| First Author | Cheema SK | Year | 1999 |
| Journal | J Nutr | Volume | 129 |
| Issue | 9 | Pages | 1718-24 |
| PubMed ID | 10460210 | Mgi Jnum | J:56864 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:1342834 | Doi | 10.1093/jn/129.9.1718 |
| Citation | Cheema SK, et al. (1999) Metabolism of cholesterol is altered in the liver of C3H mice fed fats enriched with different C-18 fatty acids. J Nutr 129(9):1718-24 |
| abstractText | We examined whether the degree of saturation of C-18 fatty acids influenced hepatic cholesterol metabolism in C3H mice. The mice were fed diets containing 20 g/100 g fat, enriched in stearic (18:0), oleic (18:1) or linoleic acid (18:2) with or without 1 g/100 g cholesterol. Plasma total cholesterol concentration was lower in mice fed the 18:0 diet relative to those fed the 18:1- or 18:2-enriched diets (P < 0.05) regardless of dietary cholesterol supplementation. Dietary cholesterol significantly raised hepatic total cholesterol concentration (P < 0.05) in those fed the 18:1- and 18:2-enriched diets, but not in mice fed the 18:0-enriched diet. Dietary cholesterol raised biliary cholesterol concentration (P < 0. 05) in mice fed the 18:1- and 18:2-enriched diets, but not in mice fed the 18:0-enriched diet. The cholesterol saturation index was variably affected by the fat diets. Feeding diets containing cholesterol suppressed the hepatic 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGR) activity and induced acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyl transferase (ACAT) activity compared with feeding diets without cholesterol (P < 0.05), indicating that the liver was exposed to dietary cholesterol. Hepatic ACAT activity was lower in mice fed the 18:0-enriched diet compared with those fed the 18:1- or 18:2-enriched diets (P < 0.05). Addition of cholesterol to the 18:1 diet induced the largest increase of hepatic ACAT activity, and this was associated with the enrichment of VLDL with cholesterol. Varying the degree of saturation of C-18 fatty acids influences the metabolism and disposition of hepatic cholesterol. |
