Table 6

Effect of dietary protein level on adipose tissue enzyme activities¹

30 kg

60 kg

100 kg

ACC

(nmol HCO₃/min/mg protein)

LP

28.35 ± 1.12^a

40.03 ± 2.00* ^ab

47.43 ± 1.24* ^b

HP

24.12 ± 1.90^A

26.04 ± 1.91^AB

34.13 ± 1.25^B

FAS

(nmol NADPH/min/mg protein)

LP

33.41 ± 1.32^a

69.03 ± 3.14* ^b

72.23 ± 3.42* ^b

HP

35.34 ± 1.09^A

54.04 ± 1.80^B

60.41 ± 2.20^B

ME

(nmol NADPH/min/mg protein)

LP

253.43 ± 14.23^a

290.33 ± 12.44* ^b

320.34 ± 13.42* ^b

HP

234.12 ± 12.09^A

240.43 ± 11.90^A

253.11 ± 13.20^A

G-6-PDH

(nmol NADPH/min/mg protein)

LP

189.42 ± 12.34^a

233.32 ± 17.43* ^b

290.54 ± 14.67* ^c

HP

177.23 ± 12.12^A

168.01 ± 18.65^A

278.39 ± 15.77^B

LPL

(mmol oleic acid/h/g tissue)

LP

29.56 ± 1.45^a

30.43 ± 1.22^a

29.21 ± 1.88^a

HP

27.43 ± 1.34^A

40.11 ± 1.13* ^B

36.43 ± 1.01* ^B

HSL

(mU/mg protein)

LP

3.62 ± 0.16^a

8.02 ± 0.08* ^b

4.21 ± 0.06^a

HP

3.75 ± 0.13^A

6.43 ± 0.02^B

6.43 ± 0.06* ^B

CPT-1

(nmol palmitate/min/mg protein)

LP

2.17 ± 0.09^a

6.34 ± 0.11^b

5.94 ± 0.10^b

HP

2.13 ± 0.05^A

6.02 ± 0.09* ^B

3.12 ± 0.06* ^A

¹ Symbols/abbreviations as for table 3.

Zhao et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2010 7:6   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-7-6