Abstract
We have shown that the rate of brain protein synthesis in aged rats depended on the quality and quantity of dietary protein consumed. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the quality and quantity of dietary protein affected the phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1) and ribosomal protein S6 kinase (S6K1) and regulated the brain protein synthesis. Two experiments were done on three groups of 24-wk-old male rats given diets containing 20% casein, 20% gluten, or 20% gelatin (Experiment 1), and 20% casein, 5% casein or 0% casein (Experiment 2) for 10 d. The phosphorylation of S6K1 in both the cerebral cortex and cerebellum, and the phosphorylation of 4E-BP1 in the cerebral cortex declined with a decrease of quality and quantity of dietary protein. The phosphorylation of 4E-BP1 in the cerebellum did not differ among groups. The results suggest that the ingestion of a higher quality and quantity of dietary protein stimulates the phosphorylation of 4E-BP1 and S6K1 in the brain and increases the brain protein synthesis in the aged rats.
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