title: Brain uptake of ketones in rats with differing susceptibility to dietary obesity.
abstract: The effect of a low- and high-fat diet on the transport of 3-hydroxybutyrate and glucose across the blood brain barrier has been measured in two strains of animals that have a marked difference in the degree of obesity that develops when they eat a high fat diet. The S 5B/Pl rats are resistant to dietary obesity whereas the Osborne-Mendel rats readily develop obesity when eating a high-fat diet. The transport of 3-hydroxybutyrate and glucose across the blood-brain barrier was measured as the ratio of radioactive compound (3-hydroxybutyrate or glucose) to radioactively labeled water by the technique of Oldendorf. The uptake of 3-hydroxybutyrate was significantly higher in the S 5B/Pl rats than in the Osborne-Mendel rats when they were eating either the low-fat diet or the high-fat diet. In addition, there was a significant increase in the transport of 3-hydroxybutyrate in the animals of both strains when eating the high-fat diet as compared to the low-fat diet. However, there was no difference in the transport of glucose between the two strains of rats whether they ate a low-fat or high-fat diet. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that resistance to dietary obesity is associated with increased transport of 3-hydroxybutyrate across the blood-brain barrier.
mesh_terms: D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000378:metabolism*; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D005947:Glucose; D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid