Author:
Teff Karen L.,Young Simon N.
Abstract
We compared the acute effects of intragastric administration of protein and carbohydrate on tryptophan and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5HT) in rat brain, pineal, intestine, and pancreas. Protein decreased and carbohydrate increased brain indoles relative to water-infused controls. These effects were due to competition between the large neutral amino acids for entry into the brain. This competition does not exist in the pineal. The macronutrients had no effect on pineal tryptophan metabolism. In the intestine, protein resulted in higher tryptophan levels as compared to controls, owing to absorption of tryptophan in the protein. However intestinal 5HT levels were influenced by factors other than precursor availability. Pancreatic indoles were affected in a similar manner to the brain indoles. Competition between the large neutral amino acids for entry into the pancreas was also indicated by the finding that valine administration lowered brain and pancreatic tryptophan, but not the levels in the intestine and pineal. It remains to be seen whether the decrease in pancreatic 5HT after a protein meal and the increase after carbohydrate modulate the release of insulin and glucagon.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Physiology (medical),Pharmacology,General Medicine,Physiology
Cited by
30 articles.
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