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Area of Science:

  • Muscle physiology
  • Biochemical kinetics
  • Human metabolism

Background:

  • The rate of human muscle protein synthesis (MPS) exhibits significant variability in reported literature.
  • Understanding this variability is crucial for accurate physiological assessment and research interpretation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To comprehensively review and analyze the factors contributing to the variability in reported human muscle protein synthesis rates.
  • To determine if variability is primarily methodological or physiological in nature.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature review of studies measuring muscle fractional synthetic rate (FSR) in healthy adults.
  • Analysis of experimental design characteristics, including precursor pool selection (muscle vs. plasma) and biopsy timing.
  • Statistical analysis to identify correlations between methodological factors and FSR variability.

Main Results:

  • Mixed muscle protein FSR was significantly higher when using muscle free amino acid enrichment compared to plasma enrichment.
  • Within-study variability was slightly lower with plasma enrichment, but not consistently.
  • Between-study consistency of FSR values inversely correlated with the duration between biopsies.
  • No single experimental design or analytical method consistently outperformed others in reducing variability.

Conclusions:

  • Variability in reported muscle protein synthesis rates is attributed to both differences in experimental design (e.g., precursor pool choice) and substantial within-subject variability.
  • The findings provide a basis for establishing guidelines for normal average basal FSR values in healthy adults at rest.