Características endocrinas, moleculares y de parámetros de crecimiento asociados a la obesidad del cerdo pelón mexicano

To establish the potential of the Mexican hairless pig as an animal model for the study of obesity, a comparative study between the Mexican hairless pigs (MHP) and Landrace-Yorkshire pigs (LYP) was performed. Leptin and insulin serum concentrations were measured and its correlation with backfat thickness was estimated. Feed intake, daily weight gain and backfat thickness was evaluated. Gene expression of leptin, leptin receptor, adiponectin and peroxisoma proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ,) in adipose tissue were also evaluated. The LYP had a higher weight gain (P0.05). However, the backfat thickness was higher in the MHP (PPara determinar el potencial del cerdo Pelón Mexicano (CPM) en el estudio de la obesidad, se realizó un estudio entre el CPM y cerdos Landrace-Yorkshire (CLY). Se midieron concentraciones séricas de leptina e insulina y se determinó su correlación con el espesor de grasa dorsal (EGD). Se evaluó el consumo de alimento (CA), el EGD, la ganancia diaria de peso y la expresión de genes que codifican para leptina, el receptor de leptina, adiponectina y el receptor activado por proliferadores de peroxisomas gama (PPAR-γ,), mediante PCR de tiempo real. Los CLY tuvieron una ganancia de peso mayor (