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Papers In Press, published online ahead of print December 16, 2003
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Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E2
Corresponding Author: ursula.mccloy{at}utoronto.ca
Altered utilisation of different dietary fatty acids may contribute to several chronic diseases including obesity, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. However, few comparative data are available to support this link so the goal of the present study was to compare the metabolism of 13C-oleate, 13C-alpha-linolenate, 13C-elaidate, and 13C-linoleate through oxidation and incorporation into plasma lipid fractions and adipose tissue. Each tracer was given as a single oral bolus to six healthy women. Samples were collected over 8 days and 13C was analysed using isotope ratio mass spectrometry. At 9 h post-dose, cumulative oxidation was similar for 13C-elaidate, 13C-oleate and 13C-alpha-linolenate (19 +/- 1, 20 +/- 4, 19 +/- 3 % dose, respectively). Significantly lower oxidation of 13C-linoleate (12 +/- 4 % dose; p<0.05) was accompanied by its higher incorporation into plasma phospholipids and cholesteryl esters. Abdominal adipose tissue was enriched with 13C-alpha-linolenate, 13C-elaidate or 13C-linoleate within 6 h. Percent linoleate in plasma phospholipids positively correlated with 13C-linoleate and 13C-elaidate oxidation, indicating a potential role of background diet. Conversion of 13C-linoleate and 13C-alpha-linolenate to longer chain polyunsaturates was a quantitatively minor route of utilisatio
Revised on December 2, 2003
Accepted on December 4, 2003
A comparison of the metabolism of eighteen carbon 13C-unsaturated fatty acids in healthy women
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