Table 3.

DNA, protein concentration, FSR, and ASR in the stomach, liver, and muscle

	Control	SBS	SBS+GLP-2
Stomach
DNA content, mg/kg body wt	29.0 ± 3.9	27.4 ± 4.1	34.8 ± 2.6
Protein content, g/kg body wt	0.45 ± 0.0*	0.52 ± 0.1*	0.69 ± 0.1†
FSR, %/day	34.0 ± 1.9	32.5 ± 3.5	34.4 ± 6.8
ASR, g/kg body wt per day	0.14 ± 0.0	0.17 ± 0.0	0.24 ± 0.1
Liver
DNA content, mg/kg body wt	110.5 ± 4.0	126.7 ± 4.9	119.8 ± 8.3
Protein, g/kg body wt	3.3 ± 0.1	4.00 ± 0.3	4.3 ± 0.4
FSR, %/day	53.9 ± 3.9	59.8 ± 5.6	58.5 ± 3.0
ASR, g/kg body wt per day	1.8 ± 0.1	2.5 ± 0.5	2.5 ± 0.4
Muscle
DNA concentration, μg/mg	4.1 ± 0.3	3.9 ± 0.2	4.4 ± 0.2
Protein concentration, μg/mg	84.2 ± 2.7	88.9 ± 4.7	91.9 ± 3.4
FSR, %/day	18.0 ± 4.2	17.5 ± 6.8	17.9 ± 3.6

Values mean ± SE (n = 5–8).

^*†Values are significantly different (P < 0.05). FSR, fractional synthesis rate; ASR, absolute synthesis rate.