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. 1987 Apr 15;243(2):549–553. doi: 10.1042/bj2430549

The activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex in heart and liver from mice during the development of obesity and insulin resistance.

I D Caterson, L D Astbury, P F Williams, M A Vanner, G J Cooney, J R Turtle
PMCID: PMC1147889  PMID: 3115255

Abstract

The amount of pyruvate dehydrogenase in the active form (PDHa) was increased 1.7-fold compared with controls in heart muscle of mice 1 week after induction of obesity with a single injection of gold-thioglucose. At 4 weeks post injection, the amount of PDHa was decreased to 32% of control, a value which was observed in later stages of the obesity syndrome. In contrast, liver PDHa was increased and remained at an increased activity during the development of obesity. Despite normal post-prandial serum insulin contents, liver membrane insulin-receptor numbers were decreased 1 week after gold-thioglucose injection, and there was no change in receptor affinity. The decrease in heart PDHa in the obese animals was reversed by a single dose of 2-tetradecylglycidic acid, but this inhibitor of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation did not affect liver PDHa in these animals. These early and diverse changes in PDHa argue for a multifactorial aetiology in the development of the whole-body insulin resistance seen in older gold-thioglucose-treated obese animals.

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