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Studies on the mechanism of hypertriglyceridemia in the genetically obese Zucker rat.

Abstract
The possibility that impaired removal of lipoprotein triglyceride from the circulation may be a participating factor in the hypertriglyceridemia of the obese Zucker rat was examined. We found no significant differences in the heparin-released lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activities of the adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, and heart (expressed per gram of tissue) from the lean and obese Zucker rats. Furthermore, the kinetic properties of adipose tissue and heart LPL from the lean and obese rats were similar, indicating that the catalytic efficiency of the enzyme was unaltered in the obese animals. The postheparin plasma LPL activities of lean and obese rats were also similar. However, the postheparin plasma hepatic triglyceride lipase (H-TGL) activity in the obese rats was elevated. The higher activity of H-TGL could not alleviate the hypertriglyceridemia in these animals. Since hypertriglyceridemia in the obese rats could also be due to the hepatic production of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins which are resistant to lipolysis, we therefore isolated very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) from lean and obese rat liver perfusates and examined their degradation by highly purified human milk LPL. Although certain differences were observed in hepatic VLDL triglyceride fatty acid composition, the kinetic patterns of LPL-catalyzed triglyceride disappearance from lean and obese rat liver perfusate VLDL were similar. The isolated liver perfusate VLDL contained sufficient apolipoprotein C-II for maximum lipolysis. These results indicate that impaired lipolysis is not a contributing factor in the genesis of hypertriglyceridemia in the genetically obese Zucker rat. The hyperlipemic state may be attributed to hypersecretion of hepatic VLDL and consequent saturation of the lipolytic removal of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins from the circulation.
AuthorsC S Wang, N Fukuda, J A Ontko
JournalJournal of lipid research (J Lipid Res) Vol. 25 Issue 6 Pg. 571-9 (Jun 1984) ISSN: 0022-2275 [Print] United States
PMID6747461 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Fatty Acids
  • Lipoproteins, VLDL
  • Triglycerides
  • very low density lipoprotein triglyceride
  • Lipoprotein Lipase
Topics
  • Adipose Tissue (enzymology, metabolism)
  • Animals
  • Chromatography, Gas
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Fatty Acids (metabolism)
  • Hyperlipidemias (blood, enzymology, metabolism)
  • Kinetics
  • Lipolysis
  • Lipoprotein Lipase (metabolism)
  • Lipoproteins, VLDL (metabolism)
  • Male
  • Obesity (blood, enzymology, metabolism)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Zucker
  • Triglycerides (blood, metabolism)

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