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Changes in lipid composition of liver microsomes and fatty acyl-CoA desaturase activities induced by medium chain triglyceride feeding

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Changes in fatty acid composition, microsomal Δ9- and Δ6-desaturase activities and liver contents of cholesterol and phospholipids were studied in rats fed medium chain triglyceride-supplemented diets. Weanling rats were divided into four groups and fed for three weeks a basal diet with different 10%-fat supplements: corn oil, medium chain triglyceride-corn oil, olive oil and medium chain triglyceride-olive oil. The highest relative content of saturated fatty acids corresponded to corn oil-fed animals. Both monounsaturated fatty acid content and Δ9-desaturase activity were higher in the animals fed olive oil diets than in corn oil-fed rats. The long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids of the n−3 series were increased in the olive oil and medium chain triglyceride-olive oil-fed groups probably due to the lower linoleic/α-linolenic ratios found in these two diets. The cholesterol/phospholipid molar ratio was unaffected by diet and the unsaturation index was only slightly changed in the four groups. Thus, some mechanism may be operative under these conditions to maintain the homeostasis of the membrane.

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Abbreviations

C:

corn oil

LCT:

long chain triglyceride

MCT:

medium chain triglyceride

O:

olive oil

PC:

phosphatidylcholine

PE:

phosphatidylethanolamine

PI:

phosphatidylinositol

PL:

phospholipid

PUFA:

polyunsaturated fatty acid

GLC:

gas liquid chromatography

P/S:

polyunsaturated/saturated fatty acid ratio

TLC:

thin layer chromatography

UNID:

unsaturation index

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    José L. Periago, María L. Pita, María A. Sanchez del Castillo, Guillermo Caamaño & María D. Suárez

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Periago, J.L., Pita, M.L., Sanchez del Castillo, M.A. et al. Changes in lipid composition of liver microsomes and fatty acyl-CoA desaturase activities induced by medium chain triglyceride feeding. Lipids 24, 383–388 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02535145

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