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Interstitial glycerol concentration measured by microdialysis in two subcutaneous regions in humans

P. A. Jansson, U. Smith and P. Lonnroth
Department of Medicine II, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgren's Hospital, Sweden.

Interstitial glycerol concentrations were measured in the abdominal and femoral subcutaneous tissue in 10 lean and 6 obese subjects. In the lean subjects [waist-hip circumference ratio (WHR) 0.89 +/- 0.01] the fasting interstitial glycerol concentrations in the abdominal and femoral regions were 185 +/- 20 and 160 +/- 15 (SE) microM, respectively, whereas glycerol in venous plasma was considerably lower (66 +/- 5 microM). After an oral glucose load (100 g) the interstitial glycerol concentrations declined but remained higher than in plasma. In obese subjects (WHR 1.1 +/- 0.03) the fasting interstitial glycerol levels were higher, in both regions, than in lean individuals. Furthermore, interstitial glycerol in the abdominal site (291 +/- 32 microM) was significantly higher than in the femoral fat (210 +/- 13 microM; P less than 0.05), while plasma glycerol was similar to that in lean subjects (80 +/- 12 microM). Interstitial glycerol remained higher in the obese than in the lean subjects also after an oral glucose load, but the regional differences were less apparent. Thus interstitial glycerol is higher in the subcutaneous tissue than in venous blood. The data also suggest that lipolysis is enhanced in the abdominal subcutaneous tissue as compared with the femoral site in obese subjects and that lipolysis is exaggerated in both regions in obese as compared with lean individuals.

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