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2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Evaluation of novel physiological functions in dietary conjugated fatty acid

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16580104
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Food science
Research InstitutionSaga University

Principal Investigator

YANAGITA Teruyoshi  Saga University, Faculty of Agriculture, Professor, 農学部, 教授 (00093980)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) NAGAO Koji  Saga University, Faculty of Agriculture, Assistant professor, 農学部, 助手 (10336109)
Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2005
Keywordsconjugated fatty acids / lipodystrophy / leptin / adiponectin
Research Abstract

Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) has attracted considerable attention because of its physiological functions, however, feeding a CLA mixture and the 10trans, 12cis-CLA isomer with a low-fat diet induced lipodystrophy in mice.
First, we investigated the effect of short-term feeding of CLA on adipose tissue weights, liver weight, hepatic lipid metabolism, and serum lipoprotein profiles in C57BL/6J mice. Mice were fed semi-synthetic diets containing either 6% high-linoleic safflower oil (HL-SAF) or 4% HL-SAF+2% CLA for 1 wk. Short-term feeding of CLA showed an anti-obesity effect without inducing hepatomegaly in mice. In addition to the decline of hepatic triglyceride concentration, significant inhibition of. 9 desaturation of fatty acid in the total liver lipids was found in CLA-fed mice. The CLA diet significantly increased the activities of peroxisomal b-oxidation and decreased the activities of diacylglycerol acyltransferase, a triglyceride synthesis-related enzyme, in the liver. Moreove … More r, serum lipoprotein profiles of CLA-fed mice showed preferable changes in the atherogenic indices. However, serum leptin and adiponectin were drastically decreased by CLA feeding, suggesting that prolonged administation of CLA would induce further decrease of serum adipocytokine levels, which may be a cause of lipodystrophy in mice.
Next, we investigated the effect of dietary combination of CLA and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to attenuate CLA induced fatty liver in C57BL/6N mice. Mice were fed semi-synthetic diets that contained either 6% high linoleic safflower oil (HL-SAF), 4% HL-SAF+2% CLA, or 3.5% HL-SAF+2% CLA+0.5% DHA for 4 wk. This 4-wk feeding of CLA showed hepatic lipid accumulation concomitant with the decrease in adipose tissue weight in mice However, 0.5% supplementation of DHA to the CLA diet could alleviate fatty liver without decreasing the anti-obesity effect of CLA. The CLA diet promoted fatty acid synthesis in the liver, but DHA supplementation significantly attenuated the increase in enzyme activity induced by CLA. On the other hand, serum adipocytokines, leptin and adiponectin, were drastically decreased by CLA feeding, and DHA supplementation did not affect those levels.
These results show that CLA does not directly induce hepatic steatosis in mice and insulin-resistance, and that combination of dietary components with CLA can attenuate CLA-induced fatty liver through the regulation of heptic lipid metabolism in mice. Less

  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2006 2005

All Journal Article (6 results)

  • [Journal Article] Isomer-specific anti-obese and hypolipidemic properties of conjugated linoleic acid in obese OLETF rats.2006

    • Author(s)
      Wan Y.M., K.Nagao, N.Inoue, Y.Ujino, Y.Shimada, T.Nagao, T.Iwata, T.Kamegai, Y.Yamauchi-Sato, T.Yanagita
    • Journal Title

      Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 70・2

      Pages: 355-362

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Isomer-specific anti-obese and hypolipidemic properties of conjugated linoleic acid in obese OLETF rats.2006

    • Author(s)
      Wang Y.M., K.Nagao, N.Inoue, Y.Ujino, Y.Shimada, T.Nagao, T.Iwata, T.Kamegai, Y.Yamauchi-Sato, T.Yanagita
    • Journal Title

      Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry Vol.70, No.2

      Pages: 355-362

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Short-term feeding of conjugated li noleic acid does not induce hepatic steatosis in C57BL/6J mice.2005

    • Author(s)
      Wan Y.M., K.Nagao, Y.Ujino, K.Sakata, K.Higa, N.Inoue, T.Yanagita
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology 51・6

      Pages: 440-444

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Conjugated linoleic acid-induced fatty liver can be attenuated by combination with docosahexaenoic acid in C57BL/6N mice.2005

    • Author(s)
      Yanagita T., Y.M.Wang, K.Nagao, Y.Ujino, N.Inoue
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry 53・24

      Pages: 9629-9633

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Short-term feeding of conjugated linoleic acid does not induce hepatic steatosis in C57BL/6J mice.2005

    • Author(s)
      Wang Y.M., K.Nagao, Y.Ujino, K.Sakata, K.Higa, N.Inoue, T.Yanagita
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology Vol.51, No.6

      Pages: 440-444

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Conjugated linoleic acid-induced fatty liver can be attenuated by combination with docosahexaenoic acid in C57BL/6N mice.2005

    • Author(s)
      Yanagita T., Y.M.Wang, K.Nagao, Y.Ujino, N.Inoue
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry Vol.53, No.24

      Pages: 9629-9633

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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