PMID- 9100217 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19970606 LR - 20191210 IS - 0731-5724 (Print) IS - 0731-5724 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 2 DP - 1997 Apr TI - Evaluation of differential effects of carbohydrate and fat intake on weight gain, serum IGF-1 and erythrocyte Na+K+ATPase activity in suboptimal nutrition in rats. PG - 159-65 AB - OBJECTIVE: Suboptimal nutrition leads to growth delay, frequently without over clinical or biochemical signs. We hypothesize that changes in serum IFG-1 and erythrocyte sodium-potassium ATPase activity (ENKA) may be indices of suboptimal nutrition. METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were pair-fed for 4 weeks with balanced diets of different carbohydrate (CHO) to fat (FAT) ratios (3:1, 2:1, and 1:1) and three levels of energy intake (ad-libitum, 80%, and 60%), corrected for actual body weight). Daily weight gain and weekly tail growth were monitored while ENKA, serum total protein, T3, insulin and IGF-1 were measured after four weeks. Refeeding experiments were also performed with the 3:1 and 1:1 CHO:FAT diets, including 4 weeks of dietary restriction and one week of ad-libitum feeding. RESULTS: Weight gain, tail growth, and IGF-1 decreased (p < 0.05) in all groups after 1 week of dietary restriction. A decrease in ENKA (p < 0.05) was found in rats that consumed 60% of ad-libitum energy intake only after 4 weeks. At the end of dietary treatment, weight gain was higher (p < 0.05) in rats fed the 3:1 CHO:FAT diet. In contrast, when energy was restricted to 80% or 60% of ad-libitum intake, rats fed the 1:1 CHO:FAT diet gained more weight (p < 0.05) compared to the 3:1 and 2:1 CHO:FAT diets. After 1 week of refeeding body weight, tail growth and ENKA returned to control values while serum IGF-1 levels remained depressed. CONCLUSIONS: Acute nutritional changes are clearly detected by a reduction of serum IGF-1 while ENKA may be a useful index for assessing chronic suboptimal nutrition. FAU - Tarim, O AU - Tarim O AD - Department of Pediatrics, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA. FAU - Chasalow, F I AU - Chasalow FI FAU - Murphy, J AU - Murphy J FAU - Rising, R AU - Rising R FAU - Carrillo, A AU - Carrillo A FAU - Lifshitz, F AU - Lifshitz F LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Am Coll Nutr JT - Journal of the American College of Nutrition JID - 8215879 RN - 0 (Dietary Carbohydrates) RN - 0 (Dietary Fats) RN - 67763-96-6 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor I) RN - EC 7.2.2.13 (Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase) SB - IM MH - *Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena MH - Animals MH - Dietary Carbohydrates/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - Dietary Fats/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - Energy Intake MH - Erythrocytes/*enzymology MH - Evaluation Studies as Topic MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase/*blood MH - *Weight Gain EDAT- 1997/04/01 00:00 MHDA- 1997/04/01 00:01 CRDT- 1997/04/01 00:00 PHST- 1997/04/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1997/04/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1997/04/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/07315724.1997.10718667 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Am Coll Nutr. 1997 Apr;16(2):159-65. doi: 10.1080/07315724.1997.10718667.