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Fish oil fatty acids impair VLDL assembly and/or secretion by cultured rat hepatocytes

CA Lang and RA Davis
Atherosclerosis and Hepatobiliary Research Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.

We determined the effect of the two major fish oil fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), on VLDL assembly and secretion by cultured rat hepatocytes. The incorporation of [3H]glycerol into total triglyceride (cell plus media) was stimulated eight-fold when hepatocytes were incubated for 2 h with 1 mM EPA, DHA, or oleic acid (OA), suggesting that fish oil fatty acids stimulate hepatic triglyceride synthesis to an extent similar to OA. In contrast, mass quantitation of secreted triglyceride showed impaired triglyceride secretion with EPA and DHA compared to OA. During a 42-h time course, cells stimulated with EPA and DHA progressively accumulated triglyceride compared to cells stimulated with OA. To determine whether fish oil fatty acids impair very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) secretion, cells were labeled with [35S]methionine and the secretion of de novo synthesized apoB was measured. Compared to OA, EPA and DHA significantly impaired the secretion of both molecular weight forms of apoB. The cellular content of apoB was not altered by any of the fatty acids. The concordant decrease in the secretion of both triglyceride and apoB suggests that fish oil fatty acids impair VLDL assembly and/or secretion.
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