PMID- 23413782 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20130305 LR - 20211021 IS - 1743-7075 (Print) IS - 1743-7075 (Electronic) IS - 1743-7075 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 1 DP - 2013 Feb 15 TI - n-3 PUFA added to high-fat diets affect differently adiposity and inflammation when carried by phospholipids or triacylglycerols in mice. PG - 23 LID - 10.1186/1743-7075-10-23 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Dietary intake of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) is primarily recognized to protect against cardiovascular diseases, cognitive dysfunctions and the onset of obesity and associated metabolic disorders. However, some of their properties such as bioavailability can depend on their chemical carriers. The objective of our study was to test the hypothesis that the nature of n-3 PUFA carrier results in different metabolic effects related to adiposity, oxidative stress and inflammation. METHODS: 4 groups of C57BL/6 mice were fed for 8 weeks low fat (LF) diet or high-fat (HF, 20%) diets. Two groups of high-fat diets were supplemented with long-chain n-3 PUFA either incorporated in the form of phospholipids (HF-omega3PL) or triacylglycerols (HF-omega3TG). RESULTS: Both HF-omega3PL and HF-omega3TG diets reduced the plasma concentrations of (i) inflammatory markers such as monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and interleukin 6 (IL-6), (ii) leptin and (iii) 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (4-HNE), a marker of n-6 PUFA-derived oxidative stress compared with the control HF diet. Moreover, in both HF-omega3PL and HF-omega3TG groups, MCP-1 and IL-6 gene expressions were decreased in epididymal adipose tissue and the mRNA level of gastrointestinal glutathione peroxidase GPx2, an antioxidant enzyme, was decreased in the jejunum compared with the control HF diet. The type of n-3 PUFA carrier affected other outcomes. The phospholipid form of n-3 PUFA increased the level of tocopherols in epididymal adipose tissue compared with HF-omega3TG and resulted in smaller adipocytes than the two others HF groups. Adipocytes in the HF-omega3PL and LF groups were similar in size distribution. CONCLUSION: Supplementation of mice diet with long-chain n-3 PUFA during long-term consumption of high-fat diets had the same lowering effects on inflammation regardless of triacyglycerol or phospholipid carrier, whereas the location of these fatty acids on a PL carrier had a major effect on decreasing the size of adipocytes that was not observed with the triacyglycerol carrier. Altogether, these results would support the development functional foods containing LC n-3 PUFA in the form of PL in order to prevent some deleterious outcomes associated with the development of obesity. FAU - Awada, Manar AU - Awada M AD - INRA, U1362, CarMeN, Villeurbanne, F-69621, France. marie-caroline.michalski@insa-lyon.fr. FAU - Meynier, Anne AU - Meynier A FAU - Soulage, Christophe O AU - Soulage CO FAU - Hadji, Lilas AU - Hadji L FAU - Geloen, Alain AU - Geloen A FAU - Viau, Michele AU - Viau M FAU - Ribourg, Lucie AU - Ribourg L FAU - Benoit, Berengere AU - Benoit B FAU - Debard, Cyrille AU - Debard C FAU - Guichardant, Michel AU - Guichardant M FAU - Lagarde, Michel AU - Lagarde M FAU - Genot, Claude AU - Genot C FAU - Michalski, Marie-Caroline AU - Michalski MC LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20130215 PL - England TA - Nutr Metab (Lond) JT - Nutrition & metabolism JID - 101231644 PMC - PMC3585798 EDAT- 2013/02/19 06:00 MHDA- 2013/02/19 06:01 PMCR- 2013/02/15 CRDT- 2013/02/19 06:00 PHST- 2012/09/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/01/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/02/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/02/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/02/19 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2013/02/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1743-7075-10-23 [pii] AID - 10.1186/1743-7075-10-23 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Nutr Metab (Lond). 2013 Feb 15;10(1):23. doi: 10.1186/1743-7075-10-23.