Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 23, 839-849, August 1982
Copyright © 1982 by Lipid Research, Inc.

Development of hepatic and adipose tissue lipogenic enzymes and insulinemia during suckling and weaning on to a high-fat diet in Zucker rats

Raymond Bazin and Marcelle Lavau

Unite de Recherches sur la Physiopathologie de la Nutrition, Inserm U 177, Institut Biomédical des Cordeliers, 15, rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France

This study was designed to monitor the developmental changes in insulinemia and lipogenic enzyme activities in both inguinal adipose tissue and liver during suckling (7, 9, 14, and 17 days of age) and weaning (22 and 30 days of age) on to either a low-fat or a high-fat diet in lean (Fa/fa) and obese (fa/fa) rats. Tissues were removed through surgery and genotypes were retrospectively determined. During suckling, there was no difference in liver enzyme activities between the two groups. In contrast, adipose tissue fatty acid synthetase was increased by 50% and citrate cleavage enzyme and malic enzyme by 30% by 9 days of age. By 17 days of age, there was a threefold elevation in these enzyme activities and 6-phosphogluconic dehydrogenase and a twofold increase in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase per inguinal fat pad in fa/fa versus Fa/fa. Consistent with these results, fat pad weight was increased by 20%, 50%, and 100% at 9, 14, and 17 days of age, respectively, in obese as compared to lean pups. However only by 17 days of age could a slight but significant increase in insulin level be detected in obese pups. Enlargement of inguinal fat pad accelerated after weaning on to a low-fat diet and still more after weaning on to a high-fat diet. Weaning on to a low-fat diet elicited an induction of hepatic lipogenic enzymes two or three times greater in fa/fa than in lean pups, while weaning on to a high-fat diet blunted the differences between genotypes. The lipogenic enzyme activities displayed per total inguinal fat were three to ten times greater in obese than in lean pups, regardless of the diet. However, adipose tissue lipogenic enzyme activities were much lower after weaning on to a high-fat than on to a low-fat diet in obese pups. The high-fat diet was as effective as the low-fat diet in triggering hyperinsulinemia in obese pups. The increased adipose tissue capacity for lipogenesis, starting during the suckling period, could play an important etiologic role in the development and maintenance of obesity in the Zucker rat.—Bazin, R., and M. Lavau. Development of hepatic and adipose tissue lipogenic enzymes and insulinemia during suckling and weaning on to a high-fat diet in Zucker rats.

Supplementary key words obesity • inguinal fat pad • fatty acid synthetase • citrate cleavage enzyme • malic enzyme • glucose dehydrogenases

Submitted on September 14, 1981
Revised on April 6, 1982

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