title: Delayed removal of 125I-labeled very low density lipoprotein from plasma of rats with insulin-deficient diabetes mellitus.
abstract: The present studies demonstrate that the removal rate of exogenously labelled 125I-VLDL-protein is prolonged when total serum from insulin-deficient rats combined with isolated 125I-VLDL is injected into normal recipient rats (6.8 +/- 0.7 vs 4.2 +/- 0.4 min; p < 0.01), but not when 125I-VLDL-protein is isolated and injected alone (4.2 +/- 0.8 vs 4.3 +/- 0.8 min). Furthermore, the present studies demonstrate that when isolated 125I-VLDL-protein is recombined with either VLDL-free (d > 1.006 g/ml), or lipoprotein-free serum (d > 1.215 g/ml) from insulin-deficient rats, the defect in removal rate of VLDL-protein observed in total serum is reestablished (125I-VLDL + VLDL-free serum from insulin-deficient rat vs that from normal rat: 7.6 +/- 1.2 vs 4.6 +/- 0.7 min, p < 0.05; and 125I-VLDL + lipoprotein-free serum from insulin-deficient rat vs that from normal rat: 6.4 +/- 0.7 vs 4.1 +/- 0.4 min, p < 0.01). These data suggest that a factor or factors exist in lipoprotein-free serum of insulin-deficient rats which interfere with the normal removal of 125I-VLDL. Since we have previously demonstrated a prolongation in the removal rate of endogenously labeled VLDL-3H-TG, the defect in removal of VLDL from the plasma of insulin-deficient rats appears to include both the lipid and protein moieties of the VLDL particles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Lausanne University, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Golay
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Hollenbeck
authors.forename: Y D
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000097:blood*; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL