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  • Title: Protein malnutrition prevents heat conservation induced by amino acid infusion during general anesthesia in rats.
    Author: Kanazawa M, Watanabe M, Suzuki T.
    Journal: Nutr Res; 2019 May; 65():79-88. PubMed ID: 30967292.
    Abstract:
    The intravenous administration of an amino acid (AA) mixture during general anesthesia reduces anesthesia-induced hypothermia. AA-induced skeletal muscle protein synthesis and thermogenesis play important roles in the antihypothermic effects of AAs. We hypothesized that a preanesthetic dietary protein deficiency impairs the antihypothermic effects of AAs during general anesthesia due to a reduction in thermogenesis caused by a decrease in muscle protein synthesis. Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 4 groups: fed a control diet plus saline (CON-SAL) or the AA mixture (CON-AA), and fed a protein-free diet plus saline (PF-SAL) or the AA mixture (PF-AA). SAL solution or AA mixture solution was infused for 180 minutes during sevoflurane anesthesia, and rectal temperatures were measured. Rectal temperatures were significantly higher in the CON-AA group than in the PF-AA group 90 to 180 minutes after initiating the intravenous infusion of the test solutions. There was no significant difference between the PF-SAL and PF-AA groups. Plasma insulin concentrations were significantly higher in the CON-AA group than in the PF-AA group (P < .05). The phosphorylation states of protein kinase B, mammalian target of rapamycin, and eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 were significantly greater in the CON-AA group than in the PF-AA group (P < .05, P < .05, and P < .01, respectively). Our results indicated that a dietary protein deficiency before general anesthesia impaired the antihypothermic effects of an AA mixture infusion during general anesthesia by decreasing muscle protein synthesis through the insulin-stimulated phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B/mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 signaling pathway followed by metabolic heat production.
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