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Differential effects of dietary linoleic and α-linolenic acid on lipid metabolism in rat tissues

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Abstract

Comparative effects of feeding dietary linoleic (safflower oil) and α-linolenic (linseed oil) acids on the cholesterol content and fatty acid composition of plasma, liver, heart and epididymal fat pads of rats were examined. Animals fed hydrogenated beef tallow were used as isocaloric controls. Plasma cholesterol concentration was lower and the cholesterol level in liver increased in animals fed the safflower oil diet. Feeding the linseed oil diet was more effective in lowering plasma cholesterol content and did not result in cholesterol accumulation in the liver. The cholesterol concentration in heart and the epididymal fat pad was not affected by the type of dietary fatty acid fed. Arachidonic acid content of plasma lipids was significantly elevated in animals fed the safflower oil diet and remained unchanged by feeding the linseed oil diet, when compared with the isocaloric control animals fed hydrogenated beef tallow. Arachidonic acid content of liver and heart lipids was lower in animals fed diets containing safflower oil or linseed oil. Replacement of 50% of the safflower oil in the diet with linseed oil increased α-linolenic, docosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids in plasma, liver, heart and epididymal fat pad lipids. These results suggest that dietary 18∶2ω6 shifts cholesterol from plasma to liver pools followed by redistribution of 20∶4ω6 from tissue to plasma pools. This redistribution pattern was not apparent when 18∶3ω3 was included in the diet.

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Abbreviations

PUFA:

polyunsaturated fatty acids

GLC:

gas-liquid chromatography

TLC:

thin-layer chromatography

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    M. L. Garg, E. Sebokova, A. Wierzbicki, A. B. R. Thomson & M. T. Clandinin

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Garg, M.L., Sebokova, E., Wierzbicki, A. et al. Differential effects of dietary linoleic and α-linolenic acid on lipid metabolism in rat tissues. Lipids 23, 847–852 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02536203

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