title: Effect of dietary fish oil (active EPA-30) on liver phospholipids in young and aged rats.
abstract: We explored the uses of fish oil (active EPA-30) as a source of eicosapentaenate (EPA; 20:5 n-3), to young and old rats. We treated three subgroups of rats each comprising 20 young or old rats, respectively. The first group was kept on the basal ration (lab-pellet) as control diet, the second group was fed semi-purified diets contained 5% pig-fat (n-3 fatty acids deficient diet). The third group was fed a modified diet in which 50% of pig-fat was replaced by active EPA-30. Livers of young rats fed pig-fat had a drastic decrease in the amount of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (EPA, 20:5 n-3 and docosahexaenoic, DHA, 22:6 n-3) and compensatory increase of phosphatidylcholine, saturated fatty acids and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the liver phospholipids. In contrast, the liver of young rats fed active EPA-30 had large amounts of PE and concomitant enrichment in polyunsaturated fatty acids. The liver of old rats, fed on active EPA-30 supplemented diet had lower amounts of PE and there were no significant changes in the phospholipid fatty acid composition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Attilla Joszef University, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Kotkat
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Rady
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nemcsok
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004281:Docosahexaenoic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D005395:Fish Oils / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005395:Fish Oils; D010743:Phospholipids; D004281:Docosahexaenoic Acids; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid