Effects of Fish Oil on Lipid Metabolism and Its Molecular Biological Regulators in Chronic Ethanol-Fed Rats
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Hsiao-Yun Wang 1,†, Hsiang-Chi Peng 1,2,†, Yi-Wen Chien 1,2,3
, Ya-Ling Chen 4, Nien-Shan Lu 1 and Suh-Ching Yang 1,2,3,*
Hsiao-Yun Wang 1,†, Hsiang-Chi Peng 1,2,†, Yi-Wen Chien 1,2,3, Ya-Ling Chen 4, Nien-Shan Lu 1 and Suh-Ching Yang 1,2,3,*
1
School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
2
Research Center of Geriatric Nutrition, College of Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
3
Graduate Institute of Metabolism and Obesity Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
4
Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan 33303, Taiwan
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
Co-first author.
Nutrients 2018, 10(7), 802; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10070802
Received: 3 June 2018 / Revised: 14 June 2018 / Accepted: 20 June 2018 / Published: 22 June 2018
The purpose of this study was to clarify the hepatoprotective mechanisms of fish oil in ethanol-fed rats based on lipid metabolism. Thirty eight-week-old male Wistar rats were divided into six groups: C (control), CF25 (control diet with 25% fish oil substitution), CF57 (control diet with 57% fish oil substitution), E (ethanol-containing diet) group, EF25 (ethanol-containing diet with 25% fish oil substitution), and EF57 (ethanol-containing diet with 57% fish oil substitution) groups. All of the groups were pair-fed an isoenergetic diet based on E group. Rats were sacrificed after eight weeks. When compared with C group, the plasma aspartate transaminase (AST) activity and hepatic steatosis and inflammatory cell infiltration were significantly higher, while plasma adiponectin level and hepatic AMP-activated protein kinase α (AMPKα) protein expression was significantly lower in the E group. However, the hepatic damage, including steatosis and inflammation were ameliorated in the EF25 and EF57 groups. Moreover, mRNA levels of fatty acid-oxidative enzymes, such as medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase (MCAD) and carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT-1) were significantly elevated in the EF57 group than those in E group. Partial replacement with fish oil might improve the fatty acid oxidation by raising mRNA levels of downstream transcription factors, finally inhibit the ethanol-induced hepatic steatosis in rats.
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Keywords:
fish oil; adiponectin; fatty acid oxidation; ethanol-induced hepatic steatosis; Wistar rats
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Wang, H.-Y.; Peng, H.-C.; Chien, Y.-W.; Chen, Y.-L.; Lu, N.-S.; Yang, S.-C. Effects of Fish Oil on Lipid Metabolism and Its Molecular Biological Regulators in Chronic Ethanol-Fed Rats. Nutrients 2018, 10, 802.
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