Obesity is detectable in adult male Wistar rats three weeks after initiation of a high-fat diet. Although there was an immediate increase in muscle lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity, and a progressive adaptative response in adipose tissue leading to inhibition of de-novo lipogenesis, loss of insulin sensitivity and decreased functional LPL activity, the ensuing reorientation of lipid metabolism failed to prevent obesity. It is concluded that there is no fixed relationship between enlargement of adipose tissue and LPL activity in this tissue, at onset of obesity.
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Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
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Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China.
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