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Hepatic delta 6-desaturase activity in lean and genetically obese ob/ob mice.

ABSTRACT: Hepatic delta 6-desaturase activity is primarily located in the mitochondrial fraction in mice. Both delta 6- and delta 5-desaturase activities are increased in the liver of young (6-week-old) obese mice. The increase in hepatic delta 6-desaturase activity in obese mice does not occur until weaning. Neither restriction of food intake nor hyperinsulinaemia normalize hepatic delta 6-desaturase activity of obese mice. Both cold acclimation and tri-iodothyronine (30 micrograms/day per kg) decreased hepatic delta 6-desaturase activity of obese mice to levels observed in lean mice, whereas the increase in activity in obese mice was still maintained after the induction of hypothyroidism.

SUBMITTER: Hughes S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1144591 | biostudies-other | 1985 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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