Hepatic origin of triglycerides in fatty livers produced by the continuous intragastric infusion of an ethanol diet |
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Authors: | Hidekazu Tsukamoto Gail Lew Edward C Larkin Corey Largman G Ananda Rao |
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Affiliation: | (1) Veterans Administration Medical Center, 94553 Martinez, CA;(2) Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, 95616 Davis, CA |
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Abstract: | Male Wistar rats were maintained for 30 days on an independent and continuous intragastric infusion of ethanol and nutritionally
defined liquid diet containing only a small amount of corn oil (CO-4.9% calories). Ethanol intake was progressively increased
from 32% to 40.4% of the total calories to maintain a high degree of intoxication during this period. Rats in the control
group were infused with an isocaloric diet in which alcohol was replaced by dextrose. The liver triglyceride (TG) content
of rats given alcohol (61.5±16.4 mg/g) was ca. 10-fold greater than that of controls (5.9±2.1 mg/g) and similar to that observed
previously in rats fed an ethanol diet containing high levels of fat (35% and 43% calories). In TG of fatty liver, the level
of 18∶2 was small (3%), even though CO in the diet contained a high level of this acid. Furthermore, 16∶1 and 16∶0 contents
were markedly elevated (16% and 40%, respectively) despite the fact that CO did not contain 16∶1 and had only a small amount
of 16∶0. Liver TG having a fatty acid (FA) composition markedly different from that of CO and the presence of high levels
of 16∶1 and 16∶0 indicate that the TG accumulated in the fatty liver originated from hepatic lipogenesis rather than from
dietary fat. |
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