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Effect of platelet-activating factor on basal and insulin-mediated system A amino acid transport in rat soleus muscle. 1993

J S Boruff, and M D Karlstad

Department of Anesthesiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville 37920.

We investigated the effect of platelet-activating factor (PAF) on basal and insulin-stimulated sodium-dependent neutral amino acid transport by system A in rat soleus muscle. Fasted male Sprague-Dawley rats (75-100 g) were given an intravenous injection of saline or PAF (4 micrograms/kg) and killed 1 hr later. Isolated soleus muscles were incubated in media containing 1-14C-alpha-aminoisobutyric acid (AIB; system A amino acid analog), 3H-inulin, and 0 (basal) or 100 mU/ml insulin. Na(+)-free media were assessed by Na(+)-independent AIB uptake. The rate of AIB uptake by muscle was corrected for uptake into extracellular (inulin) space. Basal cellular AIB uptake by soleus muscles from PAF-treated rats was 30.2% lower than in controls. Insulin increased the absolute rate of cellular AIB uptake above basal levels to the same extent in muscles of control and PAF-treated rats, although the rate of maximal insulin-stimulated AIB uptake was 20% lower in muscles of PAF-treated rats. Na(+)-independent AIB uptake (measured in Na(+)-free media) was the same in muscles of control and PAF-treated rats. The fact that AIB uptake in Na(+)-free media was the same in muscles of control and PAF-treated rats indicates that the reduction in basal and insulin-stimulated AIB uptake in muscles of PAF-treated rats was due to an alteration of system A Na(+)-dependent amino acid transport.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007328	Insulin	A 51-amino acid pancreatic hormone that plays a major role in the regulation of glucose metabolism, directly by suppressing endogenous glucose production (GLYCOGENOLYSIS; GLUCONEOGENESIS) and indirectly by suppressing GLUCAGON secretion and LIPOLYSIS. Native insulin is a globular protein comprised of a zinc-coordinated hexamer. Each insulin monomer containing two chains, A (21 residues) and B (30 residues), linked by two disulfide bonds. Insulin is used as a drug to control insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1).	Iletin,Insulin A Chain,Insulin B Chain,Insulin, Regular,Novolin,Sodium Insulin,Soluble Insulin,Chain, Insulin B,Insulin, Sodium,Insulin, Soluble,Regular Insulin
D007444	Inulin	A starch found in the tubers and roots of many plants. Since it is hydrolyzable to FRUCTOSE, it is classified as a fructosan. It has been used in physiologic investigation for determination of the rate of glomerular function.
D008297	Male		Males
D009132	Muscles	Contractile tissue that produces movement in animals.	Muscle Tissue,Muscle,Muscle Tissues,Tissue, Muscle,Tissues, Muscle
D010972	Platelet Activating Factor	A phospholipid derivative formed by PLATELETS; BASOPHILS; NEUTROPHILS; MONOCYTES; and MACROPHAGES. It is a potent platelet aggregating agent and inducer of systemic anaphylactic symptoms, including HYPOTENSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; NEUTROPENIA; and BRONCHOCONSTRICTION.	AGEPC,Acetyl Glyceryl Ether Phosphorylcholine,PAF-Acether,Phosphorylcholine, Acetyl Glyceryl Ether,1-Alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerophosphocholine,Platelet Aggregating Factor,Platelet Aggregation Enhancing Factor,Platelet-Activating Substance,Thrombocyte Aggregating Activity,1 Alkyl 2 acetyl sn glycerophosphocholine,Aggregating Factor, Platelet,Factor, Platelet Activating,PAF Acether,Platelet Activating Substance
D004195	Disease Models, Animal	Naturally-occurring or experimentally-induced animal diseases with pathological processes analogous to human diseases.	Animal Disease Model,Animal Disease Models,Disease Model, Animal
D000596	Amino Acids	Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerized to form proteins.	Amino Acid,Acid, Amino,Acids, Amino
D000621	Aminoisobutyric Acids	A group of compounds that are derivatives of the amino acid 2-amino-2-methylpropanoic acid.	Acids, Aminoisobutyric
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001692	Biological Transport	The movement of materials (including biochemical substances and drugs) through a biological system at the cellular level. The transport can be across cell membranes and epithelial layers. It also can occur within intracellular compartments and extracellular compartments.	Transport, Biological,Biologic Transport,Transport, Biologic