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J Appl Physiol 91: 2109-2116, 2001;
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Vol. 91, Issue 5, 2109-2116, November 2001

Duration of feeding on a sucrose-rich diet determines metabolic and morphological changes in rat adipocytes

Ana Soria, María Eugenia D'Alessandro, and Yolanda B. Lombardo

Department of Biochemistry, University of Litoral, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina

In this work, we studied the effect of a short-term (3 wk) and a long-term (15 wk) administration of a sucrose-rich diet (SRD) to Wistar rats on the morphological aspects and metabolic function of the epididymal adipose tissue that may contribute to the mechanism underlying the impaired glucose homeostasis and insulin resistance. The present work showed the following. 1) There was both a moderate increase of basal lipolysis and a decrease of the antilipolytic action of insulin in the adipocytes of rats fed a SRD for 3 wk. Neither size alterations nor increases in adipose tissue mass were recorded in this period. 2) There was a significant (P < 0.05) increase of epididymal weight after 15 wk on a SRD as well as a hypertrophy of adipocytes with a clear alteration in the cell size distribution. This was accompanied by a significant increase (P < 0.05) of basal and stimulated lipolysis and a marked decrease (P < 0.05) of the antilipolytic action of insulin. Moreover, these changes appear together with a worsening of both impaired glucose homeostasis and insulin resistance. Our results also indicate that the length of time on the SRD plays an important role in the evolution of the adiposity and metabolic changes observed in the fat pad. Furthermore, the latter precedes the detection of adiposity.

adipose tissue; dyslipidemia; glucose intolerance; insulin resistance


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