title: Development of glucose intolerance in obese (fa/fa) Zucker rats.
abstract: Development of glucose intolerance in genetically obese (fa/fa) rats was investigated. Comparisons were made with lean (FA/?) control rats. Oral glucose tolerance tests were performed in 7-8 weeks, 9-10 weeks, 12-13 weeks and 16-17 weeks old rats. Irrespectively of age, the obese rats showed impaired glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity compared with age-matched lean rats. While in FA/? rats only minor changes of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and glucose tolerance were observed with progression of age, glucose intolerance in obese animals became more pronounced with aging. Obese rats older than 12-13 weeks showed no further progression of glucose intolerance. Glucose-stimulated insulin secretion increased with aging, but basal insulinemia was unaffected. Hence, we conclude that glucose intolerance and insulin resistance in genetically obese (fa/fa) rats is almost completely developed with approximately 12 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Apweiler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Freund
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood*; D051381:Rats; D011924:Rats, Zucker
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin