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    Dietary effects on protein turnover in three pinniped species, Eumetopias jubatus, Phoca vitulina, and Leptonychotes weddellii

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    Inglis, Susan D.
    Chair
    Castellini, Michael
    Committee
    Atkinson, Shannon
    Barboza, Perry
    Carpenter, James
    Rea, Lorrie
    Keyword
    amino acids
    animal nutrition
    pinnipedia
    food
    nutrition
    Steller's sea lion
    harbor seal
    Weddel seal
    Antarctica
    Alaska
    proteins
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10505
    Abstract
    The role of dietary protein in pinniped (seal and sea lion) nutrition is poorly understood. Although these marine mammals derive the majority of their daily energetic needs from lipid, lipids cannot supply essential amino acids which have to come from protein fractions of the diet. Protein regulation is vital for cellular maintenance, molt, fasting metabolism, exercise and development. Proteins are composed of linked amino acids (AA), and net protein turnover is the balance between protein synthesis from component AA, and degradation back to AA. Protein regulation is influenced by dietary intake and quality, as well as physiological and metabolic requirements. In this work, pinniped diet quality was assessed through comparisons of amino acid profiles between maternal milk, blood serum, and seasonal prey of wild juvenile Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Southcentral Alaska. Both Pacific herring (Clupei pallasi) and walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogramma) showed similar patterns to milk in essential and branched chain amino acid content. Serum amino acid profiles suggest the juvenile sea lions were not in protein deficit at the time of capture. Protein metabolism in the blood and urine was assessed through turnover studies using amino acid tracers. The turnover kinetics of ¹⁵N-labelled glycine in the blood amino acid and protein pool, red blood cells, and urine urea were measured in wild adult female Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in the Antarctic. Labelled glycine moved quickly into serum protein and red blood cells (1-2 hours) and urinary urea (2-4 hours). The turnover rates in the blood amino acid and urine urea pools demonstrated a reduced turnover rate associated with molting. Lastly, whole body protein turnover experiments using a single bolus ¹⁵N-labelled glycine tracer method with endproduct collection of blood, feces and urine were conducted on 2 Cohort groups of captive Alaskan harbor seals over 2 years. Season was found to have the greatest effect on whole body protein turnover, which increased during the winter and decreased in the summer molt. Conversely, protein intake decreased during the winter and increased in the summer molt. This pattern corresponded with an increase in mass and protein synthesis in the winter, while mass decreased and protein degradation rates increased in molting seals. Weaning also influenced the patterns with reduced protein turnover in newly weaned animals that had recently transitioned from milk to a fish diet. This project presents results on whole body protein turnover rates in nonfasting pinnipeds and reveals that protein turnover is strongly regulated by developmental and seasonal physiological and metabolic demands.
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    Dissertation (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2019
    Table of Contents
    Chapter 1: General Introduction -- Chapter 2: Protein Quality in the Diet of Steller Sea Lions, Eumetopias jubatus, in Southcentral Alaska -- Chapter 3: Tracking Protein Turnover in Adult Female Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) Using ¹⁵N-labelled Glycine -- Chapter 4: Whole Body Protein Turnover in Subadult Alaskan Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) -- Chapter 5: General conclusions.
    Date
    2019-05
    Type
    Dissertation
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    Marine Sciences

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