scholarly journals Response of ApoA-IV in pigs to long-term increased dietary oil intake and to the degree of unsaturation of the fatty acids

2004 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 763-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
María A. Navarro ◽  
Sergio Acín ◽  
Ricardo Carnicer ◽  
Mario A. Guzmán-García ◽  
José M. Arbonés-Mainar ◽  
...  

ApoA-IV is a protein constituent of HDL particles; the gene coding for it is a member of the ApoA-I–ApoC-III–ApoA-IV cluster. To investigate the effects of the quantity and the degree of saturation of dietary lipid on the long-term response of this Apo, and on the hypothetical coordinated regulation of the cluster in vivo, pigs were fed isoenergetic, cholesterol-free, low-lipid or lipid-enriched diets (containing either extra olive oil (rich in MUFA) or sunflower oil (rich in n−6 PUFA)) for 42 d. In animals fed on the control diet, ApoA-IV was mainly associated with plasma lipoproteins. An increase in plasma ApoA-IV concentration, mainly in the lipoprotein-free fraction, was induced by the lipid-enriched diets, independent of the degree of saturation of the fatty acids involved. The latter diets also led to increases in hepatic ApoA-I, ApoA-IV and ApoC-III mRNA levels, more so with the sunflower oil-rich diet. The present results show that porcine plasma ApoA-IV levels and their association with lipoproteins are very sensitive to increases in dietary lipids, independent of the degree of fatty acid saturation. Furthermore, hepatic expression of RNA appears to be coordinated along with that of the other members of the gene cluster.

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 625-631
Author(s):  
Nora H. Slobodianik ◽  
Paula D. Perris ◽  
María Cecilia Mambrin ◽  
Inés Fernandez ◽  
María Susana Feliu

Background: The importance of diet in health is widely accepted and recognized. Diet lipid profile is important to prevent chronic diseases and improve the quality of an individual’s life. Objective: The objective of this report is to analyze the effect of different sources of dietary lipids with standard and high concentration on growing rats. Methods: Experimental diets contained 15 or 42% kcal of fat, provided by butter (B), olive oil (O), high oleic sunflower oil (HO), and sunflower oil (S). Control diet (C) was normocaloric with 15% kcal of fat provided by soy oil. All diets were complete in the other nutrients according to AIN 1993 and were administered for 40 days. Results: Daily intake was similar in all groups. The administration of these diets provoked changes in serum fatty acid profile in response to the different sources of dietary lipids used; no changes were observed in the brain´s fatty acids. Conclusion: These results would suggest that the organism tries first to supply the brain´s fatty acid needs at the expense of its modification in serum..


Endocrinology ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 145 (12) ◽  
pp. 5525-5531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary M. Leong ◽  
Sofia Moverare ◽  
Jesena Brce ◽  
Nathan Doyle ◽  
Klara Sjögren ◽  
...  

Abstract Suppressors of cytokine signaling (SOCS) are important negative regulators of cytokine action. We recently reported that estrogen stimulates SOCS-2 expression and inhibits GH signaling in kidney cells. The effects of estrogen on SOCS expression in other tissues are unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate in vivo and in vitro whether estrogen affected SOCS expression in the liver, a major target organ of GH. The in vivo hepatic effects of estrogen on ovariectomized mice lacking estrogen receptor (ER)-α, ERβ, or both and their wild-type littermates were examined by DNA microarray analysis. In vitro, the effects of estrogen on SOCS expression in human hepatoma cells were examined by reverse transcription quantitative PCR. Long-term (3 wk) estrogen treatment induced a 2- to 3-fold increase in hepatic expression of SOCS-2 and -3 in wild-type and ERβ knockout mice but not in those lacking ERα or both ER subtypes. Short-term treatment (at 24 h) increased the mRNA level of SOCS-3 but not SOCS-2. In cultured hepatoma cells, estrogen increased SOCS-2 and -3 mRNA levels by 2-fold in a time- and dose-dependent manner (P < 0.05). Estrogen induced murine SOCS-3 promoter activity by 2-fold (P < 0.05) in constructs containing a region between nucleotides −1862 and −855. Moreover, estrogen and GH had additive effects on the SOCS-3 promoter activity. In summary, estrogen, via ERα, up-regulated hepatic expression of SOCS-2 and -3, probably through transcriptional activation. This indicates a novel mechanism of estrogen regulation of cytokine action.


2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-270
Author(s):  
I.M. Boldea ◽  
C. Dragomir ◽  
M.A. Gras ◽  
M. Ropotă

The objective of this research was to assess the effects of including oil-rich feedstuffs in diets for lactating goats on the fatty acid (FA) profile of their milk. Thirty-six Murciano-Granadina goats were randomly assigned to three treatment groups, namely a control diet (CTRL), a diet based on whole rapeseed (RS), and a diet based on pumpkin seed cake (PSC). The diets were composed of 1 kg hay (70 % Italian ryegrass, 30% alfalfa) and 1.24 kg concentrate, and were formulated to be isoenergetic and isonitrogenous. Milk yield and its contents of protein, fat and lactose did not differ significantly among the groups. However, including oil-rich feeds in the diet altered the fatty acid profile of the milk significantly, decreasing its saturated fatty acid (SFA) content and increasing its content of unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs). Effects on polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), and the n-6 to n-3 ratio depended on the source of dietary lipids. The PSC augmented diet increased the relative amount of PUFAs and fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) in milk (+25 %) significantly In comparison with CTRL, whereas the RS diet produced a limited and statistically insignificant increase (+7.5%). The concentration of CLA was higher in milk from does fed the PSC diet, whereas the n-6 to n-3 ratio was lower in milk from does fed RS. These preliminary results form the basis for developing premium dairy products that are enriched in fatty acids that are more favourable for human health.


1998 ◽  
Vol 329 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Mary SUGDEN ◽  
G. D. Lee FRYER ◽  
A. Karen ORFALI ◽  
A. David PRIESTMAN ◽  
Elaine DONALD ◽  
...  

The administration of a low-carbohydrate/high-saturated-fat (LC/HF) diet for 28 days or starvation for 48 h both increased pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDHK) activity in extracts of rat hepatic mitochondria, by approx. 2.1-fold and 3.5-fold respectively. ELISAs of extracts of hepatic mitochondria, conducted over a range of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) activities, revealed that mitochondrial immunoreactive PDHKII (the major PDHK isoform in rat liver) was significantly increased by approx. 1.4-fold after 28 days of LC/HF feeding and by approx. 2-fold after 48 h of starvation. The effect of LC/HF feeding to increase hepatic PDHK activity was retained through hepatocyte preparation, but was decreased on 21 h culture with insulin (100μ-i.u./ml). A sustained (24 h) 2-4-fold elevation in plasma insulin concentration in vivo (achieved by insulin infusion via an osmotic pump) suppressed the effect of LC/HF feeding so that hepatic PDHK activities did not differ significantly from those of (insulin-infused) control rats. The increase in hepatic PDHK activity evoked by 28 days of LC/HF feeding was prevented and reversed (within 24 h) by the replacement of 7% of the dietary lipid with long-chain ω-3 fatty acids. Analysis of hepatic membrane lipid revealed a 1.9-fold increase in the ratio of total polyunsaturated ω-3 fatty acids to total mono-unsaturated fatty acids. The results indicate that the increased hepatic PDHK activities observed in livers of LC/HF-fed or 48 h-starved rats are associated with long-term actions to increase hepatic PDHKII concentrations. The long-term regulation of hepatic PDHK by LC/HF feeding might be achieved through an impaired action of insulin to suppress PDHK activity. In addition, the fatty acid composition of the diet, rather than the fat content, is a key influence.


2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 44-50
Author(s):  
OS Olubowale ◽  
FH De Witt ◽  
JPC Greyling ◽  
A Hugo ◽  
AM Jooste ◽  
...  

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary fatty acids (FA) on the fertility and hatchability of laying hens at the end-of-lay period (69 - 77 weeks of age). Five isoenergetic (12.4 MJ ME/kg DM) and isonitrogenous (170 g CP/kg DM) diets were formulated using different lipid sources (30 g/kg inclusion) to manipulate the dietary FA profile. The control diet was formulated using a 50 : 50 blend of linseed and fish oil, while fish oil was used in the polyunsaturated n-3 treatment. Sunflower oil was used in the polyunsaturated n-6 treatment, while in the mono-unsaturated n-9 diet high oleic acid (HO) sunflower oil was used. Lastly, tallow was used as a lipid source in the saturated FA diet. One hundred and twenty five hens (n = 25/treatment) and 50 cockerels (n = 10/treatment) of the Hy-Line Silver-Brown genotype were randomly allocated to the five dietary treatments at 20 weeks of age. From 69 weeks of age, hens were inseminated with 0.06 mL undiluted semen from cockerels within the same dietary treatment. Between 71 and 78 weeks of age (49 days) a total of 588 eggs-per-treatment were collected, individually marked (date and hen number) and incubated in a single-stage still-air incubator. Eggs were candled on D7 and D14 to determine embryonic mortalities and a 24 h window for hatching was allowed (D21 + 24 h). Although the fish oil treatment resulted in the lowest egg weights (59.3 g) and fertility (84.6%), it recorded the highest hatchability (76%). In contrast, the sunflower oil treatment recorded the lowest hatchability (58.2%) of all treatments, despite its high egg fertility (89.6%). Results of the study suggest that the dietary fatty acid content, in particular the n-3 and n-6 levels, need critical consideration in terms of concentration and ratio in the formulation of breeder diets to limit embryonic mortalities during incubation.Keywords: Chicks, embryo, mortality, mono-, polyunsaturated fatty acids


2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (8) ◽  
pp. 1168-1179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard E. Morton ◽  
Yan Liu

Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) facilitates the net transfer of cholesteryl esters (CEs) and TGs between lipoproteins, impacting the metabolic fate of these lipoproteins. Previous studies have shown that a CETP antibody can alter CETP’s preference for CE versus TG as transfer substrate, suggesting that CETP substrate preference can be manipulated in vivo. Hamster and human CETPs have very different preferences for CE and TG. To assess the effect of altering CETP’s substrate preference on lipoproteins in vivo, here, we expressed human CETP in hamsters. Chow-fed hamsters received adenoviruses expressing no CETP, hamster CETP, or human CETP. Plasma CETP mass increased 2-fold in both the hamster and human CETP groups. Although the animals expressing human CETP still had low levels of hamster CETP, the CE versus TG preference of their plasma CETP was similar to that of the human ortholog. Hamster CETP overexpression had little impact on lipoproteins. However, expression of human CETP reduced HDL up to 50% and increased VLDL cholesterol 2.5-fold. LDL contained 20% more CE, whereas HDL CE was reduced 40%, and TG increased 6-fold. The HDL3:HDL2 ratio increased from 0.32 to 0.60. Hepatic expression of three cholesterol-related genes (LDLR, SCARB1, and CYP7A1) was reduced up to 40%. However, HDL-associated CE excretion into feces was unchanged. We conclude that expression of human CETP in hamsters humanizes their lipoprotein profile with respect to the relative concentrations of VLDL, LDL, HDL, and the HDL3:HDL2 ratio. Altering the lipid substrate preference of CETP provides a novel approach for modifying plasma lipoproteins.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 181483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren E. Jamieson ◽  
Angela Li ◽  
Karen Faulds ◽  
Duncan Graham

Raman spectroscopy has been used extensively for the analysis of biological samples in vitro , ex vivo and in vivo . While important progress has been made towards using this analytical technique in clinical applications, there is a limit to how much chemically specific information can be extracted from a spectrum of a biological sample, which consists of multiple overlapping peaks from a large number of species in any particular sample. In an attempt to elucidate more specific information regarding individual biochemical species, as opposed to very broad assignments by species class, we propose a bottom-up approach beginning with a detailed analysis of pure biochemical components. Here, we demonstrate a simple ratiometric approach applied to fatty acids, a subsection of the lipid class, to allow the key structural features, in particular degree of saturation and chain length, to be predicted. This is proposed as a starting point for allowing more chemically and species-specific information to be elucidated from the highly multiplexed spectrum of multiple overlapping signals found in a real biological sample. The power of simple ratiometric analysis is also demonstrated by comparing the prediction of degree of unsaturation in food oil samples using ratiometric and multivariate analysis techniques which could be used for food oil authentication.


1997 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Hoehler ◽  
Ronald R. Marquardt ◽  
Andrew A.F. Rohlich

The objective of this study was to determine whether lipid peroxidation is one mode of action in ochratoxin A (OA) toxicity in vivo. Lipid peroxidation was monitored by analyzing malondialdehyde (MDA) in different tissues by HPLC. A refinement study on the MDA assay was carried out, which showed the importance of the addition of an iron catalyst for the decomposition of hydroperoxides to yield a maximum amount of MDA from a given sample. The rat experiment was designed in a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement using 4 × 6 animals. The four different diets were fed for 21 d and contained either 1% corn oil and 9% tallow (Diets I and III) or 10% corn oil (Diets II and IV); in groups III and IV, 5 mg OA were added per kilogram of diet. For the chick experiment 4 × 8 Leghorn cockerels received diets for 14 d with no added sunflower oil (Diets I and III), whereas the diets of groups II and IV were supplemented with 2.5% sunflower oil. In groups III and IV, 2.5 mg OA were added per kilogram of diet. In both experiments OA decreased the performance of the animals significantly. In the rat experiment an increased lipid peroxidation due to a higher dietary level of unsaturated fatty acids could be obtained, when muscle samples were oxidatively stressed with Fe3+ and ascorbic acid. In the chick experiment there were very clear effects of the dietary treatment on the MDA concentrations of different tissues, as both a higher supply with unsaturated fatty acids and OA increased most of the MDA values significantly. These data suggest that lipid peroxides are formed in vivo by OA, but the effects may vary considerably from species to species, and may also be influenced by other factors. Key words: Ochratoxin A, lipid peroxidation, malondialdehyde, rat, chick


1984 ◽  
Vol 52 (03) ◽  
pp. 232-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juana Vallés ◽  
Justo Aznar ◽  
M Teresa Santos

SummarySome correlations between plasma and platelet fatty acids (FA) were evaluated “ex vivo” in 94 normal subjects.The highest relationships between total FA from plasma and platelets were found for 18:1 (r = 0.74) and 18:2 (r = 0.67). Low correlations were obtained for free fatty acids (FFA). The most significant correlations between fatty acids esterifying plasma and platelet phospholipids were found for the 18:1 (r = 0.66); 18:2 (r = 0.74) and 20:5 (r = 0.66).Our results suggest that the platelet phospholipid FA could be more easily modified by plasma variation in the FA composition of phospholipids than by variations in the plasma FA composition of the FFA fraction. In addition, the incorporation of FA from plasma into the platelet phospholipids “in vivo” may take place through an acylation-deacylation process and also by the incorporation of whole plasma phospholipid molecules into the platelets, probably through an exchange of plasma lipoproteins and platelets. Finally, arachidonic acid seems to have a different and selective way of incorporation into platelet phospholipids.


Blood ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 530-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Hanspal ◽  
JS Hanspal ◽  
R Kalraiya ◽  
SC Liu ◽  
KE Sahr ◽  
...  

To study the changes in the synthesis of the major membrane skeletal proteins, their assembly on the membrane, and their turnover during terminal red blood cell maturation in vivo, we have compared early proerythroblasts and late erythroblasts obtained from the spleens of mice at different times after infection with the anemia-inducing strain of Friend virus (FVA). Metabolic labeling of these cells indicates striking differences between early and late erythroblasts. In early erythroblasts, spectrin and ankyrin are synthesized in large amounts in the cytosol with proportionately high levels of spectrin and ankyrin messenger RNA (mRNA). In contrast, only small amounts of these polypeptides are incorporated into the skeleton, which is markedly unstable. In late erythroblasts, however, the synthesis of spectrin and ankyrin and their mRNA levels are substantially reduced, yet the net amounts of these polypeptides assembled in the membrane skeleton are markedly increased, and the membrane skeleton becomes stable with no detectable protein turnover. The mRNA levels and the synthesis of the band 3 and 4.1 proteins are increased considerably in terminally differentiated normoblasts with a concomitant increase in the net amount and the half-life of the newly assembled spectrin and ankyrin. Thus, the increased accumulation of spectrin and ankyrin at the late erythroblast stage is a consequence of an increased recruitment of these proteins on the membrane and an increase in their stability rather than a transcriptional upregulation. This is in contrast to band 3 and 4.1 proteins, which accumulate in direct proportion to their mRNA levels and rates of synthesis. These results suggest a key role for the band 3 and 4.1 proteins in conferring a long-term stability to the membrane skeleton during terminal red blood cell differentiation.


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