Abstract
The effect of acute uremia on lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity in rat adipose tissue and on the response of the isolated adipocytes to insulin was assessed. LPL activity in adipose tissue and in adipocytes of the uremic rats was decreased compared with values in sham-operated controls. Also, the adipocytes from uremic rats released significantly less than control amounts of LPL. In contrast, glucose oxidation by adipocytes isolated from uremic rats was not different from controls, and there was no difference in insulin binding or in insulin-stimulated glucose oxidation in the two groups. Triglyceride injected into the uremic rats was cleared at about half the control rate. Thus, the specific reduction in LPL activity in adipose tissue may be responsible, at least in part, for the defective removal of triglyceride. However, it is unlikely that the reduced LPL is due to a generalized toxic effect of uremia on adipose tissue since no significant alteration in insulin binding and glucose oxidation was found.
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