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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 253: E59-E64, 1987;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 253, Issue 1 E59-E64, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Triacylglycerol kinetics in endotoxic rats with suppressed lipoprotein lipase activity

G. J. Bagby, C. B. Corll and R. R. Martinez

Hypertriglyceridemia observed in animals after bacterial endotoxin administration and some forms of sepsis can result from increased hepatic triacylglycerol (TG) output or decreased TG clearance by extrahepatic tissues. To differentiate between these two possibilities, TG and free fatty acid (FFA) kinetics were determined in control and endotoxin-injected (0.1-0.5 mg/100 g) rats 18 h after treatment. Plasma TG and FFA kinetics were assessed by a constant intravenous infusion with [9,10-3H]palmitate-labeled very low-density lipoprotein and [1-14C]palmitate bound to albumin, respectively. In addition, lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity was determined in heart, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue as well as in postheparin plasma of functionally hepatectomized, adrenalectomized, and gonadectomized rats. Plasma FFA acid concentrations were slightly increased in endotoxin-treated rats but their turnover did not differ from control. Endotoxin-treated rats had a threefold increase in plasma TG concentrations and decreased heart, skeletal muscle, and post-heparin plasma LPL activity. Plasma TG turnover was decreased, indicating that hypertriglyceridemia was not due to an increased TG output by the liver. Instead, the endotoxin-induced increase in plasma TG concentration was a consequence of the 80% reduction in TG metabolic clearance rate. Thus, suppression of LPL activity in endotoxic animals impairs TG clearance resulting in hypertriglyceridemia. Furthermore, endotoxin administration reduced the delivery of TG-FFA to extrahepatic tissues because hepatic synthesis and secretion of TG from plasma FFA was decreased and LPL activity was suppressed.


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