THE EFFECTS OF SOME DIETARY DERIVED LIPIDS AND FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS ON RAT SERUM TRIBUTYRINASE AND ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE

1952 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 308-313
Author(s):  
Jack D. Taylor ◽  
Neil B. Madsen ◽  
Jules Tuba

Synthetic diets were fed to adult rats for four weeks to determine the effects of dietary stearic acid, oleic acid, glycerol, Crisco, and vitamins, A, D, and E on the activity of serum alkaline phosphatase and serum tributyrinase. On a diet devoid of fats or fatty acids, the rats manifested abnormally low enzyme levels, which for serum alkaline phosphatase fell to values characteristic of starvation. Basal levels of the two enzymes, obtained with a fat free diet, were not altered by the ingestion of glycerol or vitamins A, D, and E. Dietary stearic acid, oleic acid, and Crisco, each significantly increased activity of phosphatase and tributyrinase and it would appear that both enzymes are concerned with intestinal absorption of fatty acids. The effect of oleic acid was most pronounced with both enzymes. The rats all gained weight during the tests so none of the variations in enzyme levels can be attributed to inanition. After the dietary test periods, all groups were starved for one week. Serum phosphatase values fell to the same constant low levels for all animals. Tributyrinase values rose towards levels which suggest that the enzyme is concerned with mobilization of depot fats during periods of fasting.

1952 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
Jules Tuba ◽  
Neil B. Madsen

Food consumption in alloxan diabetic rats shows a positive correlation with (1) alkaline phosphatase activity, (2) blood glucose level, (3) body weight, similar to the correlation between enzyme activity and food intake in normal adult rats when they are fed a stock laboratory diet. Oral vitamin B12 has no effect on serum alkaline phosphatase levels of normal or diabetic rats, nor does it modify the effect of supplementary methionine in either group. The effect of supplementary choline on the phosphatase of normal rats is unaltered by this vitamin which is reported to have transmethylating and lipotropic influences. Methionine added to animal checkers lowers phosphatase levels in both normal and diabetic adult rats, but this is directly related to lowered food consumption which always accompanies supplementation with this amino acid. The animals maintain their weights and appear to be in good condition, so it may be assumed that the lowered intake of food is adequate. Supplementary choline decreases phosphatase levels of normal rats by about 20% of initial values, and this appears to be due to choline itself and not to altered food consumption. Phosphatase levels of alloxan diabetic rats, however, are slightly but significantly elevated by supplementary choline.


1999 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda E. Jones ◽  
Michael Stolinski ◽  
Ruth D. Smith ◽  
Jane L. Murphy ◽  
Stephen A. Wootton

The gastrointestinal handling and metabolic disposal of [1-13C]palmitic acid, [1-13C]stearic acid and [1-13C]oleic acid administered within a lipid–casein–glucose–sucrose emulsion were examined in normal healthy women by determining both the amount and nature of the13C label in stool and label excreted on breath as13CO2. The greatest excretion of13C label in stool was in the stearic acid trial (9.2 % of administered dose) whilst comparatively little label was observed in stool in either the palmitic acid (1.2 % of administered dose) or oleic acid (1.9 % of administered dose) trials. In both the palmitic acid and oleic acid trials, all of the label in stool was identified as being present in the form in which it was administered (i.e. [13C]palmitic acid in the palmitic acid trial and [13C]oleic acid in the oleic acid trial). In contrast, only 87 % of the label in the stool in the stearic acid trial was identified as [13C]stearic acid, the remainder was identified as [13C]palmitic acid which may reflect chain shortening of [1-13C]stearic acid within the gastrointestinal tract. Small, but statistically significant, differences were observed in the time course of recovery of13C label on breath over the initial 9 h of the study period (oleic acid = palmitic acid > stearic acid). However, when calculated over the 24 h study period, the recovery of the label as13CO2was similar in all three trials (approximately 25 % of absorbed dose). These results support the view that chain length and degree of unsaturation may influence the gastrointestinal handling and immediate metabolic disposal of these fatty acids even when presented within an emulsion.


1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 800-808 ◽  
Author(s):  
James M. Sloan ◽  
Michael J. Maghochetti ◽  
Walter X. Zukas

Abstract An effort to characterize the reversion process of guayule rubber when naturally-occurring guayule resin components are present has shown that these components act as a reversion-retarding material. The amount of reversion resistance varies as a function of temperature, concentration, and type of fatty acid. Of the three fatty acids used, linoleic acid, stearic acid, and oleic acid, linoleic acid performed the best for reversion resistance, followed by stearic acid, then oleic acid. When the temperature was increased 10°C, an increase of 15% reversion was observed. This held true for the three temperatures studied. In addition, the amount of reversion improvement upon addition was 20% reversion. In the case of curing at 150°C, this resulted in 0% reversion. The 20% resistance improvment was consistent for the 3 temperatures studied.


2002 ◽  
Vol 2002 ◽  
pp. 206-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z.C.T.R. Daniel ◽  
R.J. Wynn ◽  
A.M. Salter ◽  
P.J. Buttery

Compared to meat from other animals lamb contains high levels of saturated fat, particularly stearic acid which comprises 18% of the total fatty acids (Enser et al, 1996). This stearic acid can be desaturated in the tissue by stearoyl coenzyme A desaturase (SCD) to produce oleic acid. In sheep SCD is produced from a single gene and the levels of SCD mRNA in the tissue correlate well with oleic acid (Ward et al, 1998, Barber et al, 2000) suggesting that an upregulation of SCD activity may increase the relative proportions of unsaturated and saturated fatty acids and so significantly improve the nutritional quality of sheep meat. Our recent studies have shown that insulin increases SCD mRNA levels and monounsaturated fatty acid synthesis in cultured ovine adipose tissue explants (Daniel et al, 2001). The present study was designed to investigate whether feeding a diet believed to manipulate SCD mRNA concentrations would significantly alter the fatty acid composition of lamb.


2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1200701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rashmi Kumari ◽  
Gopal Rao Mallavarapu ◽  
Vinod Kumar Jain ◽  
Sushil Kumar

Fatty oils of the seeds of Cleome viscosa accessions from Delhi, Jaipur, Faridabad, Surajkund and Hyderabad were methylated and analyzed by GC and GC-MS. The major fatty acids, identified as their methyl esters, of the oils from these five locations were palmitic acid (10.2-13.4%), stearic acid (7.2-10.2%), oleic acid (16.9-27.1%) and linoleic acid (47.0-61.1%). In addition, palmitoleic acid, octadec-(11 E)-enoicacid, arachidic acid, eicosa-(11 Z)-enoic acid, linolenic acid, heneicosanoic acid, behenic acid, lignoceric acid, pentacosanoic acid, hexacosanoic acid, 12-oxo-stearic acid, and the alkanes tetracosane, pentacosane, hexacosane, heptacosane, octacosane, nonacosane, triocontane, hentriacontane and dotriacontane, were also identified as minor and trace constituents in some of these oils.


Author(s):  
Vilcacundo E ◽  
Alvarez M ◽  
Silva M ◽  
Carpio C ◽  
Morales D ◽  
...  

 Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the fatty acids composition in a tocte seeds oil (Juglans neotropica Diels) sample cultivated in Ecuador.Methods: Tocte oil was obtained from tocte seeds using the cold pressing method. Fatty acids analysis was carried out using the gas chromatography method with a mass selective detector (GC/MSD) and using the database Library NIST14.L to identify the compounds.Results: Methyl esters fatty acids were identified from tocte (J. neotropica Diels) walnut using the GC–MS analytical method. The total lipid content of tocte walnuts seeds of plants cultivated in Ecuador was of 49.01% of the total lipid content on fresh weight. Fatty acids were analyzed as methyl esters on a capillary column DB-WAX 122-7062 with a good separation of palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, and linolenic acid. The structure of methyl esters fatty acids was determined using the GC–MS. Tocte walnut presents 5.05% of palmitic acid, 2.26% of stearic acid, 19.50% of oleic acid, 65.81% of linoleic acid, and 2.79% linolenic acid of the total content of fatty acids in tocte oil. Fatty acids content reported in this study were similar to the data reported for other walnuts seeds.Conclusions: Tocte seeds are a good source of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Tocte oil content oleic acid and with a good content of ɷ6 α-linoleic and ɷ3 α-linolenic. Tocte walnut can help reduce risk cardiovascular diseases in Ecuador for their good composition of fatty acids.


Blood ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 120 (21) ◽  
pp. 3277-3277
Author(s):  
Lisa J Robinson ◽  
Janelle Zacherl ◽  
Harry C Blair ◽  
Stephanie J Mihalik

Abstract Abstract 3277 In recent decades, addition to the diet of synthetically hydrogenated vegetable oils has markedly increased human consumption of trans fatty acids. Epidemiological studies have linked this change in diet to current high rates of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Despite recognition of this important connection, the basic mechanisms by which trans fatty acids contribute to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis are still not well understood. In the present studies we examined the effects of trans fatty acids on macrophage functions and their possible role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Human macrophages, derived from peripheral blood mononuclear cells, were treated with the trans fat elaidic acid (C18:Δ9–10 trans), the corresponding cis fatty acid oleic acid (C18:Δ9–10 cis), or the saturated fatty acid stearic acid (C18:0). We examined changes in macrophage fat metabolism using GC/MS to measure cell fatty acid content and intermediates, and MS/MS to identify acylcarnitine derivatives, and assayed fatty acid oxidation using fatty acids radiolabeled at the [1–14C] position and the double bond at the [C9-C103H] position. After 44 hours treatment with 100 micromolar elaidic acid, macrophages showed an accumulation of multiple unsaturated fatty acid intermediates, both long-chain and short-chain, by GC/MS analysis, that were not observed in cultures containing either oleic or stearic acid. Using acylcarnitine analysis, we observed an increase in C12 and C18 intermediates in the macrophages exposed to trans fat (either as fatty acids or partially hydrogenated soy oil) compared to controls. These results suggest a block in acyl-CoA removal one group proximate to the trans bond. Beta-oxidation assays using carbon-1 radiolabeled oleic and elaidic acids revealed enhanced entry of the trans-fat into the catabolic cycle compared to the entry of the natural cis-fatty acid. Using carbon 9–10 radiolabeled oleic acid to study oleic acid catabolism, we discovered that in the presence of the trans fat, oxidation of the cis fat was diminished. Thus, in addition to the block in the catabolism of the trans fat itself, the degradation of the cis monounsaturated fatty acids are also impaired in the presence of the trans fat. We then examined the effects of inhibited fatty acid catabolism on macrophage function by examining changes in gene expression. Initial results from Affymetrix gene expression profiling, were confirmed using quantitative real time PCR. These studies revealed that exposure to trans fatty acid, compared to cis fatty acids, markedly upregulated macrophage expression of interleukin 1 beta, an inflammatory cytokine previously implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Also increased was expression of heparin-binding epidermal growth factor, previously implicated as a stimulus for vascular smooth muscle proliferation in atherosclerosis. The results overall suggest that the deleterious effects of trans fats may be linked to impaired macrophage fatty acid catabolism, contributing to lipid accumulation in the atheroma, and also to increased macrophage production of inflammatory mediators. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


1996 ◽  
Vol 316 (3) ◽  
pp. 847-852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer S. BRUCE ◽  
Andrew M. SALTER

Unlike other saturated fatty acids, dietary stearic acid does not appear to raise plasma cholesterol. The reason for this remains to be established, although it appears that it must be related to inherent differences in the metabolism of the fatty acid. In the present study, we have looked at the metabolism of palmitic acid and stearic acid, in comparison with oleic acid, by cultured hamster hepatocytes. Stearic acid was taken up more slowly and was poorly incorporated into both cellular and secreted triacylglycerol. Despite this, stearic acid stimulated the synthesis and secretion of triacylglycerol to the same extent as the other fatty acids. Incorporation into cellular phospholipid was lower for oleic acid than for palmitic acid and stearic acid. Desaturation of stearic acid, to monounsaturated fatty acid, was found to be greater than that of palmitic acid. Oleic acid produced from stearic acid was incorporated into both triacylglycerol and phospholipid, representing 13% and 6% respectively of the total after a 4 h incubation. Significant proportions of all of the fatty acids were oxidized, primarily to form ketone bodies, but by 8 h more oleic acid had been oxidized compared with palmitic acid and stearic acid.


1965 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
JD Sink ◽  
CK Huston ◽  
JW Shigley

1. The effect of diethylstilboestrol on the fatty acid composition of adipose-tissue lipids of the ox (Bos taurus) was studied. 2. The capsula adiposa (perirenal) was shown to contain more total saturated fatty acids, whereas more total unsaturated fatty acids were found in the panniculus adiposus (subcutaneous). 3. Significantly more stearic acid and linolenic acid were obtained from the capsula adiposa, whereas the panniculus adiposus contained more myristoleic acid, palmitoleic acid and oleic acid. 4. Implanting diethylstilboestrol significantly increased the deposition of the saturated fatty acids, particularly stearic acid. 5. A decrease in the deposition of total unsaturated fatty acids, myristoleic acid, palmitoleic acid and linoleic acid can also be attributed to the diethylstilboestrol treatment.


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