2000
Effect of hyperinsulinemia on myocardial amino acid uptake in patients with coronary artery disease
McNulty P, Jacob R, Deckelbaum L, Young L. Effect of hyperinsulinemia on myocardial amino acid uptake in patients with coronary artery disease. Metabolism 2000, 49: 1365-1369. PMID: 11079831, DOI: 10.1053/meta.2000.9510.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBranched-chain amino acidsIschemic heart diseaseMyocardial uptakeArterial plasmaHeart diseaseChronic ischemic heart diseaseCoronary artery diseasePlasma BCAA concentrationsEffect of hyperinsulinemiaMyocardial glucose uptakeNet myocardial uptakeEuglycemic insulin infusionsNet glutamate uptakeOxidative energy substratesPossible salutary effectsBCAA uptakeMyocardial utilizationEuglycemic hyperinsulinemiaArtery diseaseInsulin levelsBCAA concentrationsInsulin infusionAmino acid uptakeAnabolic effectsCardiovascular disease
1987
Myocardial amino acid transport by canine sarcolemma vesicles
Young LH, Zaret BL, Barrett EJ. Myocardial amino acid transport by canine sarcolemma vesicles. American Journal Of Physiology 1987, 252: h1070-h1076. PMID: 3035946, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1987.252.6.h1070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCanine ventricular myocardiumVentricular myocardiumSarcoplasmic reticulumSarcolemma vesiclesLeucine uptakeAmino acid uptakeL-leucineDependent alanine transport activityAmino acid transportX minStimulatory effectPmol xAcid uptakeMammalian heartSaturable functionMyocardiumAcid transportSarcolemmaLeucine transportAlanine transport activityAlanine fluxMembrane vesiclesDifferent membrane preparations