Research Article Details

Article ID: A17078
PMID: 28003715
Source: J Clin Exp Hepatol
Title: High-Fructose Intake Impairs the Hepatic Hypolipidemic Effects of a High-Fat Fish-Oil Diet in C57BL/6 Mice.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Overnutrition of saturated fats and fructose is one of the major factors for the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Because omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3fa) have established lipid lowering properties, we tested the hypothesis that n-3fa prevents high-fat and fructose-induced fatty liver disease in mice. METHODS: Male C57BL/6J mice were randomly assigned to one of the following diet groups for 14 weeks: normal diet (ND), high-fat lard-based diet (HFD), HFD with fructose (HFD&#160;+&#160;Fru), high-fat fish-oil diet (FOD), or FOD&#160;+&#160;Fru. RESULTS: Despite for the development of obesity and insulin resistance, FOD had 65.3% lower (P&#160;<&#160;0.001) hepatic triglyceride levels than HFD&#160;+&#160;Fru, which was blunted to a 38.5% difference (P&#160;=&#160;0.173) in FOD&#160;+&#160;Fru. The lower hepatic triglyceride levels were associated with a lower expression of lipogenic genes LXR&#945; and FASN, as well as the expression of genes associated with fatty acid uptake and triglyceride synthesis, CD36 and SCD1, respectively. Conversely, the blunted hypotriglyceride effect of FOD&#160;+&#160;Fru was associated with a higher expression of CD36 and SCD1. CONCLUSIONS: During overnutrition, a diet rich in n-3fa may prevent the severity of hepatic steatosis; however, when juxtaposed with a diet high in fructose, the deleterious effects of overnutrition blunted the hypolipidemic effects of n-3fa.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jceh.2016.09.001