Eberle C, Niessen M, Hemmings BA, Tschopp O, Ament C. Novel individual metabolic profile characterizes the protein kinase B-alpha (pkbα-/-) in vivo model.
Arch Physiol Biochem 2014;
120:91-8. [PMID:
24773499 DOI:
10.3109/13813455.2014.911330]
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Abstract
CONTEXT
Type 2 diabetes and associated co-morbidities run epidemic waves worldwide. Since pathophysiological constellations are individual and display a wide spread of dysmetabolic profiles personalized health care assessments start to emerge. Therefore, we established a specific in silico assessment tool targeting metabolic characterizations individually.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Values obtained from oral glucose and intraperitoneal insulin tolerance tests performed on pkbα(-/-) mice (KO) as well as age- and gender-matched controls (WT) were analysed using our established in silico model.
RESULTS
Generally, male pkbα(-/-) mice (KO) presented significantly increased insulin sensitivity at an age of 6 months compared with age-matched WTs (p = 0.036). Female KO and WT groups displayed improved glucose sensitivities compared with age-matched males (for WT p ≤ 0.011).
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
Specific metabolic characterization should be assessed individually. Therefore, our in silico model enables novel insights inaugurating specific primary preventive strategies targeting individual metabolic profiling precisely.
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