title: Serum insulin and lipogenesis in the suckling 'fatty' fa/fa rat.
abstract: Preobese 'fatty' fa/fa rats identified by their decreased rectal temperature were either given access to high carbohydrate chow or maintained on a suckling only diet til 20 days of age. Serum insulin, hepatic and adipose tissue fatty acid synthesis and lipogenic enzyme activities were low in suckling preobese fa/fa. In animals with access to chow diet, hepatic lipogenesis was unaltered, serum insulin rose to similar levels in lean and preobese fa/fa (lean 62 +/- 5; preobese 69 +/- 4 microU/ml), but adipose tissue lipogenesis was increased to higher levels in the preobese than lean rats (lean 0.56 +/- 0.12; preobese 1.80 +/- 0.22 mumol. tissue-1. h-1). The activities of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase and fatty acid synthetase were increased in adipose tissue of preobese fa/fa rats. Neither streptozotocin treatment nor pretreatment with Triton WR 1339 abolished the difference in adipose tissue lipogenesis between lean and preobese fa/fa rats. Preobese fa/fa rats showed an enhanced insulin secretory response to a glucose load.
mesh_terms: D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects; D008055:Lipids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D009765:Obesity / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D007328:Insulin; D008055:Lipids; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases; D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase; D005947:Glucose