Research Article
Vagotomy Reduces Insulin Clearance in Obese Mice Programmed by Low-Protein Diet in the Adolescence
Table 1
Body, fat pads, and stomach weight, followed by blood glucose and plasma insulin concentration in the LP, LP + HF, and LP + HFvag mice.
| | LP | LP + HF | LP + HFvag |
| Body weight (BW) (g) | 23.6 ± 0.7b | 27.6 ± 1.0a | 27.4 ± 0.7a | Retroperitoneal fat pad (% BW) | 0.6 ± 0.1a | 1.2 ± 0.1b | 0.9 ± 0.2b | Perigonadal fat pad (% BW) | 1.5 ± 0.1a | 2.3 ± 0.3b | 1.9 ± 0.3ab | Stomach weight (% BW) | 1.5 ± 0.2a | 0.9 ± 0.1a | 2.5 ± 0.4b | Serum total Protein (g/dL) | 4.0 ± 0.7b | 5.7 ± 0.3a | 5.4 ± 0.3ab | Fasting glycemia (mg/dL) | 55 ± 1b | 70 ± 4a | 67 ± 6a | Fasting insulinemia (ng/mL) | 0.09 ± 0.01a | 0.28 ± 0.06b | 0.14 ± 0.07a | Fed insulinemia (ng/mL) | 1.62 ± 0.13a | 2.56 ± 0.26b | 2.70 ± 0.24b |
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Data are means ± SEM from the LP (); LP + HF (); and LP + HFvag (). a,bSignificant differences ().
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