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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

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