PMID- 8326010 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19930812 LR - 20181113 IS - 0021-9738 (Print) IS - 0021-9738 (Linking) VI - 92 IP - 1 DP - 1993 Jul TI - Relationship between skeletal muscle lipoprotein lipase activity and 24-hour macronutrient oxidation. PG - 441-5 AB - A low ratio of whole-body 24-h fat/carbohydrate (CHO) oxidation has been shown to be a predictor of subsequent body weight gain. We tested the hypothesis that the variability of this ratio may be related to differences in skeletal muscle metabolism. Since lipoprotein lipase (LPL) plays a pivotal role in partitioning lipoprotein-borne triglycerides to adipose (storage) and skeletal muscle (mostly oxidation), we postulated that a low ratio of fat/CHO oxidation was associated with a low skeletal muscle LPL (SMLPL) activity. As an index of substrate oxidation, 24-h RQ was measured under sedentary and eucaloric conditions in 16 healthy nondiabetic Pima males. During a 6-h euglycemic, hyperinsulinemic clamp, muscle biopsies were obtained at baseline, 3, and 6 h. Heparin-elutable SMLPL activity was 2.92 +/- 0.56 nmol free fatty acids/g.min (mean +/- SD) at baseline, was unchanged (2.91 +/- 0.51) at the third hour, and increased significantly (P < 0.05) to 3.13 +/- 0.57 at the sixth hour of the clamp. The mean (of baseline and 3-h) SMLPL activity correlated inversely with 24-h RQ (r = 0.57, P < 0.03) but not with body size, body composition, or insulin-mediated glucose uptake. Since SMLPL activity is related to the ratio of whole body fat/CHO oxidation rate, a decreased muscle LPL activity may, therefore, predispose to obesity. FAU - Ferraro, R T AU - Ferraro RT AD - Clinical Diabetes and Nutrition Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Phoenix, Arizona 85016. FAU - Eckel, R H AU - Eckel RH FAU - Larson, D E AU - Larson DE FAU - Fontvieille, A M AU - Fontvieille AM FAU - Rising, R AU - Rising R FAU - Jensen, D R AU - Jensen DR FAU - Ravussin, E AU - Ravussin E LA - eng GR - DK-26354/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Clin Invest JT - The Journal of clinical investigation JID - 7802877 RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - EC 3.1.1.34 (Lipoprotein Lipase) SB - IM MH - Carbohydrate Metabolism MH - Energy Metabolism MH - Humans MH - Indians, North American MH - Insulin/physiology MH - Lipid Metabolism MH - Lipoprotein Lipase/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Muscles/*metabolism PMC - PMC293630 EDAT- 1993/07/01 00:00 MHDA- 1993/07/01 00:01 PMCR- 1993/07/01 CRDT- 1993/07/01 00:00 PHST- 1993/07/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1993/07/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1993/07/01 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 1993/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1172/JCI116586 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Invest. 1993 Jul;92(1):441-5. doi: 10.1172/JCI116586.