Studies on the effect of dietary fish oil on the physical and chemical properties of low density lipoproteins in cynomolgus monkeys

Studies on the effect of dietary fish oil on the physical and chemical properties of low density lipoproteins in cynomolgus monkeys

JS Parks and AK Gebre
Department of Comparative Medicine, Arteriosclerosis Research Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston- Salem, NC 27103.

To determine the effect of isocaloric substitution of dietary fish oil for lard on the physical and chemical properties of plasma low density lipoproteins (LDL), ten adult male cynomolgus monkeys were fed diets containing 11% (by weight) fish oil or lard in a crossover study consisting of two 15-week periods with a 6-week washout period in between. The atherogenic diets contained 40% of calories as fat with 0.26 mg cholesterol/kcal. Periodic measurements of plasma lipids were made throughout the study and a large blood sample was taken near the end of each 15-week period for LDL isolation and characterization, and for quantification of plasma apolipoproteins. Values for both studies were combined (mean +/- SE; n = 10) by diet. Significantly lower high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (28 +/- 2 vs. 57 +/- 8 mg/dl), apoA-I (53 +/- 11 vs. 88 +/- 7 mg/dl), and apoE (4.2 +/- 0.9 vs. 8.2 +/- 1.5 mg/dl) concentrations were found when the animals were consuming the fish oil versus the lard diet, respectively, but total plasma cholesterol (408 +/- 35 vs. 416 +/- 14 mg/dl), LDL cholesterol (356 +/- 34 vs. 331 +/- 17 mg/dl), and apoB (227 +/- 35 vs. 205 +/- 23 mg/dl) levels were not affected. LDL size was smaller during fish oil feeding (4.2 +/- 0.1 vs. 4.9 +/- 0.1 g/mumol) and LDL particle concentration was greater (2.3 +/- 0.2 vs. 1.8 +/- 0.1 microM). During fish oil feeding LDL cholesteryl esters (CE) and phospholipids (PL) were enriched in n-3 fatty acids and were relatively poor in 18:1 and 18:2 LDL CE transition temperature was about 11 degrees C lower during fish oil feeding (32 +/- 1 vs. 44 +/- 0.5 degrees C) and was positively correlated with the number of saturated, monoun-saturated, and n-6 polyunsaturated CE molecules per LDL. The results suggested that the range of transition temperatures among individual animal LDL was primarily determined by the number of monounsaturated CE, and the accumulation of n-3 polyunsaturated CE in LDL during fish oil feeding uniformly lowered the transition temperature of the LDL particle. There was a significant decrease in the percentage of LDL phosphatidylcholine (59 +/- 1 vs. 72 +/- 1%) and an increase in lysophosphatidylcholine (13 +/- 1 vs. 5 +/- 1%) and sphingomyelin (22 +/- 1 vs. 17 +/- 1%) during fish oil feeding relative to that of lard.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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