AQHF Funds Gluck Center Research Projects

The American Quarter Horse Foundation will fund two equine research projects at the University of Kentucky
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The American Quarter Horse Foundation (AQHF) will fund two equine research projects at the University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center in 2011-2012.

The projects are "Identifying the Role of a ‘Metabolic Master Switch’ in Equine Metabolic Syndrome and its Implications for Targeted Treatment," Amanda Adams, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar at the Gluck Center; and "Equine Herpesvirus-1 and the Type-I Interferon Response," Thomas Chambers, PhD, professor of veterinary virology at the Gluck Center, and David Horohov, PhD, William Robert Mills chair and professor at the Gluck Center.

The AQHF awarded Adams the Young Investigator Award, with a grant amount of $19,547. Her study will focus on equine metabolic syndrome, a complex disease that affects Quarter Horses as well as many other breeds and typically manifests itself with increased regional and general fat deposits, systemic inflammation, insulin resistance, and a predisposition toward developing laminitis.

The goal of the study is to activate the "metabolic master switch" enzyme SIRT1 with resveratrol to increase insulin sensitivity and decrease inflammation and fat deposition. This will be the first study to determine if an alternative treatment (SIRT1-activator, resveratrol) that mimics dietary restriction by modulating both inflammation and metabolic parameters will aid in treating metabolic syndrome

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