Food restriction by intermittent fasting induces diabetes and obesity and aggravates spontaneous atherosclerosis development in hypercholesterolaemic mice.

Autor:	Dorighello, Gabriel G., Rovani, Juliana C., Luhman, Christopher J. F., Paim, Bruno A., Raposo, Helena F., Vercesi, Anibal E., Oliveira, Helena C. F.
Předmět:	BLOOD sugar analysis ANTIOXIDANT analysis ANIMAL experimentation BLOOD sugar BODY composition C-reactive protein CHOLESTEROL CORONARY disease DIABETES FASTING FATTY acids HYPERLIPIDEMIA INSULIN INSULIN resistance MICE OBESITY PROBABILITY theory STATISTICS T-test (Statistics) TRIGLYCERIDES TUMOR necrosis factors LEPTIN DATA analysis
Zdroj:	British Journal of Nutrition; 3/28/2014, Vol. 111 Issue 6, p979-986, 8p
Abstrakt:	Different regimens of food restriction have been associated with protection against obesity, diabetes and CVD. In the present study, we hypothesised that food restriction would bring benefits to atherosclerosis- and diabetes-prone hypercholesterolaemic LDL-receptor knockout mice. For this purpose, 2-month-old mice were submitted to an intermittent fasting (IF) regimen (fasting every other day) over a 3-month period, which resulted in an overall 20 % reduction in food intake. Contrary to our expectation, epididymal and carcass fat depots and adipocyte size were significantly enlarged by 15, 72 and 68 %, respectively, in the IF mice compared with the ad libitum-fed mice. Accordingly, plasma levels of leptin were 50 % higher in the IF mice than in the ad libitum-fed mice. In addition, the IF mice showed increased plasma levels of total cholesterol (37 %), VLDL-cholesterol (195 %) and LDL-cholesterol (50 %). As expected, in wild-type mice, the IF regimen decreased plasma cholesterol levels and epididymal fat mass. Glucose homeostasis was also disturbed by the IF regimen in LDL-receptor knockout mice. Elevated levels of glycaemia (40 %), insulinaemia (50 %), glucose intolerance and insulin resistance were observed in the IF mice. Systemic inflammatory markers, TNF-α and C-reactive protein, were significantly increased and spontaneous atherosclerosis development were markedly increased (3-fold) in the IF mice. In conclusion, the IF regimen induced obesity and diabetes and worsened the development of spontaneous atherosclerosis in LDL-receptor knockout mice. Although being efficient in a wild-type background, this type of food restriction is not beneficial in the context of genetic hypercholesterolaemia. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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