title: Altered desaturase activities and fatty acid composition in liver microsomes of spontaneously diabetic Wistar BB rat.
abstract: We examined the activities of delta 9, delta 6 and delta 5 desaturases and fatty acid composition of liver microsomes in the insulin-dependent spontaneously diabetic adult female Wistar Bio-Breeding (BB) rat. The diabetic BB rats were subcutaneously injected with different doses of protamine zinc insulin in order to be killed in hyper-, normo- or hypo-glycemic states. Desaturase activities, which are partially inhibited by spontaneous diabetes during the normo- and hyper-glycemic periods, were similarly affected by the various insulin treatment; delta 9 desaturase activity being more depressed than the desaturase activities of either delta 6 of delta 5. Insulin treatment with 10 I.U./kg body weight twice a day for 2 days was able to restore the delta 9, delta 6 and delta 5 desaturase activities to control levels during the hypoglycemic period. The microsomal fatty acid composition of BB rats liver was not consistent with the desaturase activities, particularly delta 9 desaturase activity, during the different states of glycemia, indicating that they are not closely linked in a direct cause-effect relationship.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche de Nutrition Cellulaire et Métabolique, Université de Bourgogne, Faculté des Sciences Mirande, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mimouni
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Poisson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D000090943:Delta-5 Fatty Acid Desaturase; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases / Q000378:metabolism*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D050602:Linoleoyl-CoA Desaturase; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000201:enzymology; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011913:Rats, Inbred BB; D013230:Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase
chemical_list: D000090943:Delta-5 Fatty Acid Desaturase; D005227:Fatty Acids; D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases; D013230:Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase; D050602:Linoleoyl-CoA Desaturase; C029627:delta-9 fatty acid desaturase