PMID: 16521858Mar 9, 2006Paper

Components of metabolic syndrome and coronary artery disease in female Ossabaw swine fed excess atherogenic diet

Comparative Medicine
Melissa C DysonMichael Sturek

Abstract

Ossabaw swine have a 'thrifty genotype' (propensity to obesity) that enables them to survive seasonal food shortages in their native environment. Consumption of excess kcal causes animals of the thrifty genotype to manifest components of the metabolic syndrome, including central (intra-abdominal) obesity, insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. We determined whether female Ossabaw swine manifest multiple components of the metabolic syndrome by comparing lean pigs fed a normal maintenance diet (7% kcal from fat; lean, n = 9) or excess chow with 45% kcal from fat and 2% cholesterol (obese, n = 8). After 9 wk, body composition, glucose tolerance, plasma lipids, and intravascular ultrasonography and histopathology of coronary arteries were assessed. Computed tomography (CT) assessed subcutaneous and intra-abdominal fat deposition and was compared with traditional methods, including anatomical measurements, backfat ultrasonography, and proximate chemical composition analysis. Compared with lean animals, obese swine showed 2-fold greater product of the plasma insulin x glucose concentrations, 4.1-fold greater total cholesterol, 1.6-fold greater postprandial triglycerides, 4.6-fold greater low- ...Continue Reading

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