title: Restoration of lipoprotein lipase activity in insulin-deficient rats by insulin infusion is tissue-specific.
abstract: The activity of lipoprotein lipase was measured in white and brown adipose tissues, red vastus lateralis muscle, and heart of rats that have been insulin deficient (streptozotocin, 75 mg.kg-1) for 2 weeks, and that have then received implants of insulin-delivering minipumps (17 U.kg-1.day-1) for 1 or 4 days. Normal glycemia was restored in insulin-deficient animals after 4 days of insulin treatment. Hypertriglyceridemia, but not hypercholesterolemia, was reversed after 4 days of insulin infusion. After 2 weeks of insulin deficiency, fasting lipoprotein lipase activity was lowered in all tissues studied. In white adipose tissue, lipoprotein lipase decreased to 50% of control values. After a single day of insulin infusion, even if tissue weight has not yet been greatly affected, total activity was completely restored to control levels. Enzyme activity in brown adipose tissue was also depressed in deficient animals, and insulin infusion was followed by a slow recovery of activity, to a level intermediate between those of control and insulin-deficient groups. Insulin status had milder effects on lipoprotein lipase activity in vastus lateralis muscle than in the adipose tissues. Deficient rats displayed 60% less activity than controls, and 4 days of hormone infusion only partially restored enzyme activity. There was a large loss of lipoprotein lipase in the heart following 2 weeks of insulin depletion, which was not counteracted by hormone infusion. Thus the speed and extent of recovery of lipoprotein lipase activity following hormone replacement in insulin-deficient animals varied widely among tissues. These findings suggest that insulin is part of the factors that determine the tissue specificity of lipoprotein lipase regulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Deshaies
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Géloën
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paulin
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Bukowiecki
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000201:enzymology; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000201:enzymology*; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D007328:Insulin; D008074:Lipoproteins; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase