Effect of EFA deficiency on lipid transport from liver |
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Authors: | Toshio Fukazawa O S Privett Yoshiyata Takahashi |
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Affiliation: | (1) The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, 55912 Austin, Minnesota;(2) Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | Studies are reported of the effect of an essential fatty acid (EFA) deficiency on synthesis of triglycerides (TG) and phospholipids
(PL) and secretion of these compounds by livers of male Sprague-Dawley rats. Animals were fed a semipurified diet containing
corn oil or hydrogenated coconut oil (HCO) as the sole source of fat or no fat from weaning to 20 weeks of age. Liver function
of the animals in each group was compared by an isolated liver perfusion technique with perfusates containing erythrocytes
and linoleate, and in vivo experiments via tail vein injection of palmitate-3H. Perfusion experiments showed that an EFA deficiency reduced the ability of the liver to secrete TG and PL. Accumulation
of TG in the liver and its diminished secretion into the blood of EFA deficient animals were demonstrated by in vivo experiments
with palmitate-3H. The rate of conversion of linoleate to arachidonate and synthesis of PL was greater in livers of EFA deficient rats than
in the control, corn oil fed animals. The results suggest a relationship of EFA metabolism to lipid transport.
One of five papers to be published from the Symposium “Lipid Transport” presented at the AOCS Meeting, New Orleans, April
1970. |
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