Human protein metabolism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Welle, Stephen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [1999]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Importance of protein dynamics
  • Protein structure and the concept of protein turnover
  • Rapid turnover of proteins facilitates rapid changes in protein concentrations
  • Protein turnover is necessary to maintain protein quality
  • Appendix
  • Basic mechanisms of protein turnover
  • Protein degradation
  • Disposal of amino acids generated by proteolysis
  • Protein synthesis
  • Posttranslational modifications
  • Mitochondrial protein synthesis
  • Potential sites of regulation of protein turnover
  • Methods for studying protein metabolism in humans
  • Measuring changes in protein mass of the body
  • Whole-body protein turnover
  • Whole-body protein oxidation
  • Protein metabolism in specific organs or limbs
  • Incorporation of tracer into tissue proteins or specific proteins
  • Polyribosome abundance as a measure of protein synthesis
  • 3-methylhistidine excretion as a measure of myofibrillar proteolysis
  • Markers of collagen metabolism
  • Radioiodinated protein administration to measure protein half-life
  • Analytical methods
  • Normative data from infancy to old age
  • Whole-body N balance
  • Protein oxidation
  • Whole-body protein turnover
  • Protein turnover in organs and tissues
  • Turnover of specific proteins
  • Nutritional influences
  • Acute responses to meals
  • Starvation
  • Very-low-energy diets
  • Malnutrition
  • High energy intake
  • High protein intake
  • Summary of effects of energy and protein on whole-body protein metabolism
  • Endocrine, paracrine, and autocrine regulation
  • Insulin
  • Growth hormone
  • Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-1)
  • Other growth factors
  • Androgens
  • Ovarian steroids
  • Epinephrine
  • Cortisol
  • Thyroid hormones
  • Glucagon
  • Cytokines
  • Prostaglandins
  • Regulation by metabolic substrates
  • Amino acids
  • Glucose and its metabolites
  • Triglycerides, fatty acids, and ketone bodies
  • Physical activity
  • Effect of inactivity on protein metabolism
  • Effect of increased physical activity on protein metabolism
  • Topics of clinical interest
  • Acidosis
  • Alcoholism
  • Arthritis
  • Cancer
  • Cirrhosis
  • Diabetes
  • Glucocorticoid therapy
  • Heart disease
  • HIV infection and AIDS
  • Infection
  • Muscular dystrophies
  • Obesity
  • Parenteral and enteral nutrition
  • Pregnancy and lactation
  • Renal failure
  • Tissue injury (trauma, surgery, burns).