l alanine/obesity

Membrane vesicles from the small intestine brush border were obtained and used to determine the possible effects of genetic or nutritional obesity on L-alanine uptake. Membrane vesicles from Zucker fa/fa obese rats and cafeteria diet-fed Zucker Fa/? rats showed the same characteristics as those of

The "in vivo" handling of L-alanine in 24 hours starved rats, in which obesity was induced by feeding with cafeteria diet, was compared with that of starved control rats. 14C-alanine was administered in trace amounts in order not to affect the normal handling of this amino acid. The results obtained

OBJECTIVE L-alanine (Ala) and L-arginine (Arg) have been reported to regulate pancreatic β-cell physiology and to prevent body fat accumulation in diet-induced obesity. Here, we assessed growth and adiposity parameters, glucose tolerance, insulin secretion and the expression of insulin and

High-protein diets have been shown to alleviate detrimental effects of high-fat diets and this effect can be partially mimicked by dietary L-leucine supplementation. Here, we aimed to elucidate the early mechanisms and the specificity of leucine effects. We performed a 1-week trial with male C57BL/6

The main purpose of this study was to determine some key physical, physiological, clinical, and nutritional markers of health status in obese and sedentary adults (54.0 ± 8.1 years, 141 men and 68 women) with primary hypertension (HTN) characterized by sex and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) level.

Available information on the fate and insulinotropic action of L-alanine in isolated pancreatic islets is restricted to data collected in obese hyperglycemic mice. Recent data, however, collected mostly in tumoral islet cells of either the RINm5F line or BRIN-BD11 line, have drawn attention to the

Obesity is one of the independent risk factors for several health problems, leading to metabolic perturbations and for which analytical approaches i.e., "metabolomics" is needed to monitor the underlying metabolic changes. In this study, obesity associated changes were assessed via serum metabolites

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine whether oral supplementation with L-glutamine (GLN) modifies the gut microbiota composition in overweight and obese adults. METHODS Thirty-three overweight and obese adults, ages between 23 and 59 y and body mass index between 25.03 and 47.12 kg/m(2),

Solute uptake into liver plasma membrane vesicles from either lean or obese Zucker rats was monitored. D-Glucose and L-leucine uptakes at physiological concentrations of the substrate were not different in lean and obese Zucker rats. In agreement with a previous report (Ruiz et al. (1991) Biochem.

Alanine and glutamine uptake by the liver of 50-52-day-old genetically obese Zucker rats and their lean littermates has been studied. The net uptake in vivo of L-alanine is 2-fold higher in the obese animals. No significant change in L-glutamine net balance was found. We also studied the

The utilization of L-alanine by liver is dependent on amino acid uptake from blood. This uptake, mainly mediated by the A transport system, may be regulated by different nutritional and physiologic conditions. The regulation of this transport system by diets with different protein content was tested

The effects of cafeteria diet-induced obesity upon in vitro uptake of L-Alanine, Glycine, L-Lysine, L-Glutamine, L-Glutamic acid, L-Phenylalanine and L-Leucine by isolated rat erythrocytes have been studied. The total Phe and Leu uptakes followed Michaelis-Menten kinetics. The Glu uptake was fitted

Calorie restriction (CR) reduces co-morbidities associated with obesity, but also reduces lean mass thereby predisposing people to weight regain. Since we demonstrated that glycine supplementation can reduce inflammation and muscle wasting, we hypothesized that glycine supplementation during CR

Previous studies showed that dietary L-arginine supplementation decreased white fat mass in genetically obese rats. This study tested the effectiveness of L-arginine in diet-induced obesity. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed for 15 wk a high-fat (HF) (40% energy) or low-fat (LF) (10% energy) diet

BACKGROUND Obesity and metabolic surgery is known to improve chronic inflammatory status. Whether improvement is related to anatomical changes or weight loss is still to debate. OBJECTIVE The aim of this clinical trial is to compare the different bariatric procedures sleeve gastrectomy (SG),