Publication at Faculty of Science, Central Library of Charles University |
2011
Abstract
Searching for a possible role of novel protein kinase C (nPKC) in heart with disrupted energy balance, we compared the insulin-resistant spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), which carry a nonfunctional variant of the fatty acid transporter FAT/CD36, with the less insulin-resistant congenic strain SHR-4 that is genetically identical except for a segment on chromosome 4 including a wild-type gene for a functional FAT/CD36. Our results demonstrate that reduced insulin resistance in SHR-4 rats is associated with the insulin signaling pathway involving nPKCs.