Abstract
The influence of the linoleic acid levels of diets containing partially hydrogenated marine, oils (HMO) rich in isomeric 16∶1, 18∶1, 20∶1 and 22∶1 fatty acids on the fatty acid profiles of lipids from rat liver, heart and adipose tissue was examined. Five groups of rats were fed diets containing 20 wt% fat−16% HMO+4% vegetable oils. In these diets, the linoleic acid contents varied between 1.9% and 14.5% of the dietary fatty acids, whereas the contents oftrans fatty acids were 33% in all groups. A sixth group was fed a partially hydrogenated soybean oil (HSOY) diet containing 8% linoleic acid plus 32%trans fatty acids, mainly 18∶1, and a seventh group, 20% palm oil (PALM), with 10% linoleic acid and notrans fatty acids.
As the level of linoleic acid in the HMO diets increased from 1.9% to 8.2%, the contents of (n−6) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in the phospholipids increased correspondingly. At this dietary level of linoleic acid, a plateau in (n−6) PUFA was reached that was not affected by further increase in dietary 18∶2(n−6) up to 14.5%. Compared with the HSOY- or PALM-fed rats, the plateau value of 20∶4(n−6) were considerably lower and the contents of 18∶2(n−6) higher in liver phosphatidylcholines (PC) and heart PC. Heart phosphatidylethanolamines (PE) on the contrary, had elevated contents of 20∶4(n−6), but decreased 22∶5(n−6) compared with the PALM group.
All groups fed HMO had similar contents oftrans fatty acids, mainly 16∶1 and 18∶1, in their phospholipids, irrespective of the dietary 18∶2 levels, and these contents were lower than in the HSOY group.
High levels of linoleic acid consistently found in triglycerides of liver, heart and adipose tissue of rats fed HMO indicated that feeding HMO resulted in a reduction of the conversion of linoleic acid into long chain PUFA that could not be overcome by increasing the dietary level of linoleic acid.
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Abbreviations
- EFA:
-
essential fatty acid
- HMO:
-
partially hydrogenated marine oil
- HSOY:
-
partially hydrogenated soybean oil
- OO:
-
olive oil
- PALM:
-
palm oil
- PC:
-
phosphatidylcholine
- PE:
-
phosphatidylethanolamine
- PUFA:
-
polyunsaturated fatty acid
- SO:
-
sunflowerseed oil
- TG:
-
triglyceride
- VLDL:
-
very low density lipoprotein
- GLC:
-
gas liquid chromatography
- SEM:
-
standard error of the mean
- TLC:
-
thin layer chromatography
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Høy, C.E., Hølmer, G. Dietary linoleic acid and the fatty acid profiles in rats fed partially hydrogenated marine oils. Lipids 23, 973–980 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02536346
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