Development of lipid and glycide abnormalities in genetically hypertensive obese Koletsky rats and in their lean...

Experiments were performed in the genetically hypertensive Koletsky rats and in their lean siblings at the age of two and three months. In the study of development of glycide and lipid abnormalities animal represents control for itself. At the age of two months Koletsky obese rats show relative to their lean controls elevation of plasma triglycerides (males +184%, female +152%) and insulin (males +169%, females +201%). During one month plasma triglycerides elevated in lean males +9%, in lean females 0%, but in obese males +21%, in obese females +139%. Considering insulinemia similar results were obtained. Thus during one month insulin elevates in lean males +19%, in lean females +23%, but in obese males +80%, in obese females +144%. During one month glucose intolerance is elevated as well only in obese rats. Total plasma cholesterol during period of one month shows no changes in both substrains of rats. Similar picture can be found in basal glycemia. In all groups of rats no changes were registered except one, i.e., obese females show decrease. Considering the substrain differences in basal glycemia then at age of one as well as two months obese of both sexes show elevation. As to the body weight at the age of two as well as three months there is increase in obese rats. The changes of body weight during one month are expressively higher in obese rats.