Table 6.
Cathepsin B and L activities (nmol AMC/mg protein/hour)
| Fed animals | Overnight starved animals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLD (n = 10) | HVLID (n = 10) | HLD (n = 9) | SLD + S (n =10) | HVLID + S (n = 10) | HLD (n = 10) | |
| M. gastrocnemius | 5.4 ± 1.1 | 4.3 ± 1.6 | 5.7 ± 1.2 | 6.5 ± 1.4 | 6.0 ± 0.9 | 5.9 ± 1.1 |
| M. soleus | 44.3 ± 2.6 | 51.4 ± 3.2 | 39.0 ± 2.1 c | 55.4 ± 3.8 b | 45.4 ± 1.6 | 27.4 ± 2.1 a,b,c |
| M. ext. digitorum longus | 12.6 ± 1.4 | 11.5 ± 1.4 | 8.0 ± 1.4 | 10.1 ± 4.7 | 4.7 ± 1.6 a,b | 1.6 ± 1.0 a,b |
| Liver | 213 ± 10 | 233 ± 11 | 192 ± 12 | 346 ± 21 b | 394 ± 14 b | 372 ± 16 b |
| Jejunum | 164 ± 7 | 214 ± 17 a | 98 ± 24 c | 270 ± 20 | 104 ± 16 a,b | 99 ± 23 a |
| Kidney | 1420 ± 47 | 1337 ± 96 | 831 ± 56 | 1566 ± 50 | 1126 ± 56 | 1021 ± 57 |
Means ± SE, p ˂ 0.05
a compared to the corresponding control (SLD or SLD + S)
b compared to the corresponding fed group
c HLD (HLD + S) vs. HVLID (HVLID + S). Abbreviations as indicated in Table 1