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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 267: R799-R804, 1994;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 267, Issue 3 799-R804, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Corticosterone-responsive and -unresponsive metabolic characteristics of adrenalectomized rats

C. R. Hamelink, P. J. Currie, J. W. Chambers, T. W. Castonguay and D. V. Coscina
Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park 20742.

Glucocorticoids are important in influencing substrate flux through the metabolic pathways. This study was designed to answer the question "Does adrenalectomy (ADX) cause a shift toward fat metabolism as measured by a decrease in respiratory quotient (RQ)?" Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into four groups, ADX, ADX + 20% corticosterone (Cort) (ADX-20%), ADX + 40% Cort (ADX-40%), or sham-operated controls (Sham). ADX-20% received 50 mg and ADX-40% 100 mg Cort dissolved in 250-mg cholesterol pellets and placed subcutaneously. Each rat was monitored for 90 min four times both during a preoperative period and again after a 1-wk postsurgical recovery period in an indirect calorimeter. Cort prevented ADX-induced suppression of weight gain and food intake. ADX decreased motoric activity in both the light and dark periods. Cort restored activity to Sham levels. ADX decreased RQ only in the dark (0.858 ADX vs. 0.891 Sham) and was reversed only in the ADX-40% group. Energy expenditure (EE) was depressed in both the light and dark by ADX; Cort partially restored EE to Sham values in the light period.


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