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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 278: E985-E991, 2000;
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Vol. 278, Issue 6, E985-E991, June 2000

Ability of insulin to modulate hepatic glucose production in aging rats is impaired by fat accumulation

Gaurav Gupta1, Jane A. Cases2, Li She2, Xiao-Hui Ma2, Xiao-Man Yang2, Meizu Hu2, Jeanie Wu2, Luciano Rossetti2, and Nir Barzilai1,2

Department of Medicine, Divisions of 1 Geriatrics, 2 Endocrinology, and the Diabetes Research and Training Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York 10461

Increased total fat mass (FM) and visceral fat (VF) may account in part for age-associated decrease in hepatic insulin action. This study determined whether preventing the changes in body fat distribution abolished this defect throughout aging. We studied the F1 hybrid of Brown Norway-Fischer 344 rats (n = 29), which we assigned to caloric restriction (CR) or fed ad libitum (AL). CR (55% of the calories consumed by AL) was initiated and used at 2 mo to prevent age-dependent increases in FM and VF. AL rats were studied at 2, 8, and 20 mo; CR rats were studied at 8 and 20 mo. VF and FM remained unchanged throughout aging in CR rats. AL-fed rats at 8 and 20 mo had over fourfold higher FM and VF compared with both CR groups. Insulin clamp studies (3 mU · kg-1 · min-1 with somatostatin) were performed to assess hepatic insulin sensitivity. Prevention of fat accretion resulted in a marked improvement in insulin action in the suppression of hepatic glucose production (HGP) (6.3 ± 0.3 and 7.2 ± 1.2 mg · kg-1 · min-1 in 8- and 20-mo CR rats vs. 8.3 ± 0.5 and 10.8 ± 0.9 mg · kg-1 · min-1 in 8- and 20-mo AL rats, respectively). The rate of gluconeogenesis (by enrichment of hepatic uridine diphosphate glucose and phosphoenolpyruvate pools by [14C]lactate) was unchanged in all groups. The improvement in hepatic insulin action in the CR group was mostly due to effective suppression of glycogenolysis (4.4 ± 0.3 and 4.9 ± 0.3 mg · kg-1 · min-1 in 8- and 20-mo CR rats vs. 5.8 ± 0.6 and 8.2 ± 1.0 mg · kg-1 · min-1 in 8- and 20-mo AL rats, respectively). The results demonstrated the preservation of hepatic insulin action in aging CR rats. Therefore, body fat and its distribution are major determinants of age-associated hepatic insulin resistance.

obesity; caloric restriction


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