Changes in liver PPARα mRNA expression in response to two levels of high-safflower-oil diets correlate with changes in adiposity and serum leptin in rats and mice
Changes in liver PPARα mRNA expression in response to two levels of high-safflower-oil diets correlate with changes in adiposity and serum leptin in rats and mice
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jnutbio.2006.03.003
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发表时间:
2007-02-01
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Huang, Ching-jang
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作者:
Hsu, Shan-Ching;Huang, Ching-jang
The ligand-dependent transcription factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPAR alpha) is known to be activated by common fatty acids and to regulate the expression of genes of various lipid oxidation pathways and transport. High-fat diets provide more fatty acids, which presumably could enhance lipid catabolism through up-regulation of PPAR alpha signaling. However, high intake of fat could also lead to obesity. To examine PPAR alpha signaling in high-fat feeding and obesity, this study examined the hepatic mRNA expression of PPAR alpha and some of its target genes in Wistar rats and C57BL/6J mice fed two levels (20% or 30% wt/wt) of high-safflower-oil (SFO; oleic-acid-rich) diets until animals showed significantly higher body weight (13 weeks for rats and 22 weeks for mice) than those of control groups fed a 5% SFO diet. At the end of these respective feeding periods, only the rats fed 30% SFO and the mice fed 20% SFO among the two groups fed high-fat diets showed significantly higher body weight, white adipose tissue weight, serum leptin and MRNA expression of PPAR alpha (P