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  • Title: The effect of experimental overnutrition on nonshivering thermogenesis and obesity in LA/N-cp rats.
    Author: Tulp OL.
    Journal: Comp Biochem Physiol A Comp Physiol; 1991; 98(3-4):567-74. PubMed ID: 1674462.
    Abstract:
    1. Groups of congenic adult male lean and obese LA/N-cp rats were fed stock chow or the chow diet plus a cafeteria diet supplement from 4 until 6 months of age. 2. Weight gain, adipose cellularity, and adiposity were greater in obese than in lean rats and all three parameters increased more rapidly in obese than in lean rats when fed the cafeteria-supplemented diet. 3. Resting metabolic rates and basal urinary vanilylmandelic acid excretion were greater in lean than in obese rats, while serum triiodothyronine concentrations were similar in both phenotypes. The cafeteria diet was associated with significant increases in all three metabolic parameters in lean but not in obese rats. 4. The results of this study indicate that the obese phenotype of this strain has an impaired capacity for non-shivering thermogenesis (NST), in association with an enhanced propensity for development of obesity when fed stock or cafeteria diets. Moreover, the impairment in NST involves both sympathetic and thyroidal components, and is likely to be contributory if not causative of obesity in this strain.
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