In pregnant-lactating rats implantation was induced on day 4 of lactation so that, as an exception, lactation coincided with the period of high fetal growth. The already present suckling litters of these animals lagged behind in growth, but the "second" litters were at birth normal in size and weight. Such pregnant-lactating rats were tested in vivo with intravenous glucose loads and compared with cyclic and lactating rats. Glucose tolerance was unaffected by the reproductive state. Pregnant-lactating rats showed, just as during their first pregnancy, low basal glucose levels. Their basal insulin levels and insulin responses, however, were decreased in comparison with the first pregnancy and resembled those of lactating rats. This may be due to an increased insulin turnover, because in vitro insulin responsiveness and insulin content of both "pregnant-lactating" and "pregnant" islets were increased in comparison with "cyclic" and "lactating" islets. It was concluded that the metabolism of pregnant-lactating rats is adapted to the pregnant rather than to the lactational state.
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