Table 1.

Basic parameters of protein and amino acid metabolism in EDL and SOL

	Control		Turpentine
	EDLc (n = 7)	SOLc (n = 7)	EDLt (n = 7)	SOLt (n = 7)
Total proteolysis (nmol TYR/g wet wt/h)	109 ± 6	171 ± 7*	145 ± 5	219 ± 16†‡
Myofibrillar proteolysis (nmol 3MH/g wet wt/h)	0.542 ± 0.033	1.167 ± 0.086*	0.845 ± 0.119	1.447 ± 0.157†
CHTLA of proteasome (nmol AMC/g of protein/h)	1034 ± 71	2125 ± 125*	1640 ± 106	2436 ± 174†
Leucine oxidation (nmol LEU/g wet wt/h)	45 ± 3	86 ± 7*	59 ± 9	116 ± 12†
Protein synthesis (nmol LEU/g of protein/h)	2870 ± 136	3269 ± 166	1982 ± 77	2804 ± 271†

SOL, the soleus muscle; EDL, the extensor digitorum longus muscle; TYR, tyrosine; 3MH, 3-methylhistidine; CHTLA, chymotrypsin-like activity; AMC, 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin; LEU, leucine.

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM.

anova followed by Tukey–Kramer test.

^*P < 0.05 SOL_cvs. EDL_c.

^†P < 0.05 SOL_tvs. EDL_t.

^‡P < 0.05 SOL_tvs. SOL_c.