ReviewNutrients2020
Why Are Branched-Chain Amino Acids Increased in Starvation and Diabetes?
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- Metabolic signature of short-term low energy availability.Physiological reports · 2025Trial
- Association of leucine and other branched chain amino acids with clinical outcomes in malnourished inpatients: a secondary analysis of the randomized clinical trial EFFORT.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Trial
- The Diurnal Blood Metabolome and Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation: A Randomised Crossover Trial in Postmenopausal Women.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Trial
- Association of Modifiable Lifestyle Factors with Plasma Branched-Chain Amino Acid Metabolites in Women.The Journal of nutrition · 2022Trial
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- Time-dependent plasma metabolic shifts and mechanistic insights into systemic consequences of cerebral ischemia in middle-aged patients.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2026Article
- A Very-low-energy Fast Involves Increased Adipose Inflammatory Gene Expression: A 6-day Feeding Trial (FASTOMICS-6).The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Article
- Serotonin, Kynurenine, and Indole Pathways of Tryptophan Metabolism in Humans in Health and Disease.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Changes in the Metabolome of Different Tissues in Response to Streptozotocin Diabetes and Mildronate Exposure: A Metabolomic Assessment.Metabolites · 2026Article
- Impact of gut microbiota on atypical endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial cancer: a comprehensive analysis of microbial composition and metabolomic profiling.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Circulating Branched-Chain Amino Acids are Associated with Higher Odds of Obesity: Findings from the FiLWHEL Study.Nutrition and metabolic insights · 2026Article
- Alternate RNA decoding results in stable and abundant proteins in mammals.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Systemic impacts of diabetes on spermatogenesis and intervention strategies: multilayered mechanism analysis and cutting-edge therapeutic approaches.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2025Review
- The metabolic signature of salt intake: a cross-sectional analysis from the SCAPIS-study.Nutrition & metabolism · 2025Article
- Metabolic shifts in plasma amino acids and related metabolites in response to SGLT2 inhibition and hyperglycemia in type 1 diabetes.Physiological reports · 2025Article
- Metabolomic Alterations in Patients with Obesity and the Impact of Metabolic Bariatric Surgery: Insights for Future Research.Metabolites · 2025Review
- Nonessential amino acid is not nonessential in geriatric patients: implications for maxillofacial wound healing and bone repair.Maxillofacial plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2025Review
- The Effect of Dexamethasone-Mediated Atrophy on Mitochondrial Function and BCAA Metabolism During Insulin Resistance in C2C12 Myotubes.Metabolites · 2025Article
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Abstract
Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs; valine, leucine, and isoleucine) are increased in starvation and diabetes mellitus. However, the pathogenesis has not been explained. It has been shown that BCAA catabolism occurs mostly in muscles due to high activity of BCAA aminotransferase, which converts BCAA and α-ketoglutarate (α-KG) to branched-chain keto acids (BCKAs) and glutamate. The loss of α-KG from the citric cycle (cataplerosis) is attenuated by glutamate conversion to α-KG in alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase reactions, in which glycolysis is the main source of amino group acceptors, pyruvate and oxaloacetate. Irreversible oxidation of BCKA by BCKA dehydrogenase is sensitive to BCKA supply, and ratios of NADH to NAD
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