2011 ADA Posters 1261-2041.indd - Diabetes
2011 ADA Posters 1261-2041.indd - Diabetes
2011 ADA Posters 1261-2041.indd - Diabetes
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Integrated Physiology/<br />
Obesity<br />
POSTERS<br />
1739-P<br />
Failure of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibition To Reverse<br />
Insulin Resistance in Female Obese Zucker Rats<br />
DINO PREMILOVAC, STEPHEN RATTIGAN, STEPHEN M. RICHARDS, MICHELLE A.<br />
KESKE, Hobart, Australia<br />
Impairment in insulin-mediated microvascular perfusion in muscle contri<br />
butes to the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.<br />
Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition has been reported to improve<br />
insulin sensitivity. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to determine<br />
whether ACE inhibition for 4 weeks improves insulin sensitivity by augmenting<br />
insulin-mediated microvascular perfusion in muscle. Female Obese Zucker<br />
(ZO) rats, at 10-12 weeks of age, were treated with quinapril (Sigma, 1mg/kg/<br />
day provided in the drinking water) and compared to untreated ZO rats and<br />
untreated age-matched lean Zucker (LZ) rats. Following 4 weeks of treatment,<br />
overnight fasted anaesthetised rats were subjected to a hyperinsulinaemic<br />
euglycaemic clamp (20 mU/min/kg, 2hrs). Microvascular perfusion in muscle<br />
was assessed by metabolism of 1-methyl xanthine and muscle glucose uptake<br />
by 14 C-2-Deoxyglucose. After 4 weeks, untreated ZO rats had higher body<br />
weight (190±15 vs. 357±23 g, p