Hormone and Metabolic Research, Inhaltsverzeichnis Horm Metab Res 1995; 27(4): 169-172DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979932 Originals Basic © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York Treatment with the Thiazolidinedione (BRL 49653) Decreases Insulin Resistance in Obese Zucker Hindlimb T. P. D. Eldershaw1 , S. Rattigan1 , M. A. Cawthorne2 , R. E. Buckingham2 , E. Q. Colquhoun1 , M. G. Clark1 1Department of Biochemistry, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 2Diabetes Unit, Department of Vascular Biology, Smith Kline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, The Frythe, Welwyn, HERTS, United Kingdom Artikel empfehlen Abstract als PDF herunterladen Artikel einzeln kaufen Abstract Hindlimbs of mature age obese fa/fa Zucker rats were perfused and found to be markedly insulin-resistant when compared to the hindlimbs of age-matched lean Fa/? animals. Hindlimb analysis also showed a greater content of fat and a lower content of muscle in the obese. Treatment of the obese animals for 7 days with the thiazolidinedione, BRL 49653 (3 µmol/kg/day) significantly decreased the insulin resistance of the hindlimb and significantly increased the rate of weight gain in the whole rat. However, the decreased insulin resistance due to BRL 49653 could not be accounted for by an increase in the proportion of hindlimb muscle to fat or by an increase in the hindlimb muscle mass perfused. Key words Hindlimb Perfusion - Muscle Insulin-Resistance - NIDDM - Genetic Obesity PDF (296 kb)
