Review

Leucine:Regulation on Fat Metabolism in Mammals

  • CHEN Hao ,
  • MAO Xiangbing ,
  • CHEN Daiwen ,
  • YU bing ,
  • TANG jun
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  • Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of Ministry of Education, Ya'an 625014, China

Received date: 2014-01-29

  Online published: 2014-07-01

Abstract

Recently, many in vivo and in vitro experiments have shown that the fat metabolism can be regulated by leucine in mammals, especially rodents and humans. Both leucine supplementation and deprivation can affect fat metabolism via different mechanisms that involved in the regulation of enzyme and gene expression, and the central nervous system. Therefore, this paper reviewed the effects of leucine on fat metabolism and related mechanisms that leucine regulates fat metabolism in mammals.

Key words: leucine; fat metabolism; mammals

Cite this article

CHEN Hao , MAO Xiangbing , CHEN Daiwen , YU bing , TANG jun . Leucine:Regulation on Fat Metabolism in Mammals[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2014 , 26(7) : 1723 -1727 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2014.07.002

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