title: Impact of diabetic inheritance on glucose tolerance and insulin secretion in spontaneously diabetic GK-Wistar rats.
abstract: The impact of genetic factors and maternal diabetes on glucose tolerance and pancreatic beta-cell function was studied in first generation (F1) offspring generated in crosses between the spontaneously diabetic Goto-Kakizaki (GK)-Wistar rat and normoglycemic control Wistar rats (W). The (GK x W) F1 hybrids were offspring of either male GK (mGK) and female Wistar (fW) (mGK x fW) or male Wistar (mW) and female GK (fGK) (mW x fGK) rats. Already at 8 days of age, blood glucose levels were elevated in GK (7.6 +/- 0.5 vs. 4.8 +/- 0.3 mM in W; P < 0.001) and in F1 rats (6.0 +/- 0.3 in mGK x fW and 6.6 +/- 0.4 mM in mW x fGK; both P < 0.01 vs. W). In 2-month-old male rats, glucose (2 g/kg, intraperitoneally) markedly increased blood glucose levels after 60 min in GK rats (18.1 +/- 0.6 vs. 5.5 +/- 0.3 mM in W; P < 0.001) and moderately increased levels in F1 rats (9.9 +/- 0.9 in mGK x fW and 11.6 +/- 1.0 mM in mW x fGK, both P < 0.01 vs. W). Similar patterns were obtained in female rats. Repeated backcrossing of F1 with W rats successively improved glucose tolerance. In perfused pancreases of male rats, the 20-min insulin response to 16.7 mM glucose was -7.44 +/- 5.18 pmol in GK rats, 71.57 +/- 12.25 pmol in W rats, 9.00 +/- 0.89 pmol in mGK x fW rats, and 18.20 +/- 3.97 pmol in mW x fGK rats.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Karolinska Hospital and Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Abdel-Halim
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guenifi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Luthman
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Grill
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Efendic
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Ostenson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012737:Sex Factors; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D001120:Arginine; D005947:Glucose