Increased Rates of Whole Body Protein Synthesis and Breakdown in Children Recovering from Burns
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Annals of Surgery
- Vol. 187 (4), 383-391
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000658-197804000-00007
Abstract
The rates of whole body protein synthesis and breakdown were determined, with the aid of a constant administration of [15N]glycine, during recovery in 11 acutely burned children, involving a total of 24 studies. Eleven studies were also conducted in seven healthy children before and after reconstructive surgery. Rates of whole body protein synthesis and breakdown, expressed as g protein/kg body weight/day, were significantly (p less than 0.05) and positiviely correlated with per cent body surface area total burn, per cent third-degree burn, and per cent open wound. These rates (synthesis, 7.1 +/- 2.1 g protein/kg/day; breakdown, 6.3 +/- 1.8 g protein/kg/day) were 80 to 100% greater (p less than 0.05) in patients with total burns greater than or equal to 60%, as compared to patients with less than 25% total burns or to the surgical patients. Because of the high energy cost of protein synthesis, it is proposed that an increased whole body protein turnover is partly responsible for the reported elevations in rates of heat production occurring in patients recovering from thermal injury.Keywords
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