Glucose intolerance associated to insulin resistance and increased insulin secretion in rats depleted in long-chain omega3 fatty acids
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A Model of Chronic Nutrient Infusion in the Rat
Published on: August 14, 2013
J Cancelas1, P G Prieto, M L Villanueva-Peñacarrillo
1Department of Metabolism, Nutrition and Hormones, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
An intragastric D-glucose tolerance test was performed, after overnight starvation, in female rats depleted in long-chain polyunsaturated omega3 fatty acids (omega3D rats) and control rats of same age and gender. The plasma D-glucose and insulin concentrations, insulinogenic index, and HOMA for insulin resistance were all higher, after overnight starvation, in omega3D rats than in control animals. Over the 120-minute period following the intragastric administration of D-glucose, the area under the curve for the same four variables was also higher in omega3D rats than in control animals. In addition to visceral obesity, liver steatosis, hypertension, and cardiac hypertrophy, the omega3D rats thus display further features of the metabolic syndrome, namely glucose intolerance and insulin resistance, despite hyperinsulinemia.
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