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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 36, 277-289, Copyright © 1995 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Dietary fatty acid modification of HDL phospholipid molecular species alters lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase reactivity in cynomolgus monkeys

JT Thornburg, JS Parks and LL Rudel
Department of Comparative Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1040, USA.

In the following report, cynomolgous monkeys, fed atherogenic diets containing either saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated (n-6 Poly) or fish oil (n-3 Poly) fat as 35% of total calories, provide a model for the study of dietary fat effects on plasma lipoproteins and atherosclerosis. We have previously described the ability of polyunsaturated fat diets to lower plasma described the ability of polyunsaturated fat diets to lower plasma high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels and alter HDL subpopulation distribution in the primate model. These experiments investigate possible mechanisms responsible for such modifications. Animals fed polyunsaturated fat had significantly lower plasma concentrations of HDL cholesterol, total plasma cholesterol, and apolipoprotein A-I. Such changes were reflected in the distribution of protein among HDL subfractions, with the most remarkable modification in subclass distribution being the preponderance of small HDL particles in the n-3 Poly-fed animals. Striking alterations were also observed in the distribution of phosphatidylcholine (PC) molecular species (diet effect P < 0.0001 for all major molecular species). Phosphatidylcholine isolated from lipoproteins were used to make recombinant HDL (rHDL) particles. The reaction rate of purified lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) with particles made from n-3 Poly-derived PC was 50% of that determined using rHDL formed with PC from other dietary groups (P < 0.0001). When the distribution of LCAT-derived rHDL cholesteryl esters was analyzed, LCAT demonstrated little selectivity for certain PC molecular species except in n-3 Poly-derived rHDL where 18:2-containing PC was selectively utilized. These data demonstrate that differences in dietary fat intake can significantly alter HDL PC concentration and molecular species distribution. We suggest that diet-induced alterations in HDL PC molecular species modify the type of cholesteryl esters produced during the LCAT reaction thereby affecting the plasma cholesteryl ester pool. We also propose that dietary n-3 Poly affects cholesteryl ester metabolism in part via LCAT by lowering PC (LCAT substrate) availability, altering the rate of the LCAT reaction, and decreasing HDL cholesterol concentrations; however, n-6 Poly dietary fat effects on HDL concentration appear to be through some mechanism other than LCAT.
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