Influence of methionine/valine-depleted enteral nutrition on nucleic acid and protein metabolism in tumor-bearing rats

Table 3 Incorporation (DUR, %) of ³H into nucleic acids and proteins in TB rats after treatment

Group		0.5 h	1 h	2 h	4 h
RNA	A	0.208 ± 0.002	0.300 ± 0.002	0.349 ± 0.007	0.405 ± 0.007c
	B	0.149 ± 0.012	0.249 ± 0.009	0.260 ± 0.010	0.389 ± 0.010
	C	0.200 ± 0.007	0.250 ± 0.036b	0.283 ± 0.029ac	0.326 ± 0.014c
	D	0.180 ± 0.013	0.210 ± 0.024	0.300 ± 0.034	0.320 ± 0.030b
DNA	A	0.210 ± 0.013	0.300 ± 0.020	0.339 ± 0.039	0.400 ± 0.002c
	B	0.179 ± 0.010a	0.204 ± 0.039a	0.240 ± 0.028a	0.300 ± 0.015b
	C	0.200 ± 0.011	0.250 ± 0.040	0.283 ± 0.031c	0.340 ± 0.057c
	D	0.180 ± 0.015	0.220 ± 0.024	0.308 ± 0.007	0.320 ± 0.035
Proteins	A	0.659 ± 0.055	2.410 ± 0.149	3.450 ± 0.125	4.492 ± 0.108c
	B	0.500 ± 0.020b	2.000 ± 0.203b	2.890 ± 0.090bc	3.670 ± 0.110b
	C	0.805 ± 0.098	2.510 ± 0.010	3.540 ± 0.101c	4.180 ± 0.018c
	D	0.708 ± 0.019	1.887 ± 0.020b	2.916 ± 0.085b	3.813 ± 0.076b

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01, vs group A or C.

^cNumber of rats = 2.