AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 263, Issue 1 E1-E7, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Glucose utilization and insulin action in adult rats submitted to prolonged food restriction

F. Escriva, C. Rodriguez, J. Cacho, C. Alvarez, B. Portha and A. M. Pascual-Leone
Instituto de Bioquimica, Centro Mixto: Facultad de Farmacia-Consejo Superior Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.

Glucose tolerance and insulin effects on glucose production and utilization by various tissues were studied in 70-day-old anesthetized rats submitted to food restriction from the fetal stage. Basal and glucose-induced plasma insulin levels were reduced in food-restricted rats without alterations in glucose tolerance. Insulin action was quantified by using the euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp technique. Glucose turnover rates were measured by using D-[6-3H]glucose. Exogenous insulin failed to decrease glucose production in food-restricted rats. Weight-related whole body glucose utilization was higher in restricted rats than in controls both in the basal (21.9 +/- 0.7 vs. 9.4 +/- 0.6 mg.min-1.kg-1) and hyperinsulinemic states (37.5 +/- 1.1 vs. 14.0 +/- 1.2 mg.min-1.kg-1). Local glucose utilization by peripheral tissues was estimated by a 2-deoxy-D-[1-3H]glucose technique. In both basal and hyperinsulinemic conditions glucose utilization was increased in various adipose and muscle tissues of the food-restricted rats as compared with the controls. Thus we conclude that food restriction leads to an increase in the insulin-mediated glucose uptake by various peripheral tissues and to insulin resistance in the liver.

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