title: 13-cis-retinoic acid and hepatic steatosis in rats.
abstract: The effect of administration of 13-cis-retinoic acid (100 mg/kg diet) on lipid metabolism was examined in male rats fed either a 20% casein + 0.3% methionine diet, a 20% casein diet, a 10% casein + 0.3% methionine diet, or a 10% casein + 0.6% methionine diet for 10 days. Hepatic triglyceride concentrations of rats fed either 10% casein diet were 3-fold greater than animals receiving diets containing 20% casein. The addition of 13-cis-retinoic acid to the diet further increased the total hepatic lipid (43-56%) and triglyceride (approximately 2-fold) concentrations in rats fed the 10% casein diets. 13-cis-Retinoic acid supplementation did not alter the total liver lipid or triglyceride concentrations in rats fed either of the 20% casein diets. Thus, under specific dietary conditions, the administration of 13-cis-retinoic acid resulted in a marked accumulation of hepatic lipids which did not appear to be related to the total methionine content of the diet nor to the hepatic concentrations of S-adenosylmethionine and glutathione. In addition, all four groups of 13-cis-retinoic acid-fed rats exhibited elevations in the concentration of serum triglycerides, and 10-20% reductions in serum cholesterol concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Schalinske
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Steele
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D004032:Diet; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015474:Isotretinoin / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; D015474:Isotretinoin