title: Short-term effects of a high-sucrose diet on plasma lipid, lipoprotein cholesterol, tissue lipoprotein lipase and hepatic triglyceride lipase in rats.
abstract: Short-term (2 weeks) effects of a high-sucrose diet on plasma lipids, lipoproteins, tissue lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and hepatic triglyceride lipase (HTGL) activities were investigated in rats. Three days of sucrose feeding significantly increased plasma TG (42 +/- 3 mg/dl vs. 56 +/- 2 mg/dl, p = 0.032), while TC increased significantly after 10 days of the diet (50 +/- 2 mg/dl vs. 62 +/- 2 mg/dl, p = 0.0001). HDL-C increased significantly after 3 days of sucrose feeding (36.2 +/- 0.9 mg/dl vs. 42.4 +/- 2.7 mg/dl, p = 0.011). Although LDL-C tended to decrease on days 3, 7 and 10, these changes were not significant. The plasma glucose level did not change during the study. Increased LPL activity in adipose tissue and decreased enzyme activities in skeletal and heart muscles were observed. Adipose tissue LPL returned to the baseline value after 14 days of the diet treatment, while LPL in skeletal and heart muscles remained at the decreased level. HTGL and HTGL/total liver lipase activities were significantly increased after 14 days of the diet. The different responses of lipase activities in various tissues may help to regulate serum lipid and lipoprotein levels in sucrose-fed rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saku
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jimi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arakawa
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000201:enzymology; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D019422:Dietary Sucrose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D008049:Lipase / Q000032:analysis*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase / Q000032:analysis*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000201:enzymology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D008055:Lipids; D008074:Lipoproteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D014280:Triglycerides; D008049:Lipase; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase