Plasma gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) responses to equimolar intragastrically administered emulsions of fatty acids (2.62 mmol/7.5 ml/kg) were examined in 18 h fasted obese hyperglycaemic (ob/ob) mice. Propionic acid (C3:0), a saturated short-chain fatty acid, and capric acid (C10:0), a saturated medium chain fatty acid, did not signilicantly stimulate GIP release. However, the saturated long-chain fatty acid stearic acid (C18:0), and especially the unsaturated long-chain fatty acids oleic (C18:1), linoleic (C18:2) and linolenic (C18:3) acids produced a marked GIP response. The results show that chain length and to a lesser extent the degree of saturation are important determinants of fatty acid-stimulated GIP release. The GIP-release action of long-chain, but not short-chain, fatty acids may be related to differences in their intracellular handling.
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August 01 1985
Effects of fatty acid chain length and saturation on gastric inhibitory polypeptide release in obese hyperglycaemic (ob/ob) mice
Piotr Kwasowski;
Piotr Kwasowski
1Department of Biochemistry, Divisions of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition & Food Science, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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Peter R. Flatt;
Peter R. Flatt
1Department of Biochemistry, Divisions of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition & Food Science, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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Clifford J. Bailey;
Clifford J. Bailey
2Department of Molecular Sciences, Division of Biology, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
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Vincent Marks
Vincent Marks
1Department of Biochemistry, Divisions of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition & Food Science, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Received:
August 12 1985
Online ISSN: 1573-4935
Print ISSN: 0144-8463
© 1985 The Biochemical Society
1985
Biosci Rep (1985) 5 (8): 701–705.
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Received:
August 12 1985
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Piotr Kwasowski, Peter R. Flatt, Clifford J. Bailey, Vincent Marks; Effects of fatty acid chain length and saturation on gastric inhibitory polypeptide release in obese hyperglycaemic (ob/ob) mice. Biosci Rep 1 August 1985; 5 (8): 701–705. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01117003
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