PMID- 15236764 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20041115 LR - 20131121 IS - 0531-5565 (Print) IS - 0531-5565 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 7 DP - 2004 Jul TI - Circulating adiponectin levels increase in rats on caloric restriction: the potential for insulin sensitization. PG - 1049-59 AB - Caloric restriction (CR) has a well-known insulin sensitizing effect in vivo. Although this effect has been confirmed in rodents and primates for many years, its precise molecular mechanisms remain unknown. Here we show a significant increase in plasma adiponectin and a decrease in blood glucose, plasma triglyceride and insulin levels in rats maintained on CR diet for 2, 10, 15, and 20 months. Long-term CR rats exhibited significantly higher insulin-stimulated insulin receptor tyrosine phosphorylation and lower PTP-1B activity both in liver and skeletal muscle than those observed in rats fed ad libitum (AL). In addition, the triglyceride levels in these tissues were significantly lower in long-term CR animals. Interestingly, concentrations of plasma adiponectin in long-term CR rats were associated with increased expression of the transcription factor mRNAs for the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)alpha, gamma and delta, but decreased expression for SREBP-1c, resulting in a concerted modulation in the expression of key transcription target genes involved in fatty acid oxidation and energy combustion in liver. Taken together, our findings suggest an important role for adiponectin in the beneficial effects of long-term CR. FAU - Zhu, Min AU - Zhu M AD - Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. FAU - Miura, Junnosuke AU - Miura J FAU - Lu, Lucy X AU - Lu LX FAU - Bernier, Michel AU - Bernier M FAU - DeCabo, Rafael AU - DeCabo R FAU - Lane, Mark A AU - Lane MA FAU - Roth, George S AU - Roth GS FAU - Ingram, Donald K AU - Ingram DK LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Exp Gerontol JT - Experimental gerontology JID - 0047061 RN - 0 (Adiponectin) RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (Triglycerides) RN - 42HK56048U (Tyrosine) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Ptpn1 protein, rat) SB - IM MH - Adiponectin MH - Animals MH - Blood Glucose/metabolism MH - Body Weight MH - *Caloric Restriction MH - Gene Expression Regulation/physiology MH - Insulin/*blood MH - *Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins MH - Liver/metabolism MH - Male MH - Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism MH - Pancreas/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1 MH - Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/metabolism MH - Proteins/*metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred F344 MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - Triglycerides/blood MH - Tyrosine/metabolism EDAT- 2004/07/09 05:00 MHDA- 2004/11/16 09:00 CRDT- 2004/07/09 05:00 PHST- 2004/01/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2004/03/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2004/03/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2004/07/09 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/11/16 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/07/09 05:00 [entrez] AID - S0531556504001287 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.exger.2004.03.024 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Gerontol. 2004 Jul;39(7):1049-59. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.03.024.