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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 287: E42-E49, 2004. First published February 17, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00297.2003
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Altered triglyceride-rich lipoprotein production in Zucker diabetic fatty rats

Doru V. Chirieac, Heidi L. Collins, Joanne Cianci, Janet D. Sparks, and Charles E. Sparks

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642

Submitted 30 June 2003 ; accepted in final form 11 February 2004

Triglyceride-rich lipoprotein (TRL) production was studied in Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats, a model of insulin-resistant type 2 diabetes progression. TRL production was measured in vivo by blocking catabolism with Triton WR-1339. Ten-week ZDF rats are hyperinsulinemic with increased TRL production [both triglyceride and apolipoprotein B (apoB)]. Twenty-week ZDF rats are insulinopenic, and TRL production is similar to lean controls. Insulin infusion suppresses glucose and free fatty acids in 10- and 20-wk ZDF rats. Increased TRL production is not reduced by insulin in 10-wk rats; however, at 20 wk, TRL production is suppressed by insulin. In vitro studies with hepatocytes derived from 10-wk ZDF rats showed minimal insulin dose effects on apoB secretion compared with the response and sensitivity of hepatocytes derived from 20-wk ZDF and control lean rats. Hepatic sterol regulatory-binding protein (SREBP)-1c mRNA levels are increased at 10 wk but return to control levels at 20 wk. ApoB mRNA levels are similar to lean controls at 10 and 20 wk. The following two mechanisms for hypertriglyceridemia associated with hyperinsulinemia are suggested: increased TRL synthesis and loss of TRL suppression. Increased triglyceride production in hyperinsulinemic rats likely relates to increased expression of SREBP-1c, whereas increased apoB production involves posttranscriptional processes.

hyperinsulinemic diabetes; insulinopenic diabetes; apolipoprotein b metabolism; triglyceride-rich lipoprotein production


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: C. E. Sparks, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Univ. of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, P. O. Box 626, 601 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, New York 14642 (E-mail: Charles_Sparks{at}urmc.rochester.edu).




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