Changes in chemical and metabolic properties of rabbit aorta by dietary cholesterol, and saturated and polyunsaturated fats

Autor: E. Stange, J. Papenberg
Rok vydání: 1978
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Zdroj: Atherosclerosis. 29:467-476
ISSN: 0021-9150
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9150(78)90175-2
Popis: Rabbits were given a control diet (group I), or diets containing 1% cholesterol (group 11), 1% cholesterol + 5% coconut oil (group III), or 1% cholesterol + 5% corn oil (group IV). Then the area covered with aortic plaque, the intima/media lipid content, oxygen consumption and glycolytic activity as well as [ 14 C]acetate incorporation into aortic lipid fractions were examined. Diets of groups II and III resulted in a markedly greater extent of atherosclerosis as judged by the area covered with aortic plaque and by the lipid content ( P Concomitantly we observed a doubling of aortic oxygen consumption in groups II and III, in contrast with the “normal” values of group IV ( P Glucose consumption was somewhat lower in all atherosclerotic groups as compared with the control group, whereas the glycolytic rate was increased in aortae of groups II and III. Incorporation of [ 14 C]acetate was highest in the phospholipid fraction of all groups. In the highly atherosclerotic groups II and III, labelling of unesterified cholesterol seemed to be suppressed ( P Together with our previously reported findings on lipoprotein properties and metabolism, these data on aortic metabolism may be related to the marked reduction of atherosclerosis in rabbits given a diet containing polyunsaturated fat.
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