Adults who gain most of their excess weight in the abdominal area typically do not respond to insulin in the same way as lean adults. Researchers are trying to understand why fat tissue responds differently in people with different body types.
Measure regional free fatty acid (FFA) release in volunteers with and without UBO under two different conditions that suppress lipolysis and a condition that markedly stimulates lipolysis.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
48
2 dose insulin infusion 4 hours
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
RECRUITINGpalmitate release
regional palmitate release rates (micromol/min) will be measured using a combination of leg and splanchnic blood flow combined with stable isotope tracer measurements of palmitate uptake and release across the leg and splanchnic bed. Upper body, non-splanchnic palmitate release will be calculated as: total palmitate release - (splanchnic palmitate release + (leg palmitate release x 2)). Release rates will be measured at baseline (overnight fasting) and in response to the infusion of insulin at low and medium rates. This will allow us to create dose-response curves for leg, splanchnic and upper body non-splanchnic adipose tissue palmitate release.
Time frame: The study will be conducted in a single day and will last approximately 6 hours
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