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Jesch ED, Carr TP. Food Ingredients That Inhibit Cholesterol Absorption. Prev Nutr Food Sci 2017; 22:67-80. [PMID: 28702423 PMCID: PMC5503415 DOI: 10.3746/pnf.2017.22.2.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Cholesterol is a vital component of the human body. It stabilizes cell membranes and is the precursor of bile acids, vitamin D and steroid hormones. However, cholesterol accumulation in the bloodstream (hypercholesterolemia) can cause atherosclerotic plaques within artery walls, leading to heart attacks and strokes. The efficiency of cholesterol absorption in the small intestine is of great interest because human and animal studies have linked cholesterol absorption with plasma concentration of total and low density lipoprotein cholesterol. Cholesterol absorption is highly regulated and influenced by particular compounds in the food supply. Therefore, it is desirable to learn more about natural food components that inhibit cholesterol absorption so that food ingredients and dietary supplements can be developed for consumers who wish to manage their plasma cholesterol levels by non-pharmacological means. Food components thus far identified as inhibitors of cholesterol absorption include phytosterols, soluble fibers, phospholipids, and stearic acid.
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- Elliot D Jesch
- Department of Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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Naguib YW, Rodriguez BL, Li X, Hursting SD, Williams RO, Cui Z. Solid lipid nanoparticle formulations of docetaxel prepared with high melting point triglycerides: in vitro and in vivo evaluation. Mol Pharm 2014; 11:1239-49. [PMID: 24621456 PMCID: PMC3993949 DOI: 10.1021/mp4006968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Docetaxel
(DCX) is a second generation taxane. It is approved by
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of various
types of cancer, including breast, non-small cell lung, and head and
neck cancers. However, side effects, including those related to Tween
80, an excipient in current DCX formulations, can be severe. In the
present study, we developed a novel solid lipid nanoparticle (SLN)
composition of DCX. Trimyristin was selected from a list of high melting
point triglycerides as the core lipid component of the SLNs, based
on the rate at which the DCX was released from the SLNs and the stability
of the SLNs. The trimyristin-based, PEGylated DCX-incorporated SLNs
(DCX-SLNs) showed significantly higher cytotoxicity against various
human and murine cancer cells in culture, as compared to DCX solubilized
in a Tween 80/ethanol solution. Moreover, in a mouse model with pre-established
tumors, the new DCX-SLNs were significantly more effective than DCX
solubilized in a Tween 80/ethanol solution in inhibiting tumor growth
without toxicity, likely because the DCX-SLNs increased the concentration
of DCX in tumor tissues, but decreased the levels of DCX in major
organs such as liver, spleen, heart, lung, and kidney. DCX-incorporated
SLNs prepared with one or more high-melting point triglycerides may
represent an improved DCX formulation.
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- Youssef Wahib Naguib
- Pharmaceutics Division, College of Pharmacy, and ‡Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712 United States
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Li Q, Zhong W, Qiu Y, Kang X, Sun X, Tan X, Zhao Y, Sun X, Jia W, Zhou Z. Preservation of hepatocyte nuclear factor-4α contributes to the beneficial effect of dietary medium chain triglyceride on alcohol-induced hepatic lipid dyshomeostasis in rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2012; 37:587-98. [PMID: 23126616 DOI: 10.1111/acer.12013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alcohol consumption is a major cause of fatty liver, and dietary saturated fats have been shown to protect against alcoholic fatty liver. This study investigated the mechanisms of how dietary saturated fat may modulate alcohol-induced hepatic lipid dyshomeostasis. METHODS Male Sprague Dawley rats were pair-fed with 3 isocaloric liquid diets, control, alcohol, and medium chain triglyceride (MCT)/alcohol, respectively, for 8 weeks. The control and alcohol diets were based on the Lieber-DeCarli liquid diet formula with 30% total calories derived from corn oil (rich in unsaturated long chain fatty acids). The corn oil was replaced by MCT, which consists of exclusive saturated fatty acids, in the MCT/alcohol diet. HepG2 cell culture was conducted to test the effects of unsaturated fatty acids on hepatocyte nuclear factor-4α (HNF4α) and the role of HNF4α in regulating hepatocyte lipid homeostasis. RESULTS Alcohol feeding caused significant lipid accumulation, which was attenuated by dietary MCT. The major effect of alcohol on hepatic gene expression is the up-regulation of CYP4A1, CD36, and GPAT3, and down-regulation of apolipoprotein B (ApoB). Dietary MCT further up-regulated CYP4A1 gene, normalized ApoB gene, and up-regulated MTTP and SCD1 genes. The protein level of HNF4α, a master transcription factor of the liver, was reduced by alcohol feeding, which was normalized by dietary MCT. Fatty acid profiling demonstrated that alcohol feeding dramatically increased hepatic unsaturated long chain fatty acyl species, particularly linoleic acid and oleic acid, which was attenuated by dietary MCT. Dietary MCT attenuated alcohol-reduced serum triglyceride level and modulated the fatty acid composition of the serum triglycerides. Cell culture study demonstrated polyunsaturated linoleic acid rather than monounsaturated oleic acid inactivated HNF4α in HepG2 cells. Knockdown of HNF4α caused lipid accumulation in HepG2 cells due to dysregulation of very low density lipoprotein secretion. CONCLUSIONS Results suggest that dietary MCT prevents alcohol-induced hepatic lipid accumulation, at least partially, through reducing hepatic polyunsaturated long chain fatty acids and preserving HNF4α.
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- Qiong Li
- Center for Translational Biomedical Research , University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Kannapolis, NC 28081, USA
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Hollmann M, Beede DK. Comparison of effects of dietary coconut oil and animal fat blend on lactational performance of Holstein cows fed a high-starch diet. J Dairy Sci 2012; 95:1484-99. [PMID: 22365230 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2011] [Accepted: 10/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dietary medium-chain fatty acids (C(8:0) through C(12:0)) are researched for their potential to reduce enteric methane emissions and to increase N utilization efficiency in ruminants. We aimed to 1) compare coconut oil (CNO; ~60% medium-chain fatty acids) with a source of long-chain fatty acids (animal fat blend; AFB) on lactational responses in a high-starch diet and 2) determine the effect of different dietary concentrations of CNO on dry matter intake (DMI). In experiment 1, the control diet (CTRL) contained (dry basis) 40% forage (71% corn silage, and alfalfa hay and haylage), 26% NDF, and 35% starch. Isonitrogenous treatment diets contained 5.0% of AFB (5%-AFB), CNO (5%-CNO), or a 1-to-1 mixture of AFB and CNO (5%-AFB-CNO) and 0.8% corn gluten meal in place of corn grain. Thirty-two multiparous dairy cows (201 ± 46 d postpartum; 42.0 ± 5.5 kg/d 3.5% fat-corrected milk yield) were adapted to CTRL, blocked by milk yield, and randomly assigned to 1 of 4 treatment diets for 21 d with samples and data collected from d 15 through 21. Treatment 5%-CNO decreased DMI markedly and precipitously and was discontinued after d 5. In wk 3, 5%-AFB and especially 5%-AFB-CNO lowered total-tract NDF digested vs. CTRL (2.6 vs. 1.8 vs. 3.1 kg/d, respectively), likely because fat treatments reduced DMI and 5%-AFB-CNO impaired total-tract NDF digestibility. Milk fat concentrations were 3.10% (CTRL), 2.51% (5%-AFB), and 1.97% (5%-AFB-CNO) and correlated negatively to concentrations of C(18:2 trans-10,cis-12) in milk fat. Additionally, 5%-AFB and 5%-AFB-CNO tended to lower milk yield and decreased yields of solids-corrected milk and milk protein compared with CTRL. Fat treatments decreased milk lactose concentration, but increased milk citrate concentration. Moreover, cows fed 5%-AFB-CNO produced less solids-corrected milk than did cows fed 5%-AFB. In experiment 2, diets similar to CTRL contained 2.0, 3.0, or 4.0% CNO. Fifteen multiparous cows (219 ± 42 d postpartum; 42.1 ± 7.0 kg milk yield; mean ± SD) were blocked by DMI and randomly assigned to 1 of 3 treatment diets for an 8-d evaluation. Dietary concentration of CNO affected DMI, with the greatest depression at 4.0% CNO. Overall, dietary CNO depressed DMI and NDF digestibility of a high-starch diet compared with AFB. Feeding CNO to lactating cows equal to or greater than 2.5% decreased lactational performance or DMI.
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- M Hollmann
- Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA
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Nangue TJ, Womeni HM, Mbiapo FT, Fanni J, Michel L. Irvingia gabonensis fat: nutritional properties and effect of increasing amounts on the growth and lipid metabolism of young rats wistar sp. Lipids Health Dis 2011; 10:43. [PMID: 21375740 PMCID: PMC3060135 DOI: 10.1186/1476-511x-10-43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2010] [Accepted: 03/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dietary saturated fatty acids (SFAs) are generally considered to increase plasma cholesterol. It has also been claimed that they increase cardio-vascular disease, although the claim that some of SFAs can increase HDL-cholesterol is poorly documented. Irvingia gabonensis kernels after being dried and crushed they are generally used to prepare a sticky and aromatic soup very much consumed in Cameroun and West Africa countries. This study was therefore aimed at evaluating the effects of dika nut fat on the growing and lipids metabolism of young rats. METHOD For The nutritional evaluation related to the performances of growth and the analysis of increasing amounts of dika nut fat (0; 5.1; 7.34 and 13.48%) in young rats of wistar sp. The animals were taken individually out of metabolic cage for each ration 5 repetitions per sex (males and females) were carried out. RESULTS The results obtained during the 3 weeks of treatment shows that the performances of consumption were positive. A highly significant increase (P<0.01) of serum cholesterol and triglycerides in the high dose fat groups (13.48%) of dika fat were observed compared to control groups. However, this rise of cholesterol is due to that of HDL-cholesterol without any change in the quantity of LDL-Receptor. In parallel, the weight of the vital organ did not vary much compared to control, except for males where we observed a significantly reduction (P<0.01) in the weight of the liver for the three diet tests. CONCLUSION This study shows that the increasing amount of dika nut fat alter significantly cholesterol and triglyceride at high dose diet, but also increase HDL-cholesterol.
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- Thierry Joël Nangue
- Laboratory of Food Sciences Nutrition and Medicinal Plant, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, P.O. BOX: 67, Cameroon.
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Totani N, Burenjargal M. Gluten Binds Cytotoxic Compounds Generated in Heated Frying Oil. J Oleo Sci 2008; 57:683-90. [DOI: 10.5650/jos.57.683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Vaysse-Boué C, Dabadie H, Peuchant E, Le Ruyet P, Mendy F, Gin H, Combe N. Moderate dietary intake of myristic and alpha-linolenic acids increases lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase activity in humans. Lipids 2007; 42:717-22. [PMID: 17564735 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-007-3074-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2006] [Accepted: 04/30/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Cholesterol removal from tissues into HDL depends on the activity of lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT; E.C. 2.3.1.43) that is associated with lower cardiovascular diseases risk. HDL cholesterol concentration and LCAT activity can be modulated by dietary fatty acids. Original data with substrate models have shown a positive effect of myristic acid (MA) on the esterification rate of cholesterol. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of moderate intakes of MA associated with recommended intake of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) on LCAT activity in humans. Two experimental diets were tested for 3 months each. Diet 1-MA 1.2% of total energy (TE) and ALA 0.9% TE, diet 2-MA 1.8% and ALA 0.9% TE; a control diet (MA 1.2% and ALA 0.4% TE) was given 3 months before diet 1 and diet 2. The endogenous activity of LCAT was determined at completion of each diet. Compared with the control diet (13.2 +/- 3.1 micromol CE/(L x h)), LCAT activity increased significantly (P < 0.001) with diet 1 (24.2 +/- 3.6 micromol CE/(L x h)) and diet 2 (33.3 +/- 7.4 micromol CE/(L x h)); the increase observed with diet 2 was significantly (P < 0.001) greater than that due to diet 1. These results suggest that ALA (from rapeseed oil, mainly in sn-2 position) and MA (from dairy fat, mainly in sn-2 position) favor LCAT activity, by respective increases of 83 and 38%. When they are supplied together, a complementary effect was observed (average increase of 152%). Moreover, these observations were associated with a decrease of the ratio of total to HDL-cholesterol. In conclusion, our results suggest that moderate supply of MA (1.8% TE) associated with the recommended intake of ALA (0.9% TE) contributes to improve LCAT activity.
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- Carole Vaysse-Boué
- ITERG, Département de Nutrition, c/o Université Bordeaux 1, Avenue des Facultés, 33405, Talence Cedex, France
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Dabadie H, Motta C, Peuchant E, LeRuyet P, Mendy F. Variations in daily intakes of myristic and alpha-linolenic acids in sn-2 position modify lipid profile and red blood cell membrane fluidity. Br J Nutr 2006; 96:283-9. [PMID: 16923222 DOI: 10.1079/bjn20061813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The present study evaluated the effects of moderate intakes of myristic acid (MA), at 1.2% and 1.8% of total energy (TE), associated with a 0.9% TE intake of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) on lipid and fatty acid profiles and red blood cell membrane fluidity. Twenty-nine monks without dyslipidaemia were enrolled in a 1-year nutritional study in which two experimental diets were tested for 3 months each: diet 1, MA 1.2 % and ALA 0.9%; diet 2, MA 1.8% and ALA 0.9%. A control diet (MA 1.2%, ALA 0.4%) was given 3 months before diets 1 and 2. Thus, two different levels of MA (1.2%, 1.8%) and ALA (0.4%, 0.9%) were tested. Intakes of other fatty acids were at recommended levels. Samples were obtained on completion of all three diets. For fluidity analysis, the red blood cells were labelled with 16-doxylstearate and the probe incorporated the membrane where relaxation-correlation time was calculated. Diet 1 was associated with a decrease in total cholesterol, in LDL-cholesterol, in triacylglycerols and in the ratio of total to HDL-cholesterol; ALA and EPA levels were increased in both phospholipids and cholesterol esters. Diet 2 was associated with a decrease in triacylglycerols and in the ratios of total to HDL-cholesterol and of triacylglycerols to HDL-cholesterol, and with an increase in HDL-cholesterol; EPA levels were decreased in phospholipids and cholesterol esters. Red blood cell membrane fluidity was increased in both diets (P<0.0001), but the higher increase was obtained with diet 1, mainly in the oldest subjects. Intakes of myristic acid (1.2%TE) and ALA (0.9%TE), both mainly in the sn-2 position, were associated with favourable lipid and n-3 long-chain fatty acid profiles. These beneficial effects coexisted with particularly high membrane fluidity, especially among the oldest subjects.
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- Henry Dabadie
- Service de Nutrition, Hôpital du Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France.
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Carr TP, Jesch ED. Food components that reduce cholesterol absorption. ADVANCES IN FOOD AND NUTRITION RESEARCH 2006; 51:165-204. [PMID: 17011476 DOI: 10.1016/s1043-4526(06)51003-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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- Timothy P Carr
- Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583, USA
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Schneider CL, Cowles RL, Stuefer-Powell CL, Carr TP. Dietary stearic acid reduces cholesterol absorption and increases endogenous cholesterol excretion in hamsters fed cereal-based diets. J Nutr 2000; 130:1232-8. [PMID: 10801924 DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.5.1232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The observation that dietary stearic acid does not raise plasma cholesterol concentration is well documented, although the regulating mechanisms are not completely understood. Therefore, we examined the effect of dietary stearic acid on cholesterol absorption and sterol balance using male Syrian hamsters fed modified NIH-07 cereal-based diets selectively enriched in palmitic acid (16:0), stearic acid (18:0), trans fatty acid (18:1t), cis oleic acid (18:1c) or linoleic acid (18:2). All diets contained 17 g/100 g total fat and 0.05 g/100 g cholesterol; the five fat blends were enriched 30% with the fatty acid of interest above a constant fatty acid background. Cholesterol absorption efficiency was 50-55% in all treatment groups except for the 18:0 group, in which cholesterol absorption was significantly reduced to 21%. Plasma total cholesterol concentration was significantly lower in the 18:0 group compared to the 16:0 group. Fecal neutral steroid excretion was significantly greater in hamsters fed the high 18:0 diet compared to the other treatment groups. After accounting for unabsorbed dietary cholesterol, endogenous cholesterol excretion was about 100% higher in the 18:0 group. Consequently, the calculated rate of whole body cholesterol synthesis was significantly increased by dietary 18:0. Bile acid excretion accounted for only 12-20% of total sterol output by the hamsters in this study. Thus, the data suggest that reduced plasma cholesterol concentration in hamsters fed high 18:0 diets may be influenced by reduced cholesterol absorption and increased excretion of endogenous cholesterol.
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- C L Schneider
- Department of Nutritional Science and Dietetics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583-0806, USA
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Rioux V, Lemarchal P, Legrand P. Myristic acid, unlike palmitic acid, is rapidly metabolized in cultured rat hepatocytes. J Nutr Biochem 2000; 11:198-207. [PMID: 10827342 DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2863(00)00065-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This study was designed to examine and compare the metabolism of myristic and palmitic acids in cultured rat hepatocytes. [1-(14)C]-Labeled fatty acids were solubilized with albumin at 0.1 mmol/L in culture medium. Incubation with 24-hr cultured hepatocytes was carried out for 12 hr. Myristic acid was more rapidly (P < 0.05) taken up by the cells than was palmitic acid (86.9 +/- 0.9% and 68.3 +/- 5.7%, respectively, of the initial radioactivity was cleared from the medium after 4 hr incubation). Incorporation into cellular lipids, however, was similar after the same time (33.4 +/- 2.8% and 34.9 +/- 9.3%, respectively, of initial radioactivity). In the early phase of the incubation (30 min), myristic acid was more rapidly incorporated into cellular triglycerides than was palmitic acid (7.4 +/- 0.9% and 3.6 +/- 1.9%, respectively, of initial radioactivity). However, after 12 hr incubation, the radioactivity of cellular triglycerides, cellular phospholipids, and secreted triglycerides was significantly higher with palmitic acid as precursor. Myristic acid oxidation was significantly higher than that of palmitic acid (14.9 +/- 2.2% and 2.3 +/- 0.6%, respectively, of the initial radioactivity was incorporated into the beta-oxidation products after 4 hr). Myristic acid was also more strongly elongated to radiolabeled palmitic acid (12.2 +/- 0.8% of initial radioactivity after 12 hr) than palmitic acid was to stearic acid (5.1 +/- 1.3% of initial radioactivity after 12 hr). The combination of elongation and beta-oxidation results in the rapid disappearance of C14:0 in hepatocytes whereas C16:0 is esterified to form glycerolipids. This study provides evidence that myristic acid is more rapidly metabolized in cultured hepatocytes than is palmitic acid.
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- V Rioux
- Laboratoire de Biochimie, INRA-ENSA, Rennes, France
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Gibbons GF, Islam K, Pease RJ. Mobilisation of triacylglycerol stores. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1483:37-57. [PMID: 10601694 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(99)00182-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Triacylglycerol (TAG) is an energy dense substance which is stored by several body tissues, principally adipose tissue and the liver. Utilisation of stored TAG as an energy source requires its mobilisation from these depots and transfer into the blood plasma. The means by which TAG is mobilised differs in adipose tissue and liver although the regulation of lipid metabolism in each of these organs is interdependent and synchronised in an integrated manner. This review deals principally with the mechanism of hepatic TAG mobilisation since this is a rapidly expanding area of research and may have important implications for the regulation of plasma very-low-density lipoprotein metabolism. TAG mobilisation plays an important role in fuel selection in non-hepatic tissues such as cardiac muscle and pancreatic islets and these aspects are also reviewed briefly. Finally, studies of certain rare inherited disorders of neutral lipid storage and mobilisation may provide useful information about the normal enzymology of TAG mobilisation in healthy tissues.
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- G F Gibbons
- Metabolic Research Laboratory, Oxford Lipid Metabolism Group, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford, UK.
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Hughes TA, Heimberg M, Wang X, Wilcox H, Hughes SM, Tolley EA, Desiderio DM, Dalton JT. Comparative lipoprotein metabolism of myristate, palmitate, and stearate in normolipidemic men. Metabolism 1996; 45:1108-18. [PMID: 8781298 DOI: 10.1016/s0026-0495(96)90010-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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This project was designed to test the hypothesis that long-chain saturated fatty acids (myristate, palmitate, and stearate) are metabolized differently in human subjects, and that these differences may therefore account for the changes in plasma lipoprotein composition when these fatty acids are altered in the diet. Ethyl esters of each of the stable-isotope-labeled fatty acids (2H3- or 2H4-myristate, 13C16-palmitate, and 13C18-stearate) were fed to five nonhyperlipidemic men. The concentration of each labeled fatty acid was monitored for up to 72 hours as the fatty acids were assimilated into the lipid components (phospholipid [PL], triglyceride [TG], and cholesteryl ester [CE]) of the plasma lipoproteins (TG-rich lipoproteins [TRL], intermediate-density [IDL], low-density [LDL], and high-density lipoprotein [HDL]). Over 95% of the myristate was incorporated into TG, whereas 33% and 9% of the stearate and 18% and 7% of the palmitate were incorporated into PL and CE, respectively. The mean residence times (MRTs) for myristate in TG (8.6 to 9.9 hours) and PL (6.7 to 10.9 hours) in the individual lipoprotein subfractions were significantly shorter than for either palmitate (TG, 12.7 to 15.3 hours; PL, 19.6 to 21.3 hours) or stearate (TG, 10.7 to 15.5 hours; PL, 17.8 to 19.9 hours). The MRTs for stearate were shorter than for palmitate in PL. These data indicate that TG fatty acid in general, and myristate TG in particular, is the most rapidly cleared of the saturated fatty acids. There was a rapid transfer of labeled TG and PL between the lipoproteins. We were unable to detect any significant amount of stearate desaturation or elongation. In conclusion, these data demonstrate that myristate, palmitate, and stearate are metabolized in unique ways, and that it may therefore be inappropriate to continue to regard all "saturated fatty acids" as metabolically similar in clinical studies. Rather, it is important that we elucidate more clearly the specific metabolic pathway of each fatty acid to understand the mechanisms by which it alters plasma lipoprotein concentrations and composition and influences atherogenesis.
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- T A Hughes
- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA
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Bruce JS, Salter AM. Metabolic fate of oleic acid, palmitic acid and stearic acid in cultured hamster hepatocytes. Biochem J 1996; 316 ( Pt 3):847-52. [PMID: 8670161 PMCID: PMC1217427 DOI: 10.1042/bj3160847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Unlike other saturated fatty acids, dietary stearic acid does not appear to raise plasma cholesterol. The reason for this remains to be established, although it appears that it must be related to inherent differences in the metabolism of the fatty acid. In the present study, we have looked at the metabolism of palmitic acid and stearic acid, in comparison with oleic acid, by cultured hamster hepatocytes. Stearic acid was taken up more slowly and was poorly incorporated into both cellular and secreted triacylglycerol. Despite this, stearic acid stimulated the synthesis and secretion of triacylglycerol to the same extent as the other fatty acids. Incorporation into cellular phospholipid was lower for oleic acid than for palmitic acid and stearic acid. Desaturation of stearic acid, to monounsaturated fatty acid, was found to be greater than that of palmitic acid. Oleic acid produced from stearic acid was incorporated into both triacylglycerol and phospholipid, representing 13% and 6% respectively of the total after a 4 h incubation. Significant proportions of all of the fatty acids were oxidized, primarily to form ketone bodies, but by 8 h more oleic acid had been oxidized compared with palmitic acid and stearic acid.
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- J S Bruce
- Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, Leicestershire, U.K
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Staprans I, Rapp JH, Pan XM, Feingold KR. Oxidized lipids in the diet are incorporated by the liver into very low density lipoprotein in rats. J Lipid Res 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)37628-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Bennett AJ, Billett MA, Salter AM, Mangiapane EH, Bruce JS, Anderton KL, Marenah CB, Lawson N, White DA. Modulation of hepatic apolipoprotein B, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase and low-density lipoprotein receptor mRNA and plasma lipoprotein concentrations by defined dietary fats. Comparison of trimyristin, tripalmitin, tristearin and triolein. Biochem J 1995; 311 ( Pt 1):167-73. [PMID: 7575449 PMCID: PMC1136134 DOI: 10.1042/bj3110167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Different dietary fatty acids exert specific effects on plasma lipids but the mechanism by which this occurs is unknown. Hamsters were fed on low-cholesterol diets containing triacylglycerols enriched in specific saturated fatty acids, and effects on plasma lipids and the expression of genes involved in hepatic lipoprotein metabolism were measured. Trimyristin and tripalmitin caused significant rises in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol which were accompanied by significant reductions in hepatic LDL receptor mRNA levels. Tripalmitin also increased hepatic expression of the apolipoprotein B gene, implying an increased production of LDL via very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) and decreased removal of LDL in animals fed this fat. Hepatic levels of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase mRNA did not vary significantly between the groups. Compared with triolein, tristearin had little effect on hepatic gene expression or total plasma cholesterol. However, it caused a marked decrease in VLDL cholesterol and a rise in LDL cholesterol such that overall it appeared to be neutral. Lipid analysis suggested a rapid desaturation of much of the dietary stearate. The differential changes in plasma lipids and hepatic mRNA levels induced by specific dietary fats suggests a role for fatty acids or a metabolite thereof in the regulation of the expression of genes involved in lipoprotein metabolism.
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- A J Bennett
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nottingham Medical School, U.K
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Alberghina M, Lupo G, Anfuso CD, el Ghonemy SH. Lipid peroxidation inhibits acyl-CoA:-1-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine O-acyltransferase but not CTP: phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase activity in rat brain membranes. Neurochem Int 1995; 26:477-87. [PMID: 7492945 DOI: 10.1016/0197-0186(94)00152-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In brain tissue in vivo peroxidized according to three model systems, we determined two microsomal enzyme activities involved in phospholipid biosynthesis. The first, short-term model, was based on the i.v. administration to normal rats, twice a day, for a period of 1 week, of a sonicated emulsion of a peroxidized mixture of phospholipids and linoleate (4:1, w/w; 500 mg/day; hydroperoxides: 200-250 nmol/mg lipid). The half-life time of the injected toxic lipid species in the blood circulation was about 1 h. At the end of the week's treatment, brain and liver malondialdehyde, conjugated diene and lipid hydroperoxide levels were significantly higher in treated rats than in the controls. The second model consisted of the acute injection of aqueous Fe2+ solution (50 mM) into lateral ventricles, and the collection of brain tissue 2 h later. The third model was based on two consecutive injections of hydroperoxylinoleate (1 mg each) into lateral ventricles over a period of 18 h, and the collection of brain tissue 2 h after the second administration. In brain microsomal membranes prepared from peroxide- or iron-treated rats, lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase activity exhibited a significant inhibition. On the contrary, in microsomal preparations derived from the short-term model, CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase activity was slightly stimulated. Intraventricular injection of linoleate or linoleic acid hydroperoxide left this enzyme activity unchanged. The effect of in vitro membrane peroxidation on both microsomal enzyme activities was investigated. By using an Fe2+ (20 microM)-ascorbate (0.25 mM) peroxidation system, the residual acyltransferase and cytidylyltransferase activities were 80 and 72% of initial activity respectively. Significant dose-dependent inactivation of acyltransferase (maximum loss of 45% of initial activity) was seen when 0.1-10 mumol of photooxidized phospholipids were preincubated with 100 micrograms of microsomal membranes. Unoxidized or photooxidized phospholipids (1 mM) promoted a slight stimulation of cytidylyltransferase activity. Altogether, the results suggest a link between oxygen radical generation and the perturbation of the membrane structure in which the enzymes are located.
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- M Alberghina
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Catania, Italy
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