates of liver, muscle, plasma and acute phase portein synthesis were measured in chickens injected with saline or E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Male Single Comb White Leghorns were infused with a primed constant infusion of 15N-L-methionine and 2H5-L-phenylalanine into the portal vein for 2 h. Changes in plasma amino acid enrichment were similar for both amino acids reaching an apparent plateau by the 30 min sampling time. The enrichment of plasma protein-bound amino acid was measurable after 1 h of isotope infusion and increased linearly over 2 h. LPS injection decreased free phenylalanine enrichment in the carotid artery (50%), and reduced tissue free methionine enrichment in the liver, pectoralis, and gastrocnemius by 16, 41, and 31% respectively. Isotopic enrichment of phenyl-alanine in liver protein, plasma protein and hemopexin increased in LPS injected birds relative to control birds. Fractional rates of muscle protein synthesis were not affected by LPS injection, however, liver protein, plasma protein, and hemopexin fractional synthesis rates increased 141, 161 and 266% respectively compared with untreated animals.
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Received November 18, 2000 Accepted October 17, 2001
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Barnes, D., Song, Z., Klasing, K. et al. Protein metabolism during an acute phase response in chickens. Amino Acids 22, 15–26 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s726-002-8198-6
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