Acute diabetes does not reduce heparin-releasable lipoprotein lipase activity in perfused hearts from Wistar–Kyoto rats

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (9) ◽  
pp. 657-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Rodrigues ◽  
David L. Severson

The induction of diabetes (3–5 days duration) in Wistar–Kyoto rats by the administration of streptozotocin (100 mg/kg) did not increase plasma concentrations of triacylglycerols or free fatty acids, and did not reduce heparin-releasable (functional) lipoprotein lipase activity in perfused hearts. By comparison, diabetic Sprague–Dawley rats were characterized as having hypertriglyceridemia and decreased heparin-releasable lipoprotein lipase activity in perfused hearts. Therefore, the diabetes-induced reduction in myocardial lipoprotein lipase activity in Sprague–Dawley rat hearts may, at least in part, be a compensatory response to the hypertriglyceridemia and increased fatty acid delivery to the myocardial cell, which is a characteristic feature of most severe, insulin-deficient models of diabetes mellitus. Although functional, endothelium-bound lipoprotein lipase activity was not reduced in diabetic perfused hearts from Wistar–Kyoto rats, cellular and heparin-releasable lipoprotein lipase activity was reduced in cardiac myocyte preparations, suggesting that other mechanisms in addition to plasma triacylglycerol must regulate lipoprotein lipase activity in the whole diabetic Wistar–Kyoto rat heart and that cardiac myocytes may not be the exclusive source of functional lipoprotein lipase in the diabetic myocardium.Key words: diabetes, hypertriglyceridemia, lipoprotein lipase, perfused hearts, cardiac myocytes.

1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (11) ◽  
pp. 1259-1264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Limin Liu ◽  
David L. Severson

Administration of streptozotocin (100 mg/kg) to adult Sprague–Dawley rats reduced both functional (heparin releasable) lipoprotein lipase activity in perfused hearts and total and heparin-releasable lipoprotein lipase activity in isolated cardio-myocytes, and produced a hypothyroid state (decreased plasma levels of triiodothyronine and thyroxine). Administration of replacement doses of triiodothyronine (3 or 10 μg/kg for 3 days) to diabetic rats normalized heparin-releasable lipoprotein lipase activity in perfused hearts, but the depressed lipoprotein lipase activity in cardiomyocytes from diabetic hearts was unchanged by in vivo thyroid hormone treatment. However, hypothyroidism in thyroidectomized rats did not alter lipoprotein lipase activity in either perfused hearts or isolated cardiomyocytes. Therefore, thyroid hormones may interact with some other factor(s) in this acute, insulin-deficient model of diabetes to selectively regulate functional, heparin-releasable lipoprotein lipase activity in perfused hearts.Key words: diabetes, hypothyroidism, lipoprotein lipase, perfused hearts, cardiomyocytes.


1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (9) ◽  
pp. 1271-1279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Rodrigues ◽  
Janice E. A. Braun ◽  
Michael Spooner ◽  
David L. Severson

The objective of this investigation was to test the hypothesis that the diabetes-induced reduction in lipoprotein lipase activity in cardiac myocytes may be due to hypertriglyceridemia. Administration of 4-aminopyrazolopyrimidine (50 mg/kg) to control rats for 24 h reduced plasma triacylglycerol levels and increased the heparin-induced release of lipoprotein lipase into the incubation medium of cardiac myocytes. The acute (3–5 days) induction of diabetes by streptozotocin (100 mg/kg) produced hypertriglyceridemia and reduced heparin-releasable lipoprotein lipase activity in cardiac myocytes. Treatment of diabetic rats with 4-aminopyrazolopyrimidine resulted in a fall in plasma triacylglycerol content and increased heparin-releasable lipoprotein lipase activity. Administration of Triton WR-1339 also resulted in hypertriglyceridemia, but the heparin-induced release of lipoprotein lipase from control cardiac myocytes was not reduced in the absence of lipolysis of triacylglycerol-rich lipoproteins. Treatment with Triton WR-1339 did, however, increase the heparin-induced release of lipoprotein lipase from diabetic cardiac myocytes. Preparation of cardiac myocytes with 0.9 mM oleic acid resulted in a decrease in both total cellular and heparin-releasable lipoprotein lipase activities. These results suggest that the diabetes-induced reduction in heart lipoprotein lipase activity may, at least in part, be due to an inhibitory effect of free fatty acids, derived either from lipoprotein degradation or from adipose tissue lipolysis, on lipoprotein lipase activity in (and (or) release from) cardiac myocytes.Key words: diabetes, plasma triacylglycerols, cardiac myocytes, lipoprotein lipase.


1987 ◽  
Vol 248 (1) ◽  
pp. 289-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
D L Severson ◽  
R Carroll ◽  
A Kryski ◽  
I Ramírez

Heparin (5 units/ml) produced a rapid (5-10 min) release of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) into the incubation medium of cardiac myocytes. Preincubation of myocytes for 30 min with 0.01-10 microM-isoprenaline, 100 microM-forskolin or 500 microM-8-(4-chlorophenylthio)adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate did not increase heparin-releasable LPL activity. Incubation with isoprenaline also did not change cellular LPL activity, even though the catecholamine did increase the phosphorylase a activity ratio.


1991 ◽  
Vol 260 (2) ◽  
pp. R321-R327 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. Billington ◽  
J. E. Briggs ◽  
M. Grace ◽  
A. S. Levine

Our objective was to find out if central injection of neuropeptide Y (NPY) would alter brown fat thermogenesis and white fat lipoprotein lipase activity. The following three groups of Sprague-Dawley rats received five injections over 24 h into the right lateral ventricle: 1) NPY (5 micrograms/injection) and ad libitum food; 2) NPY (5 micrograms/injection) and food restricted to control intake; 3) saline injection and ad libitum food. The NPY ad libitum-fed group consumed more food than the saline controls or NPY food-restricted animals. Brown fat thermogenic activity, assessed by GDP binding, was decreased relative to saline controls in both NPY-treated groups. White fat lipoprotein lipase activity was greatly increased in both NPY treatment groups compared with saline controls. The NPY effects on brown and white fat were not explained by measures of serum insulin, glucagon, glucose, or other metabolites. In a follow-up experiment, we asked whether food was necessary for expression of the NPY effects. Brown fat mitochondrial GDP binding indicated NPY effect even when no food was ingested. We conclude that intracerebroventricular administration of NPY promotes white fat lipid storage and decreases brown fat thermogenesis in addition to its known effect of stimulating food intake.


1992 ◽  
Vol 285 (3) ◽  
pp. 773-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
M L Cruz ◽  
D H Williamson

Meal-fed (3 h) rats had a decreased food intake, body weight and carcass fat compared with rats fed ad libitum. On refeeding a chow meal containing [1-14C]triolein, the production of 14CO2 was lower (45%) and the accumulation of carcass [14C]lipid higher (37%) in the meal-fed rats. There was higher lipoprotein lipase activity and greater accumulation of [14C]lipid in the epididymal and subcutaneous adipose-tissue depots of the meal-fed rats. In contrast, heparin-releasable lipoprotein lipase was not increased in perfused hearts of meal-fed rats on refeeding. Return of meal-fed rats to feeding ad libitum reversed these changes before the restoration of body weight or carcass fat. Evidence is presented that decreased dietary intake rather than meal pattern is an important determinant of the alterations in adipose lipid metabolism in the meal-fed rat in response to a meal.


2001 ◽  
Vol 280 (2) ◽  
pp. E334-E339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoki Matsuoka ◽  
Yoshihiro Ogawa ◽  
Hiroaki Masuzaki ◽  
Ken Ebihara ◽  
Megumi Aizawa-Abe ◽  
...  

Leptin is an adipocyte-derived circulating satiety factor with a variety of biological effects. Evidence has accumulated suggesting that leptin may modulate glucose and lipid metabolism. In the present study, we examined lipid metabolism in transgenic skinny mice with elevated plasma leptin concentrations. The plasma concentrations of triglycerides and free fatty acids in transgenic skinny mice were 71.5 ( P < 0.01) and 89.1% ( P < 0.05) of those in their nontransgenic littermates, respectively. Separation of plasma into lipoprotein classes by ultracentrifugation revealed that very low density lipoprotein-triglyceride concentrations were markedly reduced in transgenic skinny mice relative to the controls. The clearance of triglycerides estimated by a fat-loading test was enhanced in transgenic skinny mice; the triglyceride concentration in transgenic skinny mice 3 h after fat loading was 39.7% ( P < 0.05) of that of their nontransgenic littermates. Postheparin plasma lipoprotein lipase activity increased 1.4-fold ( P < 0.05) in transgenic skinny mice. Our data demonstrated a significant reduction in plasma triglyceride concentrations, accompanied by increased lipoprotein lipase activity in transgenic skinny mice overexpressing leptin, suggesting that leptin plays a role in long-term triglyceride metabolism.


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