Muscle Protein Synthesis Clinical Trial
Official title:
The Effects Potato Protein on Rates of Myofibrillar Muscle Protein Synthesis in Young Women
This study will investigate the effects of potato protein on muscle protein synthesis over a short-term (a few hours after eating) and longer term (after two weeks of unilateral resistance exercise). Young women will be randomized to received potato protein supplementation or placebo in addition to their usual diet. Muscle biopsies will be taken and the participants will drink doubly labelled water to allow for the measurement of protein synthesis over time.
The loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength with advancing age, collectively termed
sarcopenia, is a primary risk factor for disability, frailty, and premature mortality. This
is especially true in women, where rapid rates of decline in muscle mass and greater anabolic
resistance (blunting of muscle protein synthesis [MPS] despite availability of amino acids)
are experienced around the time of menopause2. Previous evidence has demonstrated that
resistance exercise is an effective strategy to mitigate muscle loss in older adults,
particularly in conjunction with protein supplementation. Typically, animal-based proteins
are utilized in research studies; however, they may be inaccessible for older women with
limited financial income or simply unattractive to the growing number of women consuming more
plant-based diets. While potatoes contain lower amounts of protein compared to animal
sources, the high biological value (BV~90-100) of potato protein and high consumption rates,
make this food an ideal source of protein in North American diets. In fact, potatoes
contribute roughly 3%-3.5% of the total daily protein intake for adults and plant-based
proteins contribute 60% of dietary protein worldwide. When compared to animal sourced
protein, potatoes are readily available and are a highly sustainable food source.
Consequently, potatoes represent an accessible, cost-effective protein source for the growing
aging population. However, the efficacy of a diet rich in potato protein to stimulate an
increase in integrated rates of MPS, which are the basis for muscle growth, in women has not
been investigated. Therefore, while the eventual target consumer will be all women, young and
old, firstly we will demonstrate the effectiveness of potato based protein to stimulate MPS
in young women.
Twenty-four healthy young women (18-29 yrs) will be recruited to participate in this parallel
group, double blind, randomized controlled trial. Participants will be randomized to either
supplementary isolated potato protein and unilateral resistance training, or unilateral
resistance training alone as placebo (with usual dietary practices, protein clamped at 0.8
g/kg/day). Participants will engage in unilateral resistance training 3 times per wk for 2
wk. To assess the anabolic properties of potato protein, the women in the potato protein
group will ingest 25 g of isolated potato protein 2 times a day. On the day of resistance
exercise one serving will be provided immediately after the cessation of training. The
placebo group will follow the same supplement schedule, but with a placebo. Integrated rates
of myofibrillar MPS will be assessed with the precursor-product method using deuterium
labeled water (70% D2O).
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