title: Accelerated cholesteryl ester transfer in baboons with insulin-requiring diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Cholesteryl ester transfer (CET), plasma, lipoprotein lipid and phospholipid composition were studied in insulin-treated baboons with chronic streptozotocin-induced diabetes. In these diabetic animals, CET measured both as the mass (p < 0.001) and isotopic transfer (p < 0.05) of CE from HDL to the apo B-containing lipoproteins (VLDL+LDL) were significantly accelerated compared to controls and the response closely resembled that recently reported in diabetic humans. No significant differences were present in plasma triglyceride, cholesterol, or HDL-C or in lipoprotein core or surface lipid composition. Thus, despite the fact that they did not display the same spectrum of abnormalities in lipoprotein composition, these insulin-treated diabetic baboons demonstrated an abnormality in CET identical to that described in humans. These findings suggest that this non-human primate may provide a suitable diabetic animal model in which to better characterize the mechanisms that underlie this potentially atherogenic disturbance in lipoprotein transport.
authors.affiliation: Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Bagdade
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Koerker
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Weigle
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Goodner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D053480:Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000201:enzymology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000201:enzymology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D006023:Glycoproteins; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D010215:Papio / Q000378:metabolism*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; C506642:CETP protein, human; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D053480:Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D008055:Lipids; D008074:Lipoproteins; D010743:Phospholipids