title: Adrenic acid delta 4 desaturation and fatty acid composition in liver microsomes of spontaneously diabetic Wistar BB rats.
abstract: We examined the delta 4 (n-6) desaturation and the fatty acid composition of liver microsomes in the insulin-dependent spontaneously diabetic Wistar Bio-Breeding (BB) rat. The desaturation of adrenic acid to n-6 docosapentaenoic acid was decreased in the normo- and hyperglycemic diabetic rats. Insulin treatment with 1.0 IU. 100 g body weight-1 twice a day for 2 days restored the reduced activity during the hypoglycemic period. The pattern of responses was similar to that of linoleic acid delta 6 and dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid delta 5 desaturases, with a non-parallel relationship between the desaturation system and the glycemia. The microsomal fatty acid composition of BB rat liver reflected only partially to the delta 4 desaturation at different states of glycemia. Factors other than impaired desaturation system are involved in the fatty acid metabolism of spontaneously diabetic rats.
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: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Narce
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Horrobin
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Poisson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D004883:Erucic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011913:Rats, Inbred BB
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004883:Erucic Acids; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D007328:Insulin; C011395:adrenic acid; D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases