Aging and Dietary Effect on Glucose Tolerance (GT) in Stroke-Resistant Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSR)

1. The effects of two experimental manipulations on insulin resistance were compared in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. Rats were fed a high calorie sucrose-enriched diet (high calorie diet) or were made diabetic by the injection of streptozotocin (STZ). 2. After treatment with the high calorie diet for 8 weeks, blood pressure increased in SHR, but not in WKY rats. In contrast, STZ treatment decreased blood pressure in SHR, but increased it in WKY rats. 3. Plasma glucose levels during oral glucose loading were higher in SHR than in WKY rats. Glucose tolerance was impaired to a greater extent by both the high calorie diet and STZ in SHR than in WKY rats. Hyperinsulinaemia induced by the high calorie diet was severe in SHR compared with WKY rats. 4. Abnormalities in lipid metabolism induced by a high calorie diet or STZ-induced diabetes were more marked in SHR than in WKY rats. 5. Steady-state plasma glucose levels in the insulin suppression test were higher in SHR than in WKY rats, both of which were treated by either the high calorie diet or STZ. These findings indicate that insulin-stimulated glucose uptake by high calorie diet or STZ-induced diabetes was impaired to a greater extent in SHR than in WKY rats. 6. It is concluded, therefore, that SHR fed on high calorie diet or SHR with STZ-induced diabetes are suitable models to study the effects of antihypertensive treatment on glucose tolerance, insulin resistance or lipid metabolism as well as blood pressure.

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Aging and Dietary Effect on Glucose Tolerance (GT) in Stroke-Resistant Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSR)

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