title: Dietary moderately oxidized oil activates the Nrf2 signaling pathway in the liver of pigs.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Previous studies have shown that administration of oxidized oils increases gene expression and activities of various enzymes involved in xenobiotic metabolism and stress response in the liver of rats and guinea pigs. As these genes are controlled by nuclear factor erythroid-derived 2-like 2 (Nrf2), we investigated the hypothesis that feeding of oxidized fats causes an activation of that transcription factor in the liver which in turn activates the expression of antioxidant, cytoprotective and detoxifying genes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty four crossbred pigs were allocated to two groups of 12 pigs each and fed nutritionally adequate diets with either fresh rapeseed oil (fresh fat group) or oxidized rapeseed oil prepared by heating at a temperature of 175°C for 72 h (oxidized fat group).
  
  
  RESULTS
  After 29 days of feeding, pigs of the oxidized fat group had a markedly increased nuclear concentration of the transcription factor Nrf2 and a higher activity of cellular superoxide dismutase and T4-UDP glucuronosyltransferase in liver than the fresh fat group (P < 0.05). In addition, transcript levels of antioxidant and phase II genes in liver, like superoxide dismutase 1, heme oxygenase 1, glutathione peroxidase 1, thioredoxin reductase 1, microsomal glutathione-S-transferase 1, UDP glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 and NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 in the liver were higher in the oxidized fat group than in the fresh fat group (P < 0.05). Moreover, pigs of the oxidized fat group had an increased hepatic nuclear concentration of the transcription factor NF-κB which is also an important transcription factor mediating cellular stress response.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study shows for the first time that administration of an oxidized fat activates the Nrf2 in the liver of pigs which likely reflects an adaptive mechanism to prevent cellular oxidative damage. Activation of the NF-κB pathway might also contribute to this effect of oxidized fat.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutrition Physiology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Juliane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Varady
authors.forename: Denise K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Gessner
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Most
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eder
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ringseis
mesh_terms: D021581:Active Transport, Cell Nucleus; D000818:Animals; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004435:Eating; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D050217:Metabolic Detoxication, Phase II / Q000235:genetics; D051267:NF-E2-Related Factor 2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D016877:Oxidants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000074262:Rapeseed Oil; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D034421:Sus scrofa; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D051267:NF-E2-Related Factor 2; D016328:NF-kappa B; D016877:Oxidants; D010938:Plant Oils; D000074262:Rapeseed Oil; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; C117189:thyroxine-UDP-glucuronosyltransferase; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase; D013974:Thyroxine