title: Dietary cholesterol stimulates hepatic biosynthesis of triglyceride and reduces oxidation of fatty acids in the rat.
abstract: Experiments were conducted in the intact rat and in the isolated, perfused rat liver to investigate the possibility that the increase in the concentration of hepatic triglyceride and increase in the secretion of the very low density lipoprotein (VLDL)-triglyceride (TG) resulting from addition of cholesterol to the diet are due to stimulation of synthesis of triglyceride, reduced fatty acid oxidation, or both. Male rats were fed for 7 days with either a cholesterol-free diet to which 5% (w/w) corn oil was added, or with the same diet supplemented with 0.5% cholesterol. Fed animals received [1-14C]oleic acid via the tail vein, as a complex with rat serum, and were killed 2 h later. Feeding cholesterol for 7 days increased hepatic triglyceride and cholesteryl ester (CE) concentrations, moderately elevated free cholesterol, but did not affect phospholipid (PL) levels, as we had previously observed after a feeding period of 3 weeks. Incorporation of [1-14C]oleic acid into hepatic and plasma triglyceride increased significantly (60 and 48%, respectively) with cholesterol feeding. Incorporation of [1-14C]oleic acid into hepatic and plasma cholesteryl esters increased by 63 and 79%, respectively, while incorporation into phospholipid was unaffected. Increasing the fat (corn oil) content of the diet to 20% (w/w) did not change these effects of dietary cholesterol. Studies using isolated, perfused rat livers were carried out in vitro after rats were fed the 5% corn oil diet for 3 weeks. [Perfusions lasted 4 h. The perfusion medium contained 3% bovine serum albumin and 30% washed bovine erythrocytes in Krebs-Henseleit-HCO3 buffer.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee-Memphis 38163.
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Fungwe
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Cagen
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Wilcox
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heimberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology; D002334:Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology; D004951:Esterification; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D019301:Oleic Acid; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010477:Perfusion; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary; D004041:Dietary Fats; D005227:Fatty Acids; D008055:Lipids; D009829:Oleic Acids; D014280:Triglycerides; D019301:Oleic Acid; D002334:Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase