An isotope dilution model for partitioning phenylalanine and tyrosine uptake by the mammary gland of lactating dairy cows

Crompton, L. A., France, J., Reynolds, C. K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4152-1190, Mills, J. A. N., Hanigan, M. D., Ellis, J. L., Bannink, A., Bequette, B. J. and Dijkstra, J. (2014) An isotope dilution model for partitioning phenylalanine and tyrosine uptake by the mammary gland of lactating dairy cows. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 359. pp. 54-60. ISSN 0022-5193 doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.05.012

Abstract/Summary

An isotope dilution model for partitioning phenylalanine and tyrosine uptake by the mammary gland of the lactating dairy cow is constructed and solved in the steady state. The model contains four intracellular and four extracellular pools and conservation of mass principles are applied to generate the fundamental equations describing the behaviour of the system. The experimental measurements required for model solution are milk secretion and plasma flow rate across the gland in combination with phenylalanine and tyrosine concentrations and plateau isotopic enrichments in arterial and venous plasma and free and protein bound milk during a constant infusion of [1-(13)C]phenylalanine and [2,3,5,6-(2)H]tyrosine tracer. If assumptions are made, model solution enables determination of steady state flows for phenylalanine and tyrosine inflow to the gland, outflow from it and bypass, and flows representing the synthesis and degradation of constitutive protein and hydroxylation. The model is effective in providing information about the fates of phenylalanine and tyrosine in the mammary gland and could be used as part of a more complex system describing amino acid metabolism in the whole ruminant.

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URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/38613
Item Type	Article
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Animal Sciences > Animal, Dairy and Food Chain Sciences (ADFCS)- DO NOT USE
Uncontrolled Keywords	Isotope dilution; Kinetic model; Mammary gland; Phenylalanine; Tyrosine
Publisher	Elsevier
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