PMID- 24204984 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140904 LR - 20211203 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 10 DP - 2013 TI - Essential amino acid enriched high-protein enteral nutrition modulates insulin-like growth factor-1 system function in a rat model of trauma-hemorrhagic shock. PG - e77823 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0077823 [doi] LID - e77823 AB - BACKGROUND: Nutrition support for critically ill patients supplemented with additional modular protein may promote skeletal muscle protein anabolism in addition to counteracting acute nitrogen loss. The present study was designed to investigate whether the essential amino acid (EAA) enriched high-protein enteral nutrition (EN) modulates the insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) system and activates the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) anabolic signaling pathway in a trauma-hemorrhagic shock (T-HS) rat model. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 90, 278.18 +/- 0.94 g) were randomly assigned to 5 groups: (1) normal control, (2) pair-fed, (3) T-HS, (4) T-HS and standard EN, and (5) T-HS and EAA enriched high-protein EN. Six animals from each group were harvested on days 2, 4, and 6 for serum, gastrocnemius, soleus, and extensor digitorum longus sample collection. T-HS significantly reduced muscle mass. Nutrition support maintained muscle mass, especially the EAA enriched high-protein EN. Meanwhile, a pronounced derangement in IGF-1-IGFBPs axis as well as impaired mTOR transduction was observed in the T-HS group. Compared with animals receiving standard EN, those receiving EAA enriched high-protein EN presented 18% higher serum free IGF-1 levels following 3 days of nutrition support and 22% higher after 5 days. These changes were consistent with the concomitant elevation in serum insulin and reduction in corticosterone levels. In addition, phosphorylations of downstream anabolic signaling effectors - including protein kinase B, mTOR, and ribosomal protein S6 kinase1 - increased significantly in rats receiving EAA enriched high-protein EN. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE: Our findings firstly demonstrate the beneficial effect of EAA enriched high-protein EN on the metabolic modulation of skeletal muscle protein anabolism by regulating the IGF-1 system and downstream anabolic signaling transduction. FAU - Xia, Xianfeng AU - Xia X AD - Research Institute of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. FAU - Wang, Xinying AU - Wang X FAU - Li, Qiurong AU - Li Q FAU - Li, Ning AU - Li N FAU - Li, Jieshou AU - Li J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131028 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Amino Acids, Essential) RN - 0 (Dietary Proteins) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 67763-96-6 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor I) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - W980KJ009P (Corticosterone) SB - IM MH - Amino Acids, Essential/*administration & dosage MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - Corticosterone/blood MH - Dietary Proteins/*administration & dosage MH - *Disease Models, Animal MH - *Enteral Nutrition MH - Insulin/blood MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism/pathology MH - Phosphorylation MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Shock, Hemorrhagic/*metabolism/pathology/therapy MH - Signal Transduction MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/blood MH - Wounds and Injuries/*metabolism/pathology/therapy PMC - PMC3810136 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2013/11/10 06:00 MHDA- 2014/09/05 06:00 PMCR- 2013/10/28 CRDT- 2013/11/09 06:00 PHST- 2013/06/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/09/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/11/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/11/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/09/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/10/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-13-23948 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0077823 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2013 Oct 28;8(10):e77823. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077823. eCollection 2013.