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Neschen, S; Moore, I; Regittnig, W; Yu, CL; Wang, Y; Pypaert, M; Petersen, KF; Shulman, GI.
Contrasting effects of fish oil and safflower oil on hepatic peroxisomal and tissue lipid content.
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2002; 282(2): E395-E401. Doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00414.2001 [OPEN ACCESS]
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Abstract:
To examine the mechanism by which fish oil protects against fat-induced insulin resistance, we studied the effects of control, fish oil, and safflower oil diets on peroxisomal content, fatty acyl-CoA, diacylglycerol, and ceramide content in rat liver and muscle. We found that, in contrast to control and safflower oil-fed rats, fish oil feeding induced a 150% increase in the abundance of peroxisomal acyl-CoA oxidase and 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase in liver but lacked similar effects in muscle. This was paralleled by an almost twofold increase in hepatic peroxisome content (both P < 0.002 vs. control and safflower). These changes in the fish oil-fed rats were associated with a more than twofold lower hepatic triglyceride/diacylglycerol, as well as intramuscular triglyceride/fatty acyl-CoA, content. In conclusion, these data strongly support the hypothesis that n-3 fatty acids protect against fat-induced insulin resistance by serving as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha ligands and thereby induce hepatic, but not intramuscular, peroxisome proliferation. In turn, an increased hepatic beta-oxidative capacity results in lower hepatic triglyceride/diacylglycerol and intramyocellular triglyceride/fatty acyl-CoA content.
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Animals -
Ceramides - metabolism
Diglycerides - metabolism
Docosahexaenoic Acids - metabolism
Eicosapentaenoic Acid - metabolism
Enzymes - genetics
Fish Oils - pharmacology
Lipid Metabolism - pharmacology
Liver - drug effects
Male - drug effects
Mitochondria, Liver - ultrastructure
Muscle, Skeletal - metabolism
Oxidation-Reduction - metabolism
Peroxisomes - metabolism
RNA, Messenger - metabolism
Rats - metabolism
Rats, Sprague-Dawley - metabolism
Safflower Oil - pharmacology
Triglycerides - metabolism

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peroxisome proliferator-activating receptor-alpha
beta-oxidation
diacylglycerol
acyl-CoA oxidase
3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase
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