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  • Title: The effects of dietary fat content on the growth and body composition of lean and genetically obese Zucker rats adrenalectomized before weaning.
    Author: Fletcher JM, McKenzie N.
    Journal: Br J Nutr; 1988 Nov; 60(3):563-9. PubMed ID: 3219324.
    Abstract:
    1. Lean (Fa/-) and obese (fa/fa) Zucker rats were adrenalectomized or sham-operated at 18 d of age (3 d before weaning). After weaning the rats were fed ad lib. on semi-synthetic diets containing either a low (8 g/kg) or a high (178 g/kg) proportion of fat. Other groups of sham-operated rats were given the same amount eaten by adrenalectomized animals (restricted intake). Rats were killed at 40 d of age. 2. Adrenalectomy reduced the body lipid content of lean and obese rats compared with intact animals fed ad lib. or given a restricted intake. Adrenalectomized obese rats contained more body lipid than intact or adrenalectomized lean rats. 3. Sham-operated obese rats given a restricted intake had less body protein than similarly treated lean animals and this phenotypic difference was abolished by adrenalectomy. 4. There were no effects of diet on growth or body composition of intact or adrenalectomized rats. 5. It is concluded that preweaning adrenalectomy prevented development of the obese phenotype when rats were fed on either diet. Comparison of these results with a previous study, in which adrenalectomized Zucker rats were fed on a stock diet (Fletcher, 1986b), showed, however, that feeding either of the semi-synthetic diets caused greater deposition of body lipid in obese rats.
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