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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 26, 62-69, Copyright © 1985 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Evaluation of the contribution of dietary cholesterol to hypercholesterolemia in diabetic rats and of sitosterol as a recovery standard for cholesterol absorption

NL Young, DR Lopez, DJ McNamara and G Benavides

The contribution of dietary cholesterol to hypercholesterolemia in diabetic rats fed chow ad libitum was evaluated. Diabetes was induced with streptozotocin, and the intake, absorption, and subsequent tissue distribution of dietary cholesterol were measured. Absorption was measured as the difference between [3H]cholesterol intake and fecal 3H- labeled neutral sterol excretion, using both [14C]sitosterol (added to diet) and [14C]cholesterol (added to feces) as recovery markers. [3H]Cholesterol absorption was underestimated by 1-3% using [14C]sitosterol as a recovery standard, due to the 7-8% absorption of sitosterol. After 3 weeks of diabetes, rats were hyperphagic, thereby increasing dietary cholesterol intake 2-fold. [3H]Cholesterol absorption was significantly increased from 69% in controls to 78% in diabetics, whereas [14C]sitosterol absorption was unaffected. With increased dietary cholesterol intake and decreased whole body cholesterol synthesis (Diabetes. 1983. 32: 811-819), influx from diet equaled for exceeded influx from synthesis. The amounts of 3H-labeled neutral sterol recovered from the small intestine, periphery, and plasma were increased 3- to 4-fold in the diabetic rats. Furthermore, the degree of hypercholesterolemia in diabetic rats was directly related to the fraction of plasma cholesterol derived from the diet. We conclude that the 2.3-fold increase in absorbed dietary cholesterol resulting from hyperphagia and, to a lesser extent, from increased fractional absorption, contributes to the hypercholesterolemia of diabetic rats fed chow ad libitum.
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