Serum lipids and lipoprotein composition in spontaneously diabetic BB Wistar rats.

Serum lipid and lipoprotein composition in spontaneously diabetic BB Wistar rats, nondiabetic littermates, and control Wistar rats was studied to elucidate diabetes-related abnormalities of lipoprotein composition. Serum total triglycerides and pre-beta-lipoprotein concentrations of insulin-treated...

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Main Authors: S T Patel, H A Newman, A J Yates, P Thibert, J M Falko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1984-10-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520377154
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author S T Patel
H A Newman
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description Serum lipid and lipoprotein composition in spontaneously diabetic BB Wistar rats, nondiabetic littermates, and control Wistar rats was studied to elucidate diabetes-related abnormalities of lipoprotein composition. Serum total triglycerides and pre-beta-lipoprotein concentrations of insulin-treated spontaneously diabetic BB and nondiabetic littermate rats were significantly higher than those of control Wistar rats. Serum cholesterol and HDL cholesterol concentrations of spontaneously diabetic BB and nondiabetic littermate rats did not differ from controls. Concentrations of very low density lipoproteins (VLDL), low density lipoproteins (LDL), and high density lipoproteins (HDL) of spontaneously diabetic BB and nondiabetic littermate rats were higher than those of normal rats. With sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis it was observed that the spontaneously diabetic BB and nondiabetic littermate rat VLDL contained higher percentages of apoE relative to total apoC when compared with control Wistar rats. With isoelectric focusing, apoC-II relative percentages in VLDL and HDL of both spontaneously diabetic BB and nondiabetic littermate rats were higher than apoC-II proportions in VLDL and HDL of controls. Apolipoprotein A-I of the control rat HDL showed four isoforms that focused at pI 5.8 (17.3%), 5.75 (30.6%), 5.65 (31.8%), and 5.55 (20.5%); however, the spontaneously diabetic BB and nondiabetic littermate rat HDL apoA-I was mainly represented by two isoforms that focused at pI 5.8 and 5.75. VLDL of both diabetic and nondiabetic BB rats contained higher levels of acidic apoE isoforms compared to their counterparts in control Wistar rats. Although HDL cholesterol concentrations of spontaneously diabetic BB rats remained normal, protein concentrations were higher resulting in a low cholesterol/protein ratio in HDL suggesting that the cholesterol-carrying capacity of spontaneously diabetic BB rat HDL could be less than normal and may be due to an abnormal apoA-I composition. Quantitative alterations of lipid and lipoprotein composition appear in the BB Wistar rat when compared to the Wistar rat, but some of the changes are more pronounced in the spontaneously diabetic BB Wistar rat.
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spelling doaj.art-0a134af02548477c9274748d944971a72022-12-21T19:48:41ZengElsevierJournal of Lipid Research0022-22751984-10-01251010721083Serum lipids and lipoprotein composition in spontaneously diabetic BB Wistar rats.S T PatelH A NewmanA J YatesP ThibertJ M FalkoSerum lipid and lipoprotein composition in spontaneously diabetic BB Wistar rats, nondiabetic littermates, and control Wistar rats was studied to elucidate diabetes-related abnormalities of lipoprotein composition. Serum total triglycerides and pre-beta-lipoprotein concentrations of insulin-treated spontaneously diabetic BB and nondiabetic littermate rats were significantly higher than those of control Wistar rats. Serum cholesterol and HDL cholesterol concentrations of spontaneously diabetic BB and nondiabetic littermate rats did not differ from controls. Concentrations of very low density lipoproteins (VLDL), low density lipoproteins (LDL), and high density lipoproteins (HDL) of spontaneously diabetic BB and nondiabetic littermate rats were higher than those of normal rats. With sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis it was observed that the spontaneously diabetic BB and nondiabetic littermate rat VLDL contained higher percentages of apoE relative to total apoC when compared with control Wistar rats. With isoelectric focusing, apoC-II relative percentages in VLDL and HDL of both spontaneously diabetic BB and nondiabetic littermate rats were higher than apoC-II proportions in VLDL and HDL of controls. Apolipoprotein A-I of the control rat HDL showed four isoforms that focused at pI 5.8 (17.3%), 5.75 (30.6%), 5.65 (31.8%), and 5.55 (20.5%); however, the spontaneously diabetic BB and nondiabetic littermate rat HDL apoA-I was mainly represented by two isoforms that focused at pI 5.8 and 5.75. VLDL of both diabetic and nondiabetic BB rats contained higher levels of acidic apoE isoforms compared to their counterparts in control Wistar rats. Although HDL cholesterol concentrations of spontaneously diabetic BB rats remained normal, protein concentrations were higher resulting in a low cholesterol/protein ratio in HDL suggesting that the cholesterol-carrying capacity of spontaneously diabetic BB rat HDL could be less than normal and may be due to an abnormal apoA-I composition. Quantitative alterations of lipid and lipoprotein composition appear in the BB Wistar rat when compared to the Wistar rat, but some of the changes are more pronounced in the spontaneously diabetic BB Wistar rat.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520377154
spellingShingle S T Patel
H A Newman
A J Yates
P Thibert
J M Falko
Serum lipids and lipoprotein composition in spontaneously diabetic BB Wistar rats.
Journal of Lipid Research
title Serum lipids and lipoprotein composition in spontaneously diabetic BB Wistar rats.
title_full Serum lipids and lipoprotein composition in spontaneously diabetic BB Wistar rats.
title_fullStr Serum lipids and lipoprotein composition in spontaneously diabetic BB Wistar rats.
title_full_unstemmed Serum lipids and lipoprotein composition in spontaneously diabetic BB Wistar rats.
title_short Serum lipids and lipoprotein composition in spontaneously diabetic BB Wistar rats.
title_sort serum lipids and lipoprotein composition in spontaneously diabetic bb wistar rats
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