Long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid from fish oil modulates aortic nitric oxide and tocopherol status in the rat
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2008-10Autor
López, Diego
Moller, Matías
Denicola, Ana
Casos, Kelly
Rubbo, Homero
Ruiz Sanz, José Ignacio
Mitjavila, María Teresa
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British Journal of Nutrition 100(4) : 7667–775 (2008)
Resumen
In spite of their high oxidisability. long-chain n-3 PUFA protect against CVD. Dietary fatty acids modulate the fatty acid composition of lipoproteins involved in atherosclerosis. We thought that if long-chain n-3 PUFA were able to increase NO production by the aorta, then by its antioxidant activity the NO will prevent lipid peroxidation. However, the beneficial effect of NO in vivo on VLDL + LDL oxidation would only be possible if NO could diffuse to their lipidic core. Rats were fed maize oil- or fish oil as menhaden oil- (MO) rich diets for 8 weeks, to study the effects of MO on aortic NO production. NO diffusion into VLDL + LDL. the extent of oxidation in native VLDL + LDL and their oxidisability ex vivo. Aortic NO production and its alpha-tocopherol content were increased and n-3 PUFA were incorporated into the VLDL + LDL. In spite of the higher per-oxidisability and the low alpha-tocopherol in native VLDL + LDL from rats fed MO. native VLDL + LDL from the two groups shared similar electrophoretic patterns. conjugated dienes. thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances, total antioxidant capacity, and NO diffusibility on VLDL + LDL indicative of an in vivo protection against oxidation. However, these results do not correlate with the ex vivo oxidisability of VLDL + LDL, as NO is lacking. Thus. the in vivo beneficial effects can be explained by increased alpha-tocopherol in aorta and by a compensatory effect of NO on VLDL divided by LDL against the low alpha-tocopherol levels, which may contribute to the anti-atherogenic properties of fish oil.