Metabolic features of rats resistant to a high-fat diet
Metabolic features of rats resistant to a high-fat diet
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DOI:
10.1016/j.orcp.2013.01.004
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发表时间:
2013-07-01
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4.3
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Date, Y.
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作者:
Akieda-Asai, S.;Koda, S.;Date, Y.
Objective: We assessed the metabolic characteristics of high-fat-diet-resistant (DR) rats.Methods: Body weight, energy intake, locomotor activity, oxygen consumption, plasma leptin and lipid levels, size of visceral-fat adipocytes, and mRNA levels of genes related to lipid metabolism were measured in control rats fed standard chow and in obesity-prone (high-fat-diet-induced obesity, DIO) and DR rats fed a high-fat diet. Glucose tolerance and insulin tolerance tests were also performed.Results: DIO rats gained weight more rapidly than did DR and control rats; DR rats gained less weight than did DIO rats despite similar energy intake. Energy expenditure did not differ among the three groups. The diameter of visceral-fat adipocytes was similar in DR and control rats. mRNA levels of genes involved in lipogenesis, such as fatty acid synthase and acetyl-CoA carboxylase, tended to be lower in DR than in control and DIO rats, whereas those of carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1a, which is involved in fatty acid beta-oxidation, were greater in DR rats than in the other groups. DIO rats showed hyperinsulinemia and glucose intolerance, whereas DR rats had high sensitivity to insulin.Conclusion: DR rats show suppression of lipogenesis and acceleration of fatty acid beta-oxidation in the visceral fat. These characteristics likely contribute to the anti-obesity phenotype of DR rats. (C) 2013 Asian Oceanian Association for the Study of Obesity. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.