Zinc deficiency and activities of lipogenic and glycolytic enzymes in liver of rats fed coconut oil or linseed oil |
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Authors: | Klaus Eder Manfred Kirchgessner |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institu für Ern?hrungsphysiologie der Technischen Universit?t München Weihenstephan, 85350, Freising, Germany
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Abstract: | In previous studies, zinc-deficient rats force-fed a diet with coconut oil as the major dietary fat developed a fatty liver,
whereas zinc-deficient rats force-fed a diet with linseed oil did not. The present study was conducted to elucidate the reason
for this phenomenon. In a bifactorial experiment, rats were fed zinc-adequate or zinc-deficient diets containing either a
mixture of coconut oil (70 g/kg) and safflower oil (10 g/kg) (“coconut oil diet”) or linseed oil (80 g/kg) (“linseed oil diet”)
as a source of dietary fat, and activities of lipogenic and glycolytic enzymes in liver were determined. In order to ensure
adequate food intake, all the rats were force-fed. Zinc-deficient rats on the coconut oil diet developed a fatty liver, characterized
by elevated levels of triglycerides with saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids. These rats also had markedly elevated
activities of the lipogenic enzymes acetyl-CoA carboxylase, fatty acid synthase (FAS), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH),
6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGDH), and citrate cleavage enzyme, whereas activities of malic enzyme and glycolytic enzymes
were not different compared with zinc-adequate rats on the coconut oil diet. In contrast, rats receiving the linseed oil diet
had similar triglyceride concentrations regardless of zinc status, and activities of lipogenic enzymes and glycolytic enzymes
were not different between the two groups. Zinc-deficient rats fed either type of dietary fat exhibited statistically significant
correlations between activities of FAS, G6PDH, 6PGDH and concentrations of saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids in liver.
The concentrations of serum lipids were elevated in zinc-deficient rats fed either type of dietary fat. These results demonstrate
that fatty liver in zinc-deficient rats on the coconut oil diet is caused by elevated activities of lipogenic enzymes, and
not by disturbed lipid secretion from liver. Dietary linseed oil prevents both the elevation of lipogenic enzyme activity
and fatty liver in zinc-deficient rats. |
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