title: The effect of dietary fat on malondialdehyde concentrations in Fischer 344 rats.
abstract: The effects of dietary fat and age on the level of malondialdehyde (MDA), a product of lipid peroxidation, were investigated in cerebellum, kidney, and liver tissues of female Fischer 344 rats. Groups of rats were fed diets containing various levels of corn oil (3, 5, 10, 15, or 20%), starting at 57 days of age, for a duration of 2, 10, or 20 weeks. High fat diets are thought to promote tumor formation, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases via induction of oxidation stress, and this can begin early in the lifespan. However, it was observed that rats chronically consuming 3 and 5% corn oil diets yielded significantly higher levels of MDA, as analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography, compared with those fed higher fat diets. After 20 weeks of feeding, the concentration of MDA in each of the three organs studied showed no significant differences among rats consuming diets containing 10, 15, or 20% corn oil. The levels of MDA were highest in the cerebellum, followed by kidney, and lowest in liver. Over the 20-week feeding period, a decrease in MDA level in both cerebellum and liver was observed.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Toxicological Research, Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Danam
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Djuric
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Hart
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D002084:Butylated Hydroxytoluene / Q000494:pharmacology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000378:metabolism*; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; D002084:Butylated Hydroxytoluene; D008315:Malondialdehyde