Effects of Reduced Renal Mass and Dietary Protein Intake on Amino Acid Release and Glucose Uptake by Rat Muscle In Vitro

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Abstract

Epitrochlearis muscles obtained from normal male Holtzman rats used as controls (C) and rats with reduced renal mass (Nx) fed isocaloric diets of varying protein content were incubated in Krebs-Ringer buffer containing 5 mM glucose for 1 or 3 h with or without insulin.

Authors

Herschel R. Harter, Irene E. Karl, Saulo Klahr, David M. Kipnis, Elise Tegtmeyer, Dale F. Osborne, Thomas Howard