Effects of dietary alpha-linolenic, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids on hepatic lipogenesis and beta-oxidation in rats

The effects of dietary alpha-linolenic, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids on the enzyme activities related to hepatic lipogenesis and beta-oxidation were compared under constant polyunsaturated/monounsaturated/saturated fatty acids and n-6/n-3 ratios of dietary fats in rats. Dietary fat containing linoleic acid as the sole polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) was also given as a control. The concentration of serum triglyceride and phospholipid in the three n-3 PUFA groups was lower than in the linoleic acid group. The hepatic triglyceride concentration was lower and the phospholipid concentration was higher in the three n-3 PUFA groups than in the linoleic acid group. Cytosolic fatty acid synthase (FAS) activity was lower in the n-3 PUFA groups than in the linoleic acid group, the reduction being more predominant in the eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid groups than in the alpha-linolenic acid group. The cytosolic activities of the NADPH-generating enzymes, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) and the malic enzyme, were lower in the three n-3 PUFA groups. The activity of carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) in mitochondria was higher only in the eicosapentaenoic acid group than in the other groups. The activity of Mg(2+)-dependent phosphatidate phosphohydrolase (PAP) in microsomes and cytosol was lower in the eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid groups than in the linoleic acid group, while there was no effect of dietary fats on the activities of diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) and glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (G3PAT) in microsomes. The CTP: phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CT) activity in the homogenate was lower in the n-3 PUFA groups, the reduction being more prominent in the eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid groups than in the alpha-linolenic acid group. The choline kinase (CK) activity in cytosol was lower in the eicosapentaenoic acid group than in the linoleic acid group. These results showed that dietary alpha-linolenic, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids differently influenced hepatic lipogenesis and the partition of fatty acid into oxidation or glycerolipid synthesis.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1998

Erschienen:

1998

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:62

Enthalten in:

Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry - 62(1998), 4 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 675-80

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ikeda, I [VerfasserIn]
Cha, J Y [VerfasserIn]
Yanagita, T [VerfasserIn]
Nakatani, N [VerfasserIn]
Oogami, K [VerfasserIn]
Imaizumi, K [VerfasserIn]
Yazawa, K [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

0RBV727H71
25167-62-8
AAN7QOV9EA
Alpha-Linolenic Acid
Docosahexaenoic Acids
Eicosapentaenoic Acid
Journal Article
Lipids
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 01.07.1998

Date Revised 31.03.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM095550275