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Huang CH, Hsu HS, Chiang MT. Influence of Varied Dietary Cholesterol Levels on Lipid Metabolism in Hamsters. Nutrients 2024; 16:2472. [PMID: 39125351 PMCID: PMC11314022 DOI: 10.3390/nu16152472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2024] [Revised: 07/25/2024] [Accepted: 07/27/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024] Open
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Syrian hamsters are valuable models for studying lipid metabolism due to their sensitivity to dietary cholesterol, yet the precise impact of varying cholesterol levels has not been comprehensively assessed. This study examined the impact of varying dietary cholesterol levels on lipid metabolism in Syrian hamsters. Diets ranging from 0% to 1% cholesterol were administered to assess lipid profiles and oxidative stress markers. Key findings indicate specific cholesterol thresholds for inducing distinct lipid profiles: below 0.13% for normal lipids, 0.97% for elevated LDL-C, 0.43% for increased VLDL-C, and above 0.85% for heightened hepatic lipid accumulation. A cholesterol supplementation of 0.43% induced hypercholesterolemia without adverse liver effects or abnormal lipoprotein expression. Furthermore, cholesterol supplementation significantly increased liver weight, plasma total cholesterol, LDL-C, and VLDL-C levels while reducing the HDL-C/LDL-C ratio. Fecal cholesterol excretion increased, with stable bile acid levels. High cholesterol diets correlated with elevated plasma ALT activities, reduced hepatic lipid peroxidation, and altered leptin and CETP levels. These findings underscore Syrian hamsters as robust models for hyperlipidemia research, offering insights into experimental methodologies. The identified cholesterol thresholds facilitate precise lipid profile manipulation, enhancing the hamster's utility in lipid metabolism studies and potentially informing clinical approaches to managing lipid disorders.
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- Department of Food Science, College of Life Sciences, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan; (C.-H.H.); (H.-S.H.)
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Wang L, Yao D, Urriola PE, Hanson AR, Saqui-Salces M, Kerr BJ, Shurson GC, Chen C. Identification of activation of tryptophan-NAD + pathway as a prominent metabolic response to thermally oxidized oil through metabolomics-guided biochemical analysis. J Nutr Biochem 2018; 57:255-267. [PMID: 29800812 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2018.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Consumption of thermally oxidized oil is associated with metabolic disorders, but oxidized oil-elicited changes in the metabolome are not well defined. In this study, C57BL/6 mice were fed the diets containing either control soybean oil or heated soybean oil (HSO) for 4 weeks. HSO-responsive metabolic events were examined through untargeted metabolomics-guided biochemical analysis. HSO directly contributed to the presence of new HSO-derived metabolites in urine and the decrease of polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing phospholipids in serum and the liver. HSO disrupted redox balance by decreasing hepatic glutathione and ascorbic acid. HSO also activated peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, leading to the decrease of serum triacylglycerols and the changes of cofactors and products in fatty acid oxidation pathways. Most importantly, multiple metabolic changes, including the decrease of tryptophan in serum; the increase of NAD+ in the liver; the increases of kynurenic acid, nicotinamide and nicotinamide N-oxide in urine; and the decreases of the metabolites from pyridine nucleotide degradation in the liver indicated that HSO activated tryptophan-NAD+ metabolic pathway, which was further confirmed by the upregulation of gene expression in this pathway. Because NAD+ and its metabolites are essential cofactors in many HSO-induced metabolic events, the activation of tryptophan-NAD+ pathway should be considered as a central metabolic response to the exposure of HSO.
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- Lei Wang
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- USDA-ARS-National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, USDA, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA; Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.
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Nayeri H, Naderi GA, Asgari S, Sadeghi M, Boshtam M, Mohamadzadeh S, Babaknejad N. LDL fatty acids composition as a risk biomarker of cardiovascular disease. Artery Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.artres.2017.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Shewale SV, Boudyguina E, Zhu X, Shen L, Hutchins PM, Barkley RM, Murphy RC, Parks JS. Botanical oils enriched in n-6 and n-3 FADS2 products are equally effective in preventing atherosclerosis and fatty liver. J Lipid Res 2015; 56:1191-205. [PMID: 25921305 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m059170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Echium oil (EO), which is enriched in 18:4 n-3, the immediate product of fatty acid desaturase 2 (FADS2) desaturation of 18:3 n-3, is as atheroprotective as fish oil (FO). The objective of this study was to determine whether botanical oils enriched in the FADS2 products 18:3 n-6 versus 18:4 n-3 are equally atheroprotective. LDL receptor KO mice were fed one of four atherogenic diets containing 0.2% cholesterol and 10% calories as palm oil (PO) plus 10% calories as: 1) PO; 2) borage oil (BO; 18:3 n-6 enriched); 3) EO (18:4 n-3 enriched); or 4) FO for 16 weeks. Mice fed BO, EO, and FO versus PO had significantly lower plasma total and VLDL cholesterol concentrations; hepatic neutral lipid content and inflammation, aortic CE content, aortic root intimal area and macrophage content; and peritoneal macrophage inflammation, CE content, and ex vivo chemotaxis. Atheromas lacked oxidized CEs despite abundant generation of macrophage 12/15 lipooxygenase-derived metabolites. We conclude that botanical oils enriched in 18:3 n-6 and 18:4 n-3 PUFAs beyond the rate-limiting FADS2 enzyme are equally effective in preventing atherosclerosis and hepatosteatosis compared with saturated/monounsaturated fat due to cellular enrichment of ≥20 PUFAs, reduced plasma VLDL, and attenuated macrophage inflammation.
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- Swapnil V Shewale
- Departments of Internal Medicine-Section on Molecular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157 Physiology/Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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- Departments of Internal Medicine-Section on Molecular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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- Departments of Internal Medicine-Section on Molecular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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- Departments of Internal Medicine-Section on Molecular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045
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- Departments of Internal Medicine-Section on Molecular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157 Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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Melchior JT, Sawyer JK, Kelley KL, Shah R, Wilson MD, Hantgan RR, Rudel LL. LDL particle core enrichment in cholesteryl oleate increases proteoglycan binding and promotes atherosclerosis. J Lipid Res 2013; 54:2495-503. [PMID: 23804810 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m039644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Several studies in humans and animals suggest that LDL particle core enrichment in cholesteryl oleate (CO) is associated with increased atherosclerosis. Diet enrichment with MUFAs enhances LDL CO content. Steroyl O-acyltransferase 2 (SOAT2) is the enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of much of the CO found in LDL, and gene deletion of SOAT2 minimizes CO in LDL and protects against atherosclerosis. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the increased atherosclerosis associated with LDL core enrichment in CO results from an increased affinity of the LDL particle for arterial proteoglycans. ApoB-100-only Ldlr(-/-) mice with and without Soat2 gene deletions were fed diets enriched in either cis-MUFA or n-3 PUFA, and LDL particles were isolated. LDL:proteogylcan binding was measured using surface plasmon resonance. Particles with higher CO content consistently bound with higher affinity to human biglycan and the amount of binding was shown to be proportional to the extent of atherosclerosis of the LDL donor mice. The data strongly support the thesis that atherosclerosis was induced through enhanced proteoglycan binding of LDL resulting from LDL core CO enrichment.
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- John T Melchior
- Department of Pathology, Section of Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
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Turchi G, Alagona G, Lubrano V. Protective activity of plicatin B against human LDL oxidation induced in metal ion-dependent and -independent processes. Experimental and theoretical studies. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2009; 16:1014-1026. [PMID: 19427772 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2009.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2008] [Revised: 02/10/2009] [Accepted: 03/24/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Oxidation of low-density lipoproteins (LDL) is thought to be a major factor in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis. Natural antioxidants have been shown to protect LDL from oxidation and to inhibit atherogenic developments in animals. Structurally related prenylated pterocarpans, erybraedin C and bitucarpin A, and the prenylchalcone plicatin B were examined for their ability to inhibit LDL oxidation in vitro. The kinetic profile of peroxidation is characterized by the lag time of oxidation (t(lag)), the maximal rate of oxidation (V(max)) and the maximal accumulation of oxidation products (OD(max)). Specific variation of the set of kinetic parameters by antioxidants may provide important information about the mechanism of inhibitory action of a given compound. At equimolar concentrations (1 microM) the prenylated derivatives tested were found to inhibit 1 microM copper sulphate-induced oxidation of LDL (50 microg protein/ml) in accordance with the following order of activity: plicatin B>erybraedin Cbitucarpin A. Structural aspects, such as hydrogen-donating substituents, their number and arrangement in the aromatic ring moieties, and the prenyl and methoxy substituents, were investigated in order to explain the findings obtained. It is well known that the antioxidant activity of flavonoids is believed to be caused by a combination of transition metal chelation and free-radical-scavenging activities. To investigate these differences we comparatively studied the protective mechanism of plicatin B in copper-dependent or -independent LDL oxidation. The latter was mediated by 2,2'-azo-bis-(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride (ABAP). We measured the formation of conjugated dienes (OD(234 nm)). Plicatin B (0.2-1.5 microM) delayed the Cu(2+) (1 microM) promoted oxidation as conjugate diene formation (t(lag)) of the LDL by 45.2-123.5 min and reduced V(max) by 0.46-0.29 microM/min. In the ABAP (0.2mM) promoted LDL oxidation t(lag) increased by 67.2-110.2 min through plicatin B (0.5-2.5 microM). In experiments in which Cu(2+) concentrations increased (0.5 - 3 microM) and the amount of plicatin B (1 microM) was maintained constant, a significant decrease in t(lag) and an increase in V(max) was observed. In this study plicatin B appeared to exhibit a mixed mechanism, interfering with the formation of the radicals by chelating copper involved in the initiation/propagation reaction, but also by scavenging free hydroperoxyl radicals resulting from ABAP thermolysis. In addition, theoretical analysis indicated that plicatin B preferentially established the chelating complex with Cu(2+), because its affinity value is notably higher (by a factor of 5) than that for Cu(+).
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- G Turchi
- Biochemistry and Mutagenesis in Somatic Cell Units, IBF - CNR, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
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Reza JZ, Doosti M, Salehipour M, Packnejad M, Mojarrad M, Heidari M. Modulation peroxisome proliferators activated receptor alpha (PPAR alpha) and acyl coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase1 (ACAT1) gene expression by fatty acids in foam cell. Lipids Health Dis 2009; 8:38. [PMID: 19725980 PMCID: PMC2749029 DOI: 10.1186/1476-511x-8-38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2009] [Accepted: 09/02/2009] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background One of the most important factors in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis is the default in macrophage cholesterol homeostasis. Many genes and transcription factors such as Peroxisome Proliferators Activated Receptors (PPARs) and Acyl Coenzyme A: Cholesterol Acyltransferase1 (ACAT1) are involved in cholesterol homeostasis. Fatty Acids are important ligands of PPARα and the concentration of them can effect expression of ACAT1. So this study designed to clarified on the role of these genes and fatty acids on the lipid metabolism in foam cells. Methods This study examined effects of c9, t11-Conjugated Linoleic Acid(c9, t11-CLA), Alpha Linolenic Acid (LA), Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) on the PPARα and ACAT1 genes expression by using Real time PCR and cholesterol homeostasis in THP-1 macrophages derived foam cells. Results Incubation of c9, t11-CLA, LA cause a significant reduction in intracellular Total Cholesterol, Free Cholesterol, cellular and Estrified Cholesterol concentrations (P ≤ 0.05). CLA and LA had no significant effect on the mRNA levels of ACAT1, but EPA increased ACAT1 mRNA expression (P = 0.003). Treatment with EPA increased PPARα mRNA levels (P ≤ 0.001), although CLA, LA had no significant effect on PPARα mRNA expression. Conclusion In conclusion, it seems that different fatty acids have different effects on gene expression and lipid metabolism and for complete conception study of the genes involved in lipid metabolism in foam cell all at once maybe is benefit.
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- Javad Zavvar Reza
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of medicine, Tehran University of Medical Scenses, Tehran, Iran
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Long-chainn-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid from fish oil modulates aortic nitric oxide and tocopherol status in the rat. Br J Nutr 2008; 100:767-75. [DOI: 10.1017/s0007114508939854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In spite of their high oxidisability, long-chainn-3 PUFA protect against CVD. Dietary fatty acids modulate the fatty acid composition of lipoproteins involved in atherosclerosis. We thought that if long-chainn-3 PUFA were able to increase NO production by the aorta, then by its antioxidant activity the NO will prevent lipid peroxidation. However, the beneficial effect of NOin vivoon VLDL+LDL oxidation would only be possible if NO could diffuse to their lipidic core. Rats were fed maize oil- or fish oil as menhaden oil- (MO) rich diets for 8 weeks, to study the effects of MO on aortic NO production, NO diffusion into VLDL+LDL, the extent of oxidation in native VLDL+LDL and their oxidisabilityex vivo. Aortic NO production and its α-tocopherol content were increased andn-3 PUFA were incorporated into the VLDL+LDL. In spite of the higher peroxidisability and the low α-tocopherol in native VLDL+LDL from rats fed MO, native VLDL+LDL from the two groups shared similar electrophoretic patterns, conjugated dienes, thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances, total antioxidant capacity, and NO diffusibility on VLDL+LDL, indicative of anin vivoprotection against oxidation. However, these results do not correlate with theex vivooxidisability of VLDL+LDL, as NO is lacking. Thus, thein vivobeneficial effects can be explained by increased α-tocopherol in aorta and by a compensatory effect of NO on VLDL+LDL against the low α-tocopherol levels, which may contribute to the anti-atherogenic properties of fish oil.
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Nagaraju A, Belur LR. Rats fed blended oils containing coconut oil with groundnut oil or olive oil showed an enhanced activity of hepatic antioxidant enzymes and a reduction in LDL oxidation. Food Chem 2008; 108:950-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.11.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2007] [Revised: 10/30/2007] [Accepted: 11/29/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ziegler S, Schaller G, Mittermayer F, Pleiner J, Mihaly J, Niessner A, Richter B, Steiner-Boeker S, Penak M, Strasser B, Wolzt M. Exercise training improves low-density lipoprotein oxidability in untrained subjects with coronary artery disease. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2006; 87:265-9. [PMID: 16442983 DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2005] [Revised: 09/26/2005] [Accepted: 09/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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UNLABELLED Exercise training improves low-density lipoprotein oxidability in untrained subjects with coronary artery disease. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that regular exercise alters low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidability in patients with coronary artery disease. DESIGN Longitudinal study. SETTING General hospital and community. PARTICIPANTS Thirteen patients. INTERVENTIONS Training program comprising running bouts twice weekly over 2 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Plasma lipid profile, oxidized LDL, and rate (Ox(rate)) and amount (Ox(amount)) of LDL reaction products were measured at baseline and after 2 months of training. Brachial artery endothelium-dependent and -independent vasodilation was assessed by use of ultrasound. RESULTS Lipid profile and oxidized LDL remained unchanged, but mean Ox(rate) and Ox(amount) +/- standard deviation were reduced from 2.5+/-1.5nmol.mgLDL(-1).min(-1) and 120.3+/-75.3nmol/mgLDL at baseline to 0.4+/-0.2nmol.mgLDL(-1).min(-1) and 21.3+/-11.4nmol/mgLDL after training (P<.05), respectively. Brachial artery vasodilation was suggested to be improved, but statistical significance was not reached in the small cohort under study. CONCLUSIONS Aerobic training enhances the resistance of LDL to oxidation in patients with coronary artery disease, which may play a role in the favorable effects of exercise.
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- Sophie Ziegler
- Department of Angiology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
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Spiteller G. Furan fatty acids: occurrence, synthesis, and reactions. Are furan fatty acids responsible for the cardioprotective effects of a fish diet? Lipids 2006; 40:755-71. [PMID: 16296395 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-005-1438-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Furan FA (F-acids) are tri- or tetrasubstituted furan derivatives characterized by either a propyl or pentyl side chain in one of the alpha-positions; the other is substituted by a straight long-chain saturated acid with a carboxylic group at its end. F-acids are generated in large amounts in algae, but they are also produced by plants and microorganisms. Fish and other marine organisms as well as mammals consume F-acids in their food and incorporate them into phospholipids and cholesterol esters. F-acids are catabolized to dibasic urofuran acids, which are excreted in the urine. The biogenetic precursor of the most abundant F-acid, F6, is linoleic acid. Methyl groups in the beta-position are derived from adenosylmethionine. Owing to the different alkyl substituents, synthesis of F-acids requires multistep reactions. F-acids react readily with peroxyl radicals to generate dioxoenes. The radical-scavenging ability of F-acids may contribute to the protective properties of fish and fish oil diets against mortality from heart disease.
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- Gerhard Spiteller
- Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie I, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
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Sun H, Berquin IM, Edwards IJ. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids regulate syndecan-1 expression in human breast cancer cells. Cancer Res 2005; 65:4442-7. [PMID: 15899837 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-4200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Human epidemiologic studies and animal model studies support a role for n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) in prevention or inhibition of breast cancer. However, mechanisms for this protection remain unclear. Syndecan-1 is a heparan sulfate proteoglycan, expressed on the surface of mammary epithelial cells and known to regulate many biological processes, including cytoskeletal organization, growth factor signaling, and cell-cell adhesion. We studied effects of n-3 PUFA on syndecan-1 expression in human mammary cell lines. PUFA were delivered to cells by low-density lipoproteins (LDL) isolated from the plasma of monkeys fed diets enriched in fish oil (n-3 PUFA) or linoleic acid (n-6 PUFA). Proteoglycan synthesis was measured by incorporation of [35S]-sodium sulfate. No effect of either LDL was observed in nontumorigenic MCF-10A cells, whereas in MCF-7 breast cancer cells, treatment with n-3-enriched LDL but not n-6-enriched LDL resulted in significantly greater synthesis of a proteoglycan identified by immunoprecipitation as syndecan-1. Using real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR), it was shown that n-3-enriched LDL significantly increased the expression of syndecan-1 mRNA in a dose-dependent manner and maximal effective time at 8 hours of treatment. The effect was mimicked by an agonist for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) and eliminated by the presence of PPARgamma antagonist suggesting a role for PPARgamma in syndecan enhancement. Our studies show that n-3 LDL modifies the production of syndecan-1 in human breast cancer cells and suggest that biological processes regulated by syndecan-1 may be modified through LDL delivery of n-3 PUFA.
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- Haiguo Sun
- Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
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Fang YC, Chen BH, Huang RFS, Lu YF. Effect of genistein supplementation on tissue genistein and lipid peroxidation of serum, liver and low-density lipoprotein in hamsters. J Nutr Biochem 2004; 15:142-8. [PMID: 15023395 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2003.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2002] [Revised: 05/20/2003] [Accepted: 06/23/2003] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of genistein supplementation in a vitamin E-deficient diet on the genistein concentrations and the lipid oxidation of serum, liver and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) of hamsters. Thirty-six male hamsters were randomly divided into three groups and fed a vitamin E-deficient semisynthetic diet (AIN-76) containing different levels of genistein, i.e., G0 (control group, genistein-free diet), G50 (50 mg genistein/kg diet) and G200 (200 mg genistein/kg diet) for 5 weeks. The concentrations of genistein in serum and liver significantly increased with the increase of genistein supplementation. The vitamin E contents in LDL were higher in hamsters fed G50 or G200 diets than in hamsters fed genistein-free diet. Genistein supplementation to hamsters significantly reduced the propagation rate during conjugated diene formation of LDL oxidation, and the lag time of LDL oxidation in hamsters fed G200 diets was significantly lower than that of G0 diets. In addition, genistein supplementation significantly raised serum total antioxidant capacity and decreased the thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) of LDL and liver in hamsters. However, no significant differences in TBARS were found in serum, irrespective of genistein addition. On the other hand, the relative contents of polyunsaturated fatty acids in LDL were decreased after genistein supplementation. There was a negative correlation between lag time and P/S ratio, and a positive correlation between lag time and vitamin E contents. These data demonstrate that genistein supplementation markedly increased its concentrations in body tissues and reduced oxidative stress of lipid oxidation of serum, liver and LDL.
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- Ya-Ching Fang
- Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Fu Jen University, Hsinchuang, Taipei 24205, Taiwan
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Ohkawa S, Yoneyama T, Shimoi K, Takita T, Maruyama Y, Kumagai H. Pro-oxidative effect of α-tocopherol in the oxidation of LDL isolated from co-antioxidant-depleted non-diabetic hemodialysis patients. Atherosclerosis 2004; 176:411-8. [PMID: 15380467 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2003] [Accepted: 05/20/2004] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The association between the antioxidants in LDL and the oxidizability of LDL assessed by the oxidation lag time during copper ion-catalyzed oxidation was investigated in 69 non-diabetic hemodialysis patients and 23 healthy volunteers. The concentrations of co-antioxidants, including ubiquinol-10, lycopene and beta-carotene, in LDL were significantly lower in the hemodialysis patients than in the healthy volunteers, while there was no difference in the alpha-tocopherol concentration between the groups. The lag time showed a significantly positive correlation with the alpha-tocopherol level (r = 0.62, P < 0.01) in the healthy subjects, but a significantly negative correlation (r = -0.38, P < 0.05) in the hemodialysis patients. Furthermore, in vitro incubation of LDL with alpha-tocopherol prolonged the lag time in the healthy subjects, but shortened it in the hemodialysis patients. These results suggested that the alpha-tocopherol might exert the pro-oxidative effect in co-antioxidant-depleted LDL that was isolated from the hemodialysis patients. Despite such co-antioxidant depletion and the pro-oxidative effect of alpha-tocopherol, the lag time in the hemodialysis patients was not statistically different from that in the healthy volunteers. This might have been because the polyunsaturated fatty acids concentration, another determinant of the lag time, in LDL was less in the hemodialysis patients than in the healthy controls.
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- Sakae Ohkawa
- Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences and COE Program in the 21st Century, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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Gieseg SP, Pearson J, Firth CA. Protein hydroperoxides are a major product of low density lipoprotein oxidation during copper, peroxyl radical and macrophage-mediated oxidation. Free Radic Res 2004; 37:983-91. [PMID: 14670006 DOI: 10.1080/10715760310001603612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Damage to apoB100 on low density lipoprotein (LDL) has usually been described in terms of lipid aldehyde derivatisation or fragmentation. Using a modified FOX assay, protein hydroperoxides were found to form at relatively high concentrations on apoB100 during copper, 2,2'-azobis(amidinopropane) dihydrochloride (AAPH) generated peroxyl radical and cell-mediated LDL oxidation. Protein hydroperoxide formation was tightly coupled to lipid oxidation during both copper and AAPH-mediated oxidation. The protein hydroperoxide formation was inhibited by lipid soluble alpha-tocopherol and the water soluble antioxidant, 7,8-dihydroneopterin. Kinetic analysis of the inhibition strongly suggests protein hydroperoxides are formed by a lipid-derived radical generated in the lipid phase of the LDL particle during both copper and AAPH mediated oxidation. Macrophage-like THP-1 cells were found to generate significant protein hydroperoxides during cell-mediated LDL oxidation, suggesting protein hydroperoxides may form in vivo within atherosclerotic plaques. In contrast to protein hydroperoxide formation, the oxidation of tyrosine to protein bound 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (PB-DOPA) or dityrosine was found to be a relatively minor reaction. Dityrosine formation was only observed on LDL in the presence of both copper and hydrogen peroxide. The PB-DOPA formation appeared to be independent of lipid peroxidation during copper oxidation but tightly associated during AAPH-mediated LDL oxidation.
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- Steven P Gieseg
- Free Radical Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Poornima K, Cariappa M, Asha K, Kedilaya HP, Nandini M. Oxidant and antioxidant status in vegetarians and fish eaters. Indian J Clin Biochem 2003; 18:197-205. [PMID: 23105412 PMCID: PMC3453877 DOI: 10.1007/bf02867387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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An adequate antioxidant reserve which is usually present in a vegetarian diet is associated with higher life expectancy. On the other hand habitual consumption of fish is associated with lower risk of cardiovascular diseases which is attributed to the polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) present in it. However the PUFA are readily susceptible to oxidation leading to the formation of free radicals which is known to be involved in the causation of several diseases.The oxidant-antioxidant status of 23 vegetarians and 22 fish eaters was studied by determining the plasma lipid peroxides measured as malondialdehyde (MDA) and the antioxidants, viz. glutathione (GSH), ascorbic acid, ceruloplasmin and uric acid.Results show that the ascorbic acid values were significantly higher in vegetarians. In addition, MDA correlated negatively with ascorbic acid only in vegetarians. However, correlation of MDA with glutathione showed a significant negative correlation only in fish eaters. There was no statistically significant difference in the MDA, GSH, ceruloplasmin and uric acid levels. The mechanism behind these findings are not clear and needs to be explored.
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- K Poornima
- Department of Biochemistry, Centre For Basic Sciences, Kasturba Medical College, 575001 Mangalore
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Staprans I, Pan XM, Rapp JH, Feingold KR. Oxidized cholesterol in the diet is a source of oxidized lipoproteins in human serum. J Lipid Res 2003; 44:705-15. [PMID: 12562864 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m200266-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to determine in humans whether oxidized cholesterol in the diet is absorbed and contributes to the pool of oxidized lipids in circulating lipoproteins. When a meal containing 400 mg cholestan-5alpha,6alpha-epoxy-3beta-ol (alpha-epoxy cholesterol) was fed to six controls and three subjects with Type III hyperlipoproteinemia, alpha-epoxy cholesterol in serum was found in chylomicron/chylomicron remnants (CM/RM) and endogenous (VLDL, LDL, and HDL) lipoproteins. In controls, alpha-epoxy cholesterol in CM/RM was decreased by 10 h, whereas in endogenous lipoproteins it remained in the circulation for 72 h. In subjects with Type III hyperlipoproteinemia, alpha-epoxy cholesterol was mainly in CM/RM. In vitro incubation of the CM/RM fraction containing alpha-epoxy cholesterol with human LDL and HDL that did not contain alpha-epoxy cholesterol resulted in a rapid transfer of oxidized cholesterol from CM/RM to both LDL and HDL. In contrast, no transfer was observed when human serum was substituted with rat serum, suggesting that cholesteryl ester transfer protein is mediating the transfer. Thus, alpha-epoxy cholesterol in the diet is incorporated into the CM/RM fraction and then transferred to LDL and HDL, contributing to lipoprotein oxidation. Moreover, LDL containing alpha-epoxy cholesterol displayed increased susceptibility to further copper oxidation in vitro. It is possible that oxidized cholesterol in the diet accelerates atherosclerosis by increasing oxidized cholesterol levels in circulating LDL and chylomicron remnants.
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- Ilona Staprans
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA.
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Lada AT, Rudel LL. Dietary monounsaturated versus polyunsaturated fatty acids: which is really better for protection from coronary heart disease? Curr Opin Lipidol 2003; 14:41-6. [PMID: 12544660 DOI: 10.1097/00041433-200302000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose is to evaluate recent findings concerning dietary fats and the risk of coronary heart disease. Monounsaturated fatty acids are often regarded as healthy, and many have recommended their consumption instead of saturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Support for the benefits of monounsaturated fatty acids comes largely from epidemiological data, but they have not been an isolated, single variable in such studies. Beneficial effects on the plasma lipid profile and LDL oxidation rates have also been identified. More recent findings have questioned the impact of suspected beneficial effects on coronary heart disease, indicating that studies with more conclusive endpoints are needed. RECENT FINDINGS Human dietary studies often produce conflicting results regarding the effects of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids on the plasma lipid profile. Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids both appear to reduce total and LDL-cholesterol compared with saturated fatty acids; however, the effect on HDL is less clear. Lowered HDL levels in response to low-fat or polyunsaturated fatty acid diets and the decreased protection from oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acid-enriched LDL may not indicate increased coronary heart disease risk. Several lines of evidence also suggest that polyunsaturated fatty acids may protect against atherosclerosis. SUMMARY Recommendations to substitute monounsaturated fatty acids for polyunsaturated fatty acids or a low-fat carbohydrate diet seem premature without more research into the effects on the development of atherosclerosis. Current opinions favoring monounsaturated fatty acids are based on epidemiological data and risk factor analysis, but are questioned by the demonstrated detrimental effects on atherosclerosis in animal models.
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- Aaron T Lada
- Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
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Skoglund-Andersson C, Karpe F, Hellénius ML, Regnström J, Hamsten A, Tornvall P. In vitro and in vivo lipolysis of plasma triglycerides increases the resistance to oxidative modification of low-density lipoproteins. Eur J Clin Invest 2003; 33:51-7. [PMID: 12492452 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2003.01084.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The majority of studies on low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particle size and susceptibility to oxidative modification have been either descriptive or interventional, but there are few mechanistic studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS Effects of exhaustive in vitro and in vivo lipolysis of serum and plasma triglycerides, respectively, by lipoprotein lipase (LPL) were investigated in healthy normotriglyceridemic men. The LDL end-product of lipolysis of very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) underwent compositional analysis, gradient gel electrophoresis and an assessment of resistance to copper-induced oxidative modification. RESULTS The LDL particle contents of free fatty acid and alpha-tocopherol increased, whereas the contents of free and esterified cholesterol, alpha-carotene and coenzyme Q10 decreased upon incubation of serum with LPL in vitro. The LDL particle size decreased and the resistance to the oxidative modification of LDL increased. Lipolysis of plasma triglycerides in vivo, achieved by intravenous injection of heparin, did not alter the LDL particle size but increased the resistance to the oxidative modification of LDL. This change was accompanied by an increase in the LDL particle content of alpha-tocopherol, whereas the free fatty acid content was unaltered. CONCLUSIONS The results show that the increased resistance to oxidative modification of LDL after lipolysis of plasma triglycerides was concomitant with an increased LDL particle content of alpha-tocopherol, and that free fatty acids did not seem to contribute to the increased resistance to oxidative modification of LDL in vivo. Furthermore, our data indicate that the resistance of LDL to oxidative modification is not dependent on particle size.
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- C Skoglund-Andersson
- King Gustaf V Research Institute, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Piolot A, Blache D, Boulet L, Fortin LJ, Dubreuil D, Marcoux C, Davignon J, Lussier-Cacan S. Effect of fish oil on LDL oxidation and plasma homocysteine concentrations in health. THE JOURNAL OF LABORATORY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE 2003; 141:41-9. [PMID: 12518167 DOI: 10.1067/mlc.2003.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and hyperhomocysteinemia are believed to play a role in therogenesis. Whether n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids increase LDL susceptibility to oxidation or influence homocysteine (Hcy) metabolism has long been a subject of controversy. In this study, we evaluated the effect of 8 weeks of dietary supplementation with 6 g/day of fish oil (FO; 3 g of n-3 fatty acids) on plasma lipoproteins, in vitro LDL peroxidation, antioxidant status, and plasma Hcy concentrations in 16 normolipidemic subjects. FO rapidly and significantly (P < .01) decreased plasma total and very low density lipoprotein triglyceride concentrations and had no effect on LDL or high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol. The mean lag time before onset of Cu(2+)-induced LDL oxidation, as well as plasma and LDL alpha-tocopherol and beta-carotene concentrations, was unchanged. However, changes in plasma aminothiol concentrations occurred during the study. Specifically, a progressive and significant increase in total Hcy plasma concentrations was observed (13.4% and 20% after 4 and 8 weeks, respectively; P < .01). Total glutathione concentrations were significantly higher after 8 weeks (P < .05). The tHcy increase was not associated with changes in plasma folate or vitamin B(12) concentrations. However, concentrations of plasma nitric oxide metabolites (NO(x) = NO(2) + NO(3)) were significantly higher than at baseline after 8 weeks of FO intake (74%; P < .01). Further, the changes in total Hcy and NO(x) plasma concentrations observed after 8 weeks of FO were found to be significantly correlated (r = .78, P < .001). With this study, we report for the first time the apparent interaction of n-3 fatty acids and nitric oxide on Hcy metabolism.
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- Alain Piolot
- Hyperlipidemia and Atherosclerosis Research Group of the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal and INSERM-U498-Faculté de Médecine, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, Canada
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Schwenke DC, Rudel LL, Sorci-Thomas MG, Thomas MJ. Alpha-tocopherol protects against diet induced atherosclerosis in New Zealand white rabbits. J Lipid Res 2002; 43:1927-38. [PMID: 12401892 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m200261-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In this study, we asked the question "does alpha-tocopherol supplementation prevent an increase in total plasma cholesterol (TPC) concentration and reduce the deposition of cholesterol in arterial plaques of rabbits fed atherogenic diets?" Isocaloric diets containing 0.1% cholesterol to induce atherosclerosis were enriched in one of three fats: saturated fats (SAT), monounsaturated fats (MONO), or n-6 polyunsaturated fats (POLY). Half of each of the three diets were supplemented with 2,500 IU alpha-tocopherol/kg-diet. Unsupplemented diets contained 25 IU alpha-tocopherol/kg-diet. Rabbits supplemented with alpha-tocopherol had plasma alpha-tocopherol concentrations 10-fold higher and an average TPC concentration 31% lower, P = 0.017, than rabbits fed unsupplemented diets. Among the three fat-fed groups, the difference was greatest for the POLY fat fed group (54%, P = 0.041). POLY fat-fed rabbits without alpha-tocopherol supplementation had plasma HDL cholesterol concentrations that were less than half that of rabbits fed other fats, P < or = 0.0001. In general, differences in mean esterified artery cholesterol concentrations among the three fat-fed groups, with and without alpha-tocopherol supplementation, paralleled differences in TPC concentration among the groups. This study suggests that for rabbits fed high pharmacological doses of alpha-tocopherol, atherosclerosis can be diminished in situations where the plasma cholesterol concentrations are also significantly lower.
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- Dawn C Schwenke
- Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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Lu YF, Lu S. Influence of dietary fat saturation on lipid peroxidation of serum and low density lipoprotein in rats. Nutr Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0271-5317(01)00404-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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de Ruiz GJC, del Cerro A, de Fernandez LE, Amiano P, Dorronsoro M. Habitual fish intake is associated with decreased LDL susceptibility to ex vivo oxidation. Lipids 2002; 37:333-41. [PMID: 12030313 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-002-0900-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A sample of 101 free-living individuals eating their habitual diets had fish consumptions ranging from less than one serving per week to over five servings per week. Statistically significant positive correlations were found between the amounts of EPA (20:5), DHA (22:6), and total n-3 PUFA ingested with the diet and their amounts in serum and in the phospholipid and cholesterol ester fractions of isolated LDL. No statistically significant correlations were observed between the intake and the serum or LDL amounts of any other FA [total n-6 PUFA, linoleic acid (18:2), arachidonic acid (20:4), monounsaturated FA, or saturated FA)]. The increase in serum n-3 PUFA did not affect the Trolox-equivalent antioxidant capacity of serum (1.18 +/- 0.1 7 mmol/L). When isolated LDL were subjected to Cu2+-induced ex vivo oxidation, a statistically significant but negative correlation was found between intake of n-3 PUFA and the rate of appearance of conjugated dienes as well as with the total amount of conjugated dienes. In contrast, intake of n-6 PUFA showed a significant and positive correlation with these two oxidation parameters. The observed results suggest that 22:6 but not 20:5 could have a possible protective effect, whereas perhaps 20:4 and 18:2 could have a prooxidant effect.
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- Gordoa Juan Carlos de Ruiz
- Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
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Chancharme L, Thérond P, Nigon F, Zarev S, Mallet A, Bruckert E, Chapman MJ. LDL particle subclasses in hypercholesterolemia: molecular determinants of reduced lipid hydroperoxide stability. J Lipid Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)30152-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Puiggrós C, Chacón P, Armadans LI, Clapés J, Planas M. Effects of oleic-rich and omega-3-rich diets on serum lipid pattern and lipid oxidation in mildly hypercholesterolemic patients. Clin Nutr 2002; 21:79-87. [PMID: 11884017 DOI: 10.1054/clnu.2001.0511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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AIMS To evaluate which dietary fat elicits the best response in terms of plasma lipids, lipoproteins, and oxidative processes. METHODS After a 4-week run-in period, 14 mildly hypercholesterolemic subjects were fed two balanced diets for 6-week periods. During the first intervention period, patients received a monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA)-enriched diet (olive oil diet). During the second period this diet was supplemented by n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) (n-3 diet). RESULTS After the olive oil diet, a significant decrease in total serum cholesterol (-8.54%, P<0.01), and in apolipoprotein B (Apo B) (-10.0%, P<0.01) was observed. With the addition of n-3 fatty acids no further significant changes in serum lipid concentrations were found. However, the n-3 diet was followed by an increase in lipoperoxides in isolated native low-density lipoprotein (LDL) (67.23%, P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS A beneficial effect on the serum lipid pattern was observed with the olive oil-enriched diet. The lack of further beneficial modifications on blood lipids and lipoproteins and the increase in the oxidative susceptibility of LDL observed after the addition of n-3 PUFA to the olive oil diet does not favor the use of this diet in hypercholesterolemic patients if it is not associated with a high intake of antioxidants.
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- C Puiggrós
- Nutritional Support Unit, Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Service, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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Schnell JW, Anderson RA, Stegner JE, Schindler SP, Weinberg RB. Effects of a high polyunsaturated fat diet and vitamin E supplementation on high-density lipoprotein oxidation in humans. Atherosclerosis 2001; 159:459-66. [PMID: 11730827 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(01)00525-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Oxidative modification of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) impairs several biologic functions critical to its role in reverse cholesterol transport. We therefore investigated the effect of dietary polyunsaturated fat and vitamin E on the kinetics of HDL oxidation. Ten subjects were fed sequentially: a baseline diet in which the major fat source was olive oil; a high polyunsaturated fat diet in which the major fat source was safflower oil; and the safflower oil diet plus 800 I.U. vitamin E per day. Plasma lipoprotein levels, vitamin E content, fatty acid composition, and oxidation lag time and rate were determined after 3 weeks on each diet. The polyunsaturated fat diet increased the mean HDL(2) lag time from 45.8+/-12.5 to 83.3+/-11.6 min with no change in oxidation rate. Addition of vitamin E further increased the HDL(2) lag time to 115.6+/-4.4 min and decreased the HDL(2) oxidation rate 10-fold. Neither the polyunsaturated diet alone nor the diet with vitamin E supplementation had any effect on HDL(3) oxidation. We conclude that under conditions of controlled dietary fat intake, a high polyunsaturated fat intake does not increase the oxidation susceptibility of HDL subfractions, and that in this setting, vitamin E supplementation reduces the oxidation susceptibility of HDL(2). These data suggest that antioxidants could influence HDL function in vivo.
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- J W Schnell
- Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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Haidari M, Javadi E, Kadkhodaee M, Sanati A. Enhanced Susceptibility to Oxidation and Diminished Vitamin E Content of LDL from Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease. Clin Chem 2001. [DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/47.7.1234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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AbstractBackground: Convincing evidence points to oxidative modification of LDL as an important trigger in a complex chain of events leading to atherosclerosis. We investigated the occurrence of enhanced susceptibility of LDL to oxidation and decreased vitamin E concentration in LDL as additional risk factors promoting atherosclerosis among patients with established coronary artery disease (CAD).Methods: We examined 132 patients with angiographically confirmed CAD and compared them with 111 healthy control individuals. We measured conjugated diene production to assess susceptibility of LDL to copper-mediated oxidation. Vitamin E content of LDL was measured by HPLC.Results: The mean lag time of LDL oxidation and LDL α-tocopherol/LDL-cholesterol ratio were lower in the patients with CAD (55 ± 14 min and 2.4 ± 1.0 mmol/mmol) than in the controls (63 ± 13 min and 2.9 ± 1.1 mmol/mmol; P <0.0001 and <0.001, respectively). Multiple stepwise regression analysis demonstrated the lag time (odds ratio, 1.96; 95% confidence interval, 1.34–2.87; P <0.0001) and concentration of vitamin E in LDL (odds ratio, 1.65; 95% confidence interval, 1.16–2.33; P <0.005) as independent determinants of CAD. Significant inverse Spearman rank correlations were found between lag time (r = −0.285; P <0.001) or concentration of vitamin E in LDL (r = −0.197; P <0.002) and severity of CAD. Lag times were not significantly correlated with serum C-reactive protein or ferritin.Conclusions: Our data suggest that a short LDL oxidation lag time and a low concentration of vitamin E in LDL might be independent coronary risk factors for stable CAD in Iranian people.
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- Mehran Haidari
- Cardiovascular Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Departments of
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- Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Thomas MJ, Chen Q, Sorci-Thomas MG, Rudel LL. Isoprostane levels in lipids extracted from atherosclerotic arteries of nonhuman primates. Free Radic Biol Med 2001; 30:1337-46. [PMID: 11390178 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(01)00527-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Nonhuman primates used in these studies had been fed for 5 years diets enriched with cholesterol and one of three classes of fatty acids: saturated, monounsaturated, or polyunsaturated fatty acids. Atherosclerotic iliac artery lipid extracts were quantitatively analyzed for cholesterol, cholesteryl esters, fatty acid composition, and a marker of lipid oxidation, the F(2)-isoprostanes. There was no significant difference in the mean accumulation of F(2)-isoprostanes among the different diet groups. To account for the small, individual variation in the arachidonate concentration the F(2)-isoprostane mass from each sample was normalized by dividing by arachidonate mass: F(2)-isoprostane mass/(mass arachidonate). At lower levels of cholesterol accumulation, the F(2)-isoprostane mass/(mass arachidonate) ratio was greater in lipids from POLY arteries compared to SAT arteries, but the reverse was true at high levels of cholesterol. F(2)-isoprostane/(mass arachidonate) increased with mole fraction linoleate for the SAT group, but decreased for the POLY group. In summary, these studies demonstrated that there is no simple explanation of how F(2)-isoprostane accumulation did not depend on the concentration of oxidizable lipids that promote free-radical lipid oxidation.
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- M J Thomas
- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1016, USA.
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Weinberg RB, VanderWerken BS, Anderson RA, Stegner JE, Thomas MJ. Pro-oxidant effect of vitamin E in cigarette smokers consuming a high polyunsaturated fat diet. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2001; 21:1029-33. [PMID: 11397715 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.21.6.1029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Dietary polyunsaturated fats and vitamin E are associated with reduced risk for atherosclerosis, but in smokers, they could promote lipid oxidation. Therefore, we examined the effects of a high polyunsaturated fat diet and vitamin E supplementation on measures of lipid oxidation in cigarette smokers. Ten subjects who smoked >1 pack of cigarettes per day were sequentially fed the following: a baseline diet in which the major fat source was olive oil, a diet in which the major fat source was high-linoleic safflower oil, and finally, the safflower oil diet plus 800 IU vitamin E per day. LDL oxidation lag time and rate and plasma total F(2)-isoprostanes and prostaglandin F(2alpha) (PGF(2alpha)) were determined after 3 weeks on each diet. The safflower oil diet increased total F(2)-isoprostanes from 53.0+/-7.2 to 116.2+/-11.2 nmol/L and PGF(2alpha) from 3.5+/-0.2 to 5.5+/-0.5 nmol/L, without changing LDL oxidation parameters. Addition of vitamin E prolonged mean LDL oxidation lag time but, paradoxically, further increased F(2)-isoprostanes to 188.2+/-10.9 nmol/L and PGF(2alpha) to 7.8+/-0.4 nmol/L. These data suggest that vitamin E may function as a pro-oxidant in cigarette smokers consuming a high polyunsaturated fat diet.
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- R B Weinberg
- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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Higdon J, Du S, Lee Y, Wu T, Wander R. Supplementation of postmenopausal women with fish oil does not increase overall oxidation of LDL ex vivo compared to dietary oils rich in oleate and linoleate. J Lipid Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)31665-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Tribble DL, Rizzo M, Chait A, Lewis DM, Blanche PJ, Krauss RM. Enhanced oxidative susceptibility and reduced antioxidant content of metabolic precursors of small, dense low-density lipoproteins. Am J Med 2001; 110:103-10. [PMID: 11165551 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(00)00700-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PURPOSE Elevated plasma concentrations of low-density lipoproteins (LDL) increase risk for coronary heart disease. However, lipoprotein profiles rich in small, dense LDL particles confer greater risk than those that mainly consist of large, buoyant LDL. This may be due, in part, to the greater oxidative susceptibility of small, dense LDL. In the current studies, we tested whether differences in the oxidative behavior of buoyant and dense LDL arise from differences in their immediate metabolic precursors, intermediate-density lipoproteins. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We compared the properties of intermediate-density lipoproteins and buoyant and dense LDL subfractions in 9 subjects with the large, buoyant LDL phenotype versus 6 with the small, dense LDL phenotype. Oxidative susceptibility was evaluated based on conjugated diene formation and parinaric acid oxidation induced by copper. Antioxidants (ubiquinol-10 and alpha-tocopherol) were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography. RESULTS Oxidative susceptibility was increased and antioxidant concentrations were decreased with increasing lipoprotein density (intermediate intermediate-density lipoproteins to buoyant LDL to dense LDL). Intermediate-density lipoproteins from subjects with the small, dense LDL phenotype had a greater oxidative susceptibility (by the parinaric acid test) and lower antioxidant concentrations than corresponding particles from subjects with the large, buoyant LDL phenotype. CONCLUSIONS Differences in oxidative susceptibility between large, buoyant and small, dense LDL particles are apparent in their lipoprotein precursors. These results suggest that lipoprotein oxidative susceptibility may be metabolically programmed and that intermediate-density lipoproteins may contribute to the increased risk associated with the small, dense LDL phenotype.
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- D L Tribble
- Department of Molecular and Nuclear Medicine, Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Higgins S, Carroll YL, McCarthy SN, Corridan BM, Roche HM, Wallace JM, O'Brien NM, Morrissey PA. Susceptibility of LDL to oxidative modification in healthy volunteers supplemented with low doses of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Br J Nutr 2001; 85:23-31. [PMID: 11227030 DOI: 10.1079/bjn2000220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The objective of the present study was to evaluate the oxidative susceptibility of LDL in human volunteers following supplementation with various low doses (<1 g/d) of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). Sixty-two healthy volunteers (thirty-seven males and twenty-five females, aged 19-63 years) were recruited to take part in a randomised placebo-controlled trial. Volunteers were required to take 0.9, 0.6 or 0.3 g n-3 PUFA as fish oil or placebo capsules daily for 16 weeks. Susceptibility of LDL to oxidative modification was assessed by measuring the production of conjugated dienes and thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances in LDL oxidised by Cu2+ (15 microM) or 2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride (1 mM) for 5 h. Plasma fatty acid and LDL-fatty acid composition, cholesterol levels and antioxidant concentrations were also measured. While post-treatment n-3 PUFA compositions of plasma and LDL reflected the capsule contents, no meaningful differences in antioxidant concentrations or cholesterol levels were observed between the groups. Supplementation with low doses of n-3 PUFA as fish oil did not influence the oxidative susceptibility of LDL. The results of the present study suggest that moderate dietary intakes of n-3 PUFA do not significantly influence the susceptibility of LDL to oxidative modification in vitro.
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Department of Food Science and Technology, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland
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Malminiemi K, Palomäki A, Malminiemi O. Comparison of LDL trap assay to other tests of antioxidant capacity; effect of vitamin E and lovastatin treatment. Free Radic Res 2000; 33:581-93. [PMID: 11200090 DOI: 10.1080/10715760000301111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL) has a major impact in the development of atherosclerosis. Risk for oxidative modification of LDL is usually determined indirectly by measuring the capability of LDL to resist radical insult. We compared three different methods quantifying the antioxidative capacity of LDL ex vivo in dyslipidemic patients with coronary heart disease. Plasma samples were obtained from two double-blinded cross-over trials. The duration of all interventions (placebo, lovastatin 60 mg/day, RRR-alpha-tocopherol 300 mg/day and lovastatin + RRR-alpha-tocopherol combined) was 6 weeks. The total radical capturing capacity of LDL (TRAP) in plasma was determined using 2,2-azo-bis(2,4-dimethyl-valeronitrile) (AMVN) -induced oxidation, and measuring the extinction time of chemiluminescence. TRAP was compared to the variables characterizing formation of conjugated dienes in copper-induced oxidation. Also the initial concentrations and consumption times of reduced alpha-tocopherol (alpha-TOH) and ubiquinol in AMVN-induced oxidation were determined. Repeatability of TRAP was comparable to that of the lag time in conjugated diene formation. Coefficient of variation within TRAP assay was 4.4% and between TRAP assays 5.9%. Tocopherol supplementation produced statistically significant changes in all antioxidant variables except those related to LDL ubiquinol. TRAP increased by 57%, the lag time in conjugated diene formation by 34% and consumption time of alpha-TOH by 88%. When data of all interventions were included in the analyses, TRAP correlated with the lag time (r = 0.75, p < 10(-6)), with LDL alpha-TOH (r = 0.50, p < 0.001) and with the consumption time of alpha-TOH (r = 0.58, p < 0.0001). In the baseline data, the associations between different antioxidant variables were weaker. TRAP correlated with the lag time (r = 0.55, p < 0.001) and alpha-TOH consumption time (r = 0.48, p < 0.05), and inversely with apolipoprotein Al (r = -0.51, p < 0.05). Lag time at the baseline did not correlate with ubiquinol or tocopherol parameters, or with any plasma lipid or lipoprotein levels analyzed. Lovastatin treatment did not significantly affect the antioxidant capacity of LDL. In conclusion, TRAP reflects slightly different properties of LDL compared to the lag time. Thus, LDL TRAP assay may complement the other methods used to quantify the antioxidant capacity of LDL. However, TRAP and the lag time react similarly to vitamin E supplementation.
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- K Malminiemi
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Tampere University Hospital, Finland.
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Bub A, Watzl B, Abrahamse L, Delincée H, Adam S, Wever J, Müller H, Rechkemmer G. Moderate intervention with carotenoid-rich vegetable products reduces lipid peroxidation in men. J Nutr 2000; 130:2200-6. [PMID: 10958813 DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.9.2200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Because of their antioxidant properties, carotenoids may have beneficial effects in preventing cancer and cardiovascular disease. However, in humans consuming carotenoid-rich vegetables, data concerning the antioxidant effects of carotenoids are rather scarce. A human intervention trial was conducted, therefore, to determine whether a moderately increased consumption of carotenoid-rich vegetables would influence the antioxidant status in 23 healthy men. This short-term feeding study lasted 8 wk during which the men consumed a low carotenoid diet. A 2-wk low carotenoid period was followed by daily consumption of 330 mL tomato juice, then by 330 mL carrot juice and then by 10 g of spinach powder, each for 2 wk. Antioxidant status [water-soluble antioxidants in serum, ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP) and antioxidant enzyme activities] and lipid peroxidation (plasma malondialdehyde and ex vivo oxidation of LDL) were determined. In a subgroup of 10 men, lipoprotein carotenoids were measured. The consumption of carotenoid-rich vegetables significantly increased selected carotenoids in lipoproteins but had only minor effects on their relative distribution pattern. Tomato juice consumption reduced plasma thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) by 12% (P: < 0.05) and lipoprotein oxidizability in terms of an increased lag time (18%, P: < 0.05). Carrot juice and spinach powder had no effect on lipid peroxidation. Water-soluble antioxidants, FRAP, glutathione peroxidase and reductase activities did not change during any study period. In evaluating the low carotenoid diet, we conclude that the additional consumption of carotenoid-rich vegetable products enhanced lipoprotein carotenoid concentrations, but only tomato juice reduced LDL oxidation in healthy men.
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- A Bub
- Institute of Nutritional Physiology, Federal Research Centre for Nutrition, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Kobayashi T, Matsumoto T, Kamata K. Mechanisms underlying the chronic pravastatin treatment-induced improvement in the impaired endothelium-dependent aortic relaxation seen in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Br J Pharmacol 2000; 131:231-8. [PMID: 10991915 PMCID: PMC1572325 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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1. We investigated the effects of chronic pravastatin treatment on the impaired endothelium-dependent relaxation seen in aortae from established streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Starting at 6 weeks of diabetes, pravastatin (10 mg kg(-1)) was administered to STZ-induced diabetic rats for 4 weeks. 2. The increased total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels seen in STZ-induced diabetic rats were not restored to normal by pravastatin. Aortae from pravastatin-treated diabetic rats did not show an impaired endothelium-dependent relaxation to acetylcholine. The expression of the mRNA for endothelial nitric oxide synthase was unaffected by diabetes or pravastatin. 3. The enhanced level of malondialdehyde (MDA)-modified LDL seen in STZ-induced diabetic rats was normalized by pravastatin treatment. The resistance of LDL to oxidation was assessed by measuring the amount of MDA or conjugated dienes generated by incubation with copper ions. LDL isolated from diabetic rats, but not those from pravastatin-treated diabetics, showed enhanced the susceptibility to oxidation, but incubation in vitro with pravastatin had no effect on LDL oxidation. 4. Following incubation of control aortae for 6 h with LDL (0.1 mg protein ml(-1)) isolated from diabetic rats, the endothelium-dependent relaxation to acetylcholine or A23187 was impaired, but LDL isolated from control or pravastatin-treated rats had no such effect. This inhibitory effect of diabetic LDL was prevented by superoxide dismutase (SOD), a superoxide scavenger. 5. These results suggest that pravastatin preserves endothelial function in aortae from STZ-induced diabetic rats without lowering plasma cholesterol, and its effect may be due to decreased LDL oxidation.
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- Tsuneo Kobayashi
- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan
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Cefalu WT, Terry JG, Thomas MJ, Morgan TM, Edwards IJ, Rudel LL, Kemnitz JW, Weindruch R. In vitro oxidation of low-density lipoprotein in two species of nonhuman primates subjected to caloric restriction. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2000; 55:B355-61. [PMID: 10898249 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.7.b355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Caloric restriction (CR), which increases longevity and retards age-associated diseases in laboratory rodents, is being evaluated in nonhuman primate trials. CR reduces oxidative stress in rodents and appears to improve risk factors for cardiovascular disease in nonhuman primates. We tested the hypothesis that low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidizability is reduced in two monkey species (rhesus and cynomolgus) subjected to chronic CR. In both species, no significant differences occurred between CR and control animals on total, LDL, or high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. In rhesus monkeys, triglycerides were higher in controls than CR (139 +/- 23 vs 66 +/- 8 mg/dl,p < .01, respectively). LDL from CR rhesus monkeys was reduced in triglyceride content and molecular weight compared to controls, whereas LDL composition in cynomolgus monkeys was similar in CR and control animals. In keeping with minor deviations in lipids, antioxidants, and LDL composition, no consistent differences in in vitro LDL oxidizability were apparent between CR and controls in either species.
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- W T Cefalu
- Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington 05405, USA.
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The oxidation of LDL is thought to be a major contributor to the development of atherosclerosis. Considerable descriptive evidence has been accumulated showing that oxidized LDL promotes pro-atherogenic events. However, direct evidence that oxidized LDL causes atherosclerosis is lacking. This article summarizes the results of recent studies that demonstrate how oxidized LDL affects cellular function, and highlights key issues that should be addressed to link LDL oxidation with atherosclerosis.
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- M J Thomas
- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1016, USA.
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Bláha V, Solichová D, Cernohorský D, Brátová M, Vyroubal P, Zadák Z. Bioanalysis of PUFA metabolism and lipid peroxidation in coronary atherosclerosis. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2000; 22:563-72. [PMID: 10766373 DOI: 10.1016/s0731-7085(00)00233-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Twenty eight men (age 34-77 years) who underwent an elective coronary angiography for coronary artery disease (CAD), were studied. They were divided into group A (luminal narrowing < 50%; n = 11) and group B (luminal narrowing > 50%; n = 17). Capillary gas chromatography was used for determination of fatty acids. Retinol and alpha-tocopherol were analyzed by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), other parameters were determined spectrofluorometrically and spectrophotometrically. Severe coronary atherosclerosis in group B was associated with higher serum low density lipoprotein/high density lipoprotein (LDL/HDL) cholesterol ratio, triacylglycerols, and phospholipids (P < 0.05). Erythrocyte membrane fatty acids C14:0, C16:1 and C22:6n3 were significantly higher in group B (P < 0.05). We found significantly higher plasma polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) C18:3n6 in group B, whereas plasma linoleic acid was not changed significantly. There was a significant increase of IDL-C18:0, LDL-C14:0 and HDL-C22:6n3 PUFA in group B. We conclude that disturbances in saturated fatty acids (SUFA) and PUFA metabolism are associated with coronary atherogenesis. Such abnormalities may include enhanced extrahepatic transport of C14:0 SUFA via LDL and its incorporation into cell membranes, and enhanced clearance of anti atherosclerotic C22:6n3 PUFA via serum HDL.
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- V Bláha
- Department of Metabolic Care and Gerontology, Charles University, Medical School and Teaching Hospital, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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Low density lipoproteins develop resistance to oxidative modification due to inhibition of cholesteryl ester transfer protein by a monoclonal antibody. J Lipid Res 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)32082-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Mori TA, Dunstan DW, Burke V, Croft KD, Rivera JH, Beilin LJ, Puddey IB. Effect of dietary fish and exercise training on urinary F2-isoprostane excretion in non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients. Metabolism 1999; 48:1402-8. [PMID: 10582548 DOI: 10.1016/s0026-0495(99)90150-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Despite the potential benefits of dietary treatment with marine omega3 fatty acids in cardiovascular disease, there remains concern with respect to their potential for increased lipid peroxidation. Thus far, data from in vivo studies are inconclusive. Increased lipid peroxidation has also been associated with acute exercise in some studies, but the methods have been nonspecific. The quantitation of F2-isoprostanes provides a more reliable and useful assessment of in vivo lipid peroxidation. We therefore aimed to assess the independent and combined effects of dietary omega3 fatty acids and aerobic exercise training on urinary F2-isoprostane levels in dyslipidemic non-insulin-dependent diabetic (NIDDM) patients. In a randomized controlled trial, 55 untrained, sedentary, dyslipidemic NIDDM patients were randomly assigned to a low-fat diet (30% of daily energy) with or without one daily fish meal (3.6 g omega3 fatty acids per day) and further randomized to either a moderate (55% to 65% maximal oxygen consumption [VO2max]) or light (heart rate <100 bpm) exercise training program for 8 weeks. Twenty-four-hour urine samples from 49 subjects were collected for measurement of urinary F2-isoprostanes by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry before and after intervention. The fish diets reduced urinary F2-isoprostanes by 830+/-321 pmol/24 h (20%, P = .013) relative to the low-fat diet alone. This effect was independent of age, gender, and body weight change. Moderate exercise training did not alter F2-isoprostanes. These findings show that, at least in the short-term, exercise had no effect, whereas the inclusion of regular fish meals as part of a low-fat diet reduced in vivo lipid peroxidation in dyslipidemic NIDDM patients. This response could further complement the known benefits of omega3 fatty acids and exercise favoring a reduced cardiovascular risk in diabetic patients.
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- T A Mori
- Department of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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Liu ML, Bergholm R, Mäkimattila S, Lahdenperä S, Valkonen M, Hilden H, Yki-Järvinen H, Taskinen MR. A marathon run increases the susceptibility of LDL to oxidation in vitro and modifies plasma antioxidants. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 276:E1083-91. [PMID: 10362621 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1999.276.6.e1083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Physical activity increases the production of oxygen free radicals, which may consume antioxidants and oxidize low-density lipoprotein (LDL). To determine whether this occurs during strenuous aerobic exercise, we studied 11 well-trained runners who participated in the Helsinki City Marathon. Blood samples were collected before, immediately after, and 4 days after the race to determine its effect on circulating antioxidants and LDL oxidizability in vitro. LDL oxidizability was increased as determined from a reduction in the lag time for formation of conjugated dienes both immediately after (180 +/- 7 vs. 152 +/- 4 min, P < 0.001) and 4 days after (155 +/- 7 min, P < 0.001) the race. No significant changes in lipid-soluble antioxidants in LDL or in the peak LDL particle size were observed after the race. Total peroxyl radical trapping antioxidant capacity of plasma (TRAP) and uric acid concentrations were increased after the race, but, except for TRAP, these changes disappeared within 4 days. Plasma thiol concentrations were reduced after the race. No significant changes were observed in plasma ascorbic acid, alpha-tocopherol, beta-carotene, and retinol concentrations after the marathon race. We conclude that strenuous aerobic exercise increases the susceptibility of LDL to oxidation in vitro for up to 4 days. Although the increase in the concentration of plasma TRAP reflects an increase of plasma antioxidant capacity, it seems insufficient to prevent the increased susceptibility of LDL to oxidation in vitro, which was still observed 4 days after the race.
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- M L Liu
- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, FIN-00029 HUCH, Helsinki, Finland
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Ando S, Yanagida K. Susceptibility to oxidation of copper-induced plasma lipoproteins from Japanese eel: protective effect of vitellogenin on the oxidation of very low density lipoprotein. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART C, PHARMACOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY & ENDOCRINOLOGY 1999; 123:1-7. [PMID: 10390050 DOI: 10.1016/s0742-8413(98)10137-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The susceptibility to oxidation of copper-induced plasma lipoproteins from Japanese eel Anguilla japonica was examined with the guidance of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS). The TBARS values of copper-induced plasma lipoproteins increased with increasing the lipid-to-apolipoprotein ratios and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) exhibited the highest TBARS value. On the other hand, vitellogenin, estrogen-induced precursor of egg yolk proteins, was resistant to copper-induced oxidation and seemed to chelate low concentrations of copper ion. Vitellogenin also protected the copper-induced oxidation of VLDL because of its antioxidant function. Vitellogenin seemed to serve as transition metals-binding lipoprotein by which free-radical reactions in the oocytes were extensively depressed.
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- S Ando
- Department of Fisheries Science, Kagoshima University, Japan.
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Chaput E, Maubrou-Sanchez D, Bellamy FD, Edgar AD. Fenofibrate protects lipoproteins from lipid peroxidation: synergistic interaction with alpha-tocopherol. Lipids 1999; 34:497-502. [PMID: 10380122 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-999-0390-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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One of the earliest steps of atherosclerotic plaque formation is an increase of circulating apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins which, after infiltrating the subendothelial space, undergo oxidative modification. Fenofibrate is an effective cholesterol- and triglyceride-lowering agent which has been shown to be beneficial in the treatment of atherosclerosis. Vitamin E, or alpha-tocopherol, is a powerful antioxidant which has been shown in a variety of studies to prevent lipoprotein peroxidation. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of fenofibrate treatment, either alone or in combination with alpha-tocopherol, in reducing the susceptibility of lipoproteins to oxidative modification. Rats fed a normal diet were treated for up to 27 d with fenofibrate, either alone or in combination with equimolar doses of alpha-tocopherol. Combined VLDL (very low density lipoproteins) and LDL (low density lipoproteins) isolated after fenofibrate treatment were more resistant to copper-mediated oxidation, as assessed by conjugated diene formation. Lag time was prolonged up to 3.2-fold, while the maximal rate of diene production was significantly decreased by up to 2.2-fold. Treatment of rats with alpha-tocopherol alone at the selected dose had no significant effect on lag time, while the propagation rate was slightly decreased. Coadministration of fenofibrate with alpha-tocopherol prolonged the lag phase to a greater extent than fenofibrate alone, showing a synergistic interaction between the two compounds. Finally, the combination of fenofibrate and alpha-tocopherol was significantly more effective in modifying lipoprotein oxidation parameters than what was observed with alpha-tocopherol and bezafibrate or gemfibrozil. Thus, in addition to its well-established effects on lipoprotein concentrations and atherogenic parameters, fenofibrate reduces the susceptibility of VLDL and LDL to oxidative modification and exerts its action synergistically with alpha-tocopherol.
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- E Chaput
- Laboratoires Fournier, Department of Atherosclerosis, Daix, France
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Thérond P, Bonnefont-Rousselot D, Laureaux C, Vasson MP, Motta C, Legrand A, Delattre J. Copper oxidation of in vitro dioleolylphosphatidylcholine-enriched high-density lipoproteins: physicochemical features and cholesterol effluxing capacity. Arch Biochem Biophys 1999; 362:139-47. [PMID: 9917338 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1998.0997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Susceptibility of lipoproteins to oxidation is partly determined by their content in endogenous antioxidants, but also by the polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)/monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) ratio. The aim of our study was to enrich human high-density lipoproteins (HDLs) with dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) in order to modify the PUFA/MUFA ratio while maintainig the alpha-tocopherol/PUFA ratio constant and to appreciate the consequences of this enrichment before and after copper-induced oxidation. The enrichment of HDLs with DOPC was obtained by incubation of these lipoproteins with DOPC liposomes and further reisolation of HDLs. The consequent 40% HDL enrichment in MUFA was concomitant with a 35% loss in PUFA (MUFA/PUFA ratio = 1.43). The enrichment of HDLs with DOPC led to a 40% decrease in alpha-tocopherol content, which kept a constant alpha-tocopherol/PUFA ratio. The DOPC-HDLs exhibited a lower oxidizability by copper than the nonenriched HDLs (NE-HDLs), as shown by their twofold longer lag phase and the threefold lower propagation rate. Moreover, DOPC-HDLs led to a six- to sevenfold lower production of hydroperoxide molecular species from phosphatidylcholine and cholesteryl esters than NE-HDLs after 24 h copper oxidation. With regard to the cholesterol effluxing capacity, copper oxidation of HDLs led to a decrease of this property. However, our results clearly showed that DOPC enrichment of HDLs allowed us to keep a better effluxing capacity than in NE-HDLs after 24 h oxidation (22.3% vs 17.4%, respectively). Since apo A-I was degraded as well in DOPC-HDLs as in NE-HDLs, the better effluxing capacity of DOPC-HDLs could not come from a preserved integrity of apo A-I. It could be partly related to the improved fluidity of oxidized DOPC-HDLs compared to oxidized NE-HDLs, as shown by electron spin resonance data (correlation-relaxation time at 24 degreesC = 2.20 ns vs 3.00 ns after 24 h oxidation, in DOPC-HDLs and in NE-HDLs, respectively). Besides, it could also be hypothesized that the sevenfold lower content of phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxides in DOPC-HDLs than in NE-HDLs after 24 h copper oxidation could be involved in the better ability of oxidized DOPC-HDLs to mobilize cellular cholesterol.
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94276, France
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Rudel LL, Parks JS, Hedrick CC, Thomas M, Williford K. Lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism in diet-induced coronary artery atherosclerosis in primates. Role of cholesterol and fatty acids. Prog Lipid Res 1998; 37:353-70. [PMID: 10209653 DOI: 10.1016/s0163-7827(98)00015-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- L L Rudel
- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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Rudel LL, Kelley K, Sawyer JK, Shah R, Wilson MD. Dietary monounsaturated fatty acids promote aortic atherosclerosis in LDL receptor-null, human ApoB100-overexpressing transgenic mice. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1998; 18:1818-27. [PMID: 9812923 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.18.11.1818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In mice with genetically engineered high levels of plasma low density lipoprotein (LDL), we tested the hypothesis that an increase in the dietary content of monounsaturated fatty acids but not of polyunsaturated fatty acids would promote atherosclerosis. The mouse model used was an LDL receptor-null, human apoB100-overexpressing strain. Six experimental groups of 19 to 38 mice of both sexes were established when the animals had reached 8 weeks of age. For the next 16 weeks, individual groups were fed either a commercial diet or prepared diets including fat as 10% of energy, with 5 different fatty acid enrichment patterns including the following: saturated (sat), cis and trans monounsaturated (mono), and n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated (poly). Highly significant differences (ANOVA, P<0. 0001) in LDL cholesterol (in mg/dL) were found, with the rank order at 16 weeks being trans mono (mean, 1390)>sat (922)=cis mono (869)=n-6 poly (868)>n-3 poly (652)>commercial diet (526). Significant elevations in very low density lipoprotein cholesterol were also found in the trans and cis mono and sat groups, and triacylglycerol concentrations were also elevated in all groups. High density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations were consistently low (20 to 50 mg/dL) in all groups. Highly significant differences (ANOVA, P<0.0001) in atherosclerosis, quantified by measurement of aortic cholesteryl ester concentration (mg/g protein) among dietary fatty acid groups were found, with the order being trans mono (mean, 50.4)>sat (35.6)=cis mono (34.6)>n-6 poly (18. 3)=n-3 poly (9.7)=commercial diet (7.8). Therefore, in this mouse model of hypercholesterolemia, dietary cis or trans monounsaturated fat did not protect against atherosclerosis development, whereas aortic atherosclerosis in either of the polyunsaturated fat groups was significantly less than in the saturated fat group.
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- L L Rudel
- Departments of Pathology (Comparative Medicine), Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
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Frémont L, Gozzélino MT, Franchi MP, Linard A. Dietary flavonoids reduce lipid peroxidation in rats fed polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fat diets. J Nutr 1998; 128:1495-502. [PMID: 9732310 DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.9.1495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
We investigated the influence of dietary flavonoids on alpha-tocopherol status and LDL peroxidation in rats fed diets enriched in either polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) or monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA). Diets equalized for alpha-tocopherol concentrations were or were not supplemented with 8 g/kg diet of flavonoids (quercetin + catechin, 2:1). After 4 wk of feeding, plasma lipid concentrations were lower in rats fed PUFA than in those fed MUFA with a significant correlation between plasma alpha-tocopherol and cholesterol concentrations, r = 0.94, P < 0. 0001). Dietary lipids influenced the fatty acid composition of VLDL + LDL more than that of HDL or microsomes. The resistance of VLDL + LDL to copper-induced oxidation was higher in rats fed MUFA than in those fed PUFA as assessed by the lower production of conjugated dienes and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and by the >100% longer lag time for dienes production. (P < 0.0001). Dietary flavonoids significantly reduced by 22% the amounts of dienes produced during 12 h of oxidation in rats fed diets rich in PUFA and lengthened lag time 43% in those fed MUFA. Microsomes of rats fed MUFA produced approximately 50% less TBARS than those of rats fed PUFA (P < 0.0001) and they contained more alpha-tocopherol in rats fed MUFA than in those fed PUFA with higher values (P < 0. 0001) in both groups supplemented with flavonoids (P < 0.0001). Our findings suggest that the intake of dietary flavonoids is beneficial not only when diets are rich in PUFA but also when they are rich in MUFA. It seems likely that these substances contribute to the antioxidant defense and reduce the consumption of alpha-tocopherol in both lipoproteins and membranes.
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Affiliation(s)
- L Frémont
- Laboratoire de Nutrition et Sécurité Alimentaire, INRA-CRJ, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas, Cedex, France
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