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Substrate utilization and dose response to insulin by subcutaneous adipose tissue of Angus steers fed corn- or hay-based diets

Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 Texas AgriLife Research-McGregor Center, McGregor, TX

j-sawyer{at}tamu.edu

Abstract

We hypothesized that, at a common age endpoint, adipose tissue from corn-fed steers would be less sensitive to insulin than adipose tissue from hay-fed steers. Angus steers were assigned to either a corn-based diet (n = 6) or hay-based diet (n = 6) and fed to common days on feed. Steers fed the corn-based diet had 2.44 cm fat thickness over the 12^th thoracic rib, whereas hay-fed steers had 1.04 cm fat thickness. At harvest, s.c. adipose samples were collected and portions of s.c. adipose tissue were incubated with [U-¹⁴C]acetate to quantify fatty acid synthesis or with [U-¹⁴C]glucose to assess glucose utilization in the presence of 0, 100, or 500 ng/mL insulin. Additional s.c. samples were used to evaluate glycolytic intermediate concentrations as indicators of glycolytic flux. Data were analyzed as a split-plot with diet in the main plot and insulin level and its interaction with diet in the sub-plot. Within diet, linear and quadratic contrasts of insulin level were tested. Diet had no effect (P 0.31) on glucose metabolism or acetate carbon incorporation into total lipids (P = 0.32). Insulin had no effect (P > 0.21) on glucose conversion to CO₂, lactate, or total lipids, nor did it affect (P = 0.28) acetate conversion to total lipids. No diet x insulin interaction (P > 0.36) was observed for any measure of s.c. metabolism in vitro. Steers fed the corn-based diet exhibited neither a linear (P > 0.22) nor a quadratic (P > 0.24) effect of increasing insulin level. However, when steers were fed the hay-based diet, there was a positive linear (P = 0.06) effect for glucose oxidation. These results suggest that s.c. adipose tissue may become resistant to stimulation by insulin in steers fed to a fat thickness above the average feedlot steer, but this is independent of diet.

Key Words: Acetate • Adipose Tissue • Cattle • Glucose • Insulin