title: Effects of dietary supplementation with fish oil on prostanoid metabolism during acute coronary occlusion with or without reperfusion in diet-induced hypercholesterolemic rabbits.
abstract: We studied the changes in myocardial and aortic concentrations of prostacyclin and thromboxane A2 during acute coronary occlusion with or without reperfusion in rabbits fed with a cholesterol-enriched diet with or without fish oil supplementation for a short (5 days) or long period (6 weeks). New Zealand white male rabbits were divided into 5 groups: Group I, 15 control rabbits fed with a laboratory standard rabbit chow. In addition to the standard chow, the 4 study groups were treated with cholesterol or fish oil. Group II, 17 rabbits fed with a 1% high cholesterol diet for 5 days. Group III, 16 rabbits fed with a diet containing 1% cholesterol and 10% fish oil for 5 days. Group IV, 17 rabbits fed with the same diet as group II for 6 weeks. Group V, 18 rabbits fed with the same diet as group III for 6 weeks. Each group of rabbits was randomly divided into the coronary occlusion or occlusion-reperfusion mode of experiment. Acute coronary occlusion was induced by ligating the marginal branch of the left circumflex coronary artery for 1 h. Subsequent reperfusion for 4 h was performed in the occlusion-reperfusion rabbits. The aortic tissue above the aortic valve and the ischemic and normal (nonischemic) areas of the left ventricle were excised for the measurement of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and thromboxane B2 levels by radioimmunoassay. Both during coronary occlusion and occlusion-reperfusion, rabbits showed higher myocardial concentrations of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and thromboxane B2 in the ischemic area than in the normal myocardium.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Liau
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000737:chemistry; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005395:Fish Oils / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion / Q000592:standards*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000737:chemistry; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary; D005395:Fish Oils; D008074:Lipoproteins; D011453:Prostaglandins; D011460:Prostaglandins F; D014280:Triglycerides; D013929:Thromboxane B2; C100006:prostaglandin F1