期刊名称:Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition
印刷版ISSN:0912-0009
电子版ISSN:1880-5086
出版年度:1993
卷号:15
期号:1
页码:11-21
DOI:10.3164/jcbn.15.11
出版社:The Society for Free Radical Research Japan
摘要:Lipid synthesis in monocytes isolated from rabbits fed a high-cholesterol diet and subsequently a low-cholesterol one was examined. Rabbits were fed diet containing 2.5% (w/w) cholesterol for 3 weeks and then transferred to a normal diet for another 6 weeks. The total and free cholesterol levels in the blood increased up to 3 weeks and then steadily decreased. Esterified cholesterol increased only during the first week on the high-cholesterol diet and then decreased throughout the remainder of the experimental period. Lipid synthesis, as assessed by [1-14C]acetate incorporation, was significantly reduced in monocytes isolated from animals on the high-cholesterol diet. This reduction in lipid synthetic activity continued another 3 weeks even after cessation of the high-cholesterol diet and then lipid synthesis was rather increased significantly. Specifically an increase in cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis was observed when animals were fed a high-cholesterol diet for 3 weeks and then allowed to recover for another 6 weeks.