期刊名称：Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology
印刷版ISSN：0301-4800
电子版ISSN：1881-7742
出版年度：2004
卷号：50
期号：4
页码：272-276
DOI：10.3177/jnsv.50.272
出版社：Center for Academic Publications Japan
摘要：We compared the efficacy of alpha-linolenic acid (α-LNA, n-3) and linoleic acid (LA, n-6) on orotic acid (OA)-induced fatty liver in Sprague-Dawley rats, Rats were fed semi-synthetic diets containing either LA or α-LNA With or without 1% OA for 2 wk, OA supplementation lowered serum lipids in LA+OA groups. In addition to the decline of serum lipids in α-LNA groups compared to LA groups, a further decrease was found in α-LNA+OA groups compared to LA+OA groups. OA-containing diets significantly increased the liver weights and triacylglycerol (TG) accumulations compared with the OA-free diets. These results were attributed to the significant increases in the activities of phosphatidate phosphohydrolase (PAP), a rate-limiting enzyme of TG synthesis, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, a fatty acid synthesis-related enzyme. However, the increase of PAP activity was significantly less in the α-LNA+OA group as compared with the LA+OA group, These results suggest that dietary α-LNA alleviates OA-induced hepatic TG accumulation through the attenuation of hepatic TG synthesis in rats
