Abstract
The present studies were carried out to determine whether infusions of [15N]leucine at low rates affect estimates of leucine oxidation and of proteolysis and protein synthesis in humans. Three groups of normal subjects were infused for 3 h with either [15N]leucine at a rate of 0.16 or 0.26 mumol X kg-1 X min-1 or saline using [2H3]leucine and alpha-[14C]ketoisocaproate as isotopic tracers of leucine metabolism. Data were analyzed at steady state using both single- and dual-isotope models. Preliminary studies were carried out to characterize the dual-isotope model in humans using infusions of [3H]leucine and alpha-[14C]ketoisocaproate. In the postabsorptive state estimates of leucine appearance, disappearance, and oxidation derived from the two isotope models were in good agreement. Infusion of stable isotope up to approximately 10% of the leucine carbon flux do not have a significant effect on leucine metabolism, but the data derived from such studies must be properly controlled and interpreted with care because these tracers are not massless.
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