Effect of pure zinc deficiency on glucose tolerance and insulin and glucagon levels

Conference · Tue Mar 04 23:00:00 EST 1986 · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6962408

Park, J H.Y.; Grandjean, C J; Hart, M H; Erdman, S H; Pour, P; Vanderhoof, J A

The effect of zinc deficiency on glucose tolerance was investigated using intragastric force-feeding to obviate decreased food intake and altered eating patterns. Three groups of weanling male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed a purified powdered zinc-deficient diet: zinc-deficient ad libitum fed animals (ZDA); zinc-replete gavage force-fed controls (ZRF) fed the zinc-deficient diet in water with zinc (25 ppm); zinc-deficient gavage force-fed animals (ZDF) fed the zinc-deficient diet in distilled water. A fourth group of zinc-supplemented rats fed the diet ad libitum was included to determine caloric intake for ZDF and ZRF gavage fed groups. After 8 days of feeding, the zinc concentration in the serum and pancreas were lower in both zinc-deficient groups, but the difference was much greater in the ZDF rats than in the ZDA. The ZDF group had impaired glucose tolerance curves, yet blood insulin and glucagon levels were normal. The ZDA group had normal glucose tolerance with low insulin levels compared to the ZRF group. The islet cell morphology among the three dietary groups were similar. These results suggest that the glucose intolerance observed in ZDF rats is not due to altered blood insulin and glucagon levels but rather to peripheral resistance to insulin action.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
• OSTI ID: 6962408
• Report Number(s): CONF-8604222-
• Journal Information: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States), Journal Name: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) Vol. 45:4; ISSN FEPRA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ALDEHYDES
ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BLOOD PLASMA
BODY FLUIDS
CARBOHYDRATES
ELEMENTS
GLUCAGON
GLUCOSE
HEXOSES
HORMONES
INSULIN
MAMMALS
MATERIALS
METABOLISM
METALS
MONOSACCHARIDES
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PEPTIDE HORMONES
PEPTIDES
POLYPEPTIDES
PROTEINS
RATS
RODENTS
SACCHARIDES
TOLERANCE
VERTEBRATES
ZINC