Susceptibility to obesity and gallbladder stasis produced by a protein- and fat-enriched diet in male mice compared with female mice
Susceptibility to obesity and gallbladder stasis produced by a protein- and fat-enriched diet in male mice compared with female mice
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DOI:
10.1186/1743-7075-4-14
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发表时间:
2007-06-05
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
Funakoshi, Akihiro
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作者:
Miyasaka, Kyoko;Kanai, Setsuko;Funakoshi, Akihiro
Background: The frequency of Japanese subjects over 20 years old with metabolic syndrome is 45.6% in men but just 16.7% in women. The reason why Japanese male subjects are more susceptible to metabolic syndrome than women is unknown. One possibility is the higher frequency of Japanese male subjects ( 40-70 years old) who had a drinking habit ( 67%), while that of female subjects was only 25%. In addition, daily fat intake was markedly increased in Japanese subjects ( from 9% to 25%), and cholesterol cholelithiasis is one of the most rapidly increasing digestive diseases during the past 50 years. The object of this study is to examine whether a potential sex-related risk factor exists in the manifestation of metabolic syndrome as well as gallstone formation.Methods: Gallbladder dysmotility accerelates gallstone formation and gallbladder contraction depends on cholecystokinin ( CCK) and its receptor ( CCK-IR). We developed CCK-IR gene knockout (-/-) mice. The effects of the fat- and protein-enriched diet OA-2 on body weight, hyperlipidemia, and frequencies of sludge and gallstone formation were examined, and compared between wild-type and CCK-IR(-/-) male and female mice. The OA-2 diet contains slightly higher protein and fat ( 7.9 % fat and 27.6 % protein) compared with a standard diet ( CRF-I) ( 5.6 % fat and 22.6 % protein), but their total energies are similar. After weaning, CRF-I was provided until 3 months of age in all animals. Administration of an OA-2 diet was started when age-matched CCK-IR(-/-) and wild-type male and female mice reached maturity, at 3 months of age. Administration of CRF-I was continued in the rest of the animals. Mice were sacrificed by guillotine at 6 and 12 months of age and the blood was collected to measure plasma levels of triglyceride and cholesterol. The gallbladder was removed and classified as normal ( clear gallbladder), clouded ( sludge formation), and/or containing gallstone formations.Results: As long as CRF-I was provided, the frequency of sludge and/or gallstone formation in CCK-IR(-/-) male mice was 3 of 8 ( 35%) and 4 of 9 ( 45%) in females at 12 months of age, whereas no gallstone formation was observed at 6 months of age. On the other hand, male mice fed OA-2increased their body weight and plasma lipid concentrations, compared with those fed CRF-I regardless of genotype. Under the OA-2 diet, sludge and gallstone formation was observed at 6 months of age, not only in CCK-IR(-/-) male mice but also in wild-type male mice. In contrast, parameters in female mice did not differ between the two diets.Conclusion: Male mice were more susceptible to protein- and fat-enriched diet-induced obesity than female mice, and hyper-nutritional status accelerated sludge and gallstone formation in male mice.