Postprandial enrichment of triacylglycerol-rich lipoproteins with omega-3 fatty acids: lack of an interaction with apolipoprotein E genotype?
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ABSTRACT: We have previously demonstrated that carrying the apolipoprotein (apo) E epsilon 4 (E4+) genotype disrupts omega-3 fatty acids (n?-?3 PUFA) metabolism. Here we hypothesise that the postprandial clearance of n?-?3 PUFA from the circulation is faster in E4+ compared to non-carriers (E4-). The objective of the study was to investigate the fasted and postprandial fatty acid (FA) profile of triacylglycerol-rich lipoprotein (TRL) fractions: Sf >400 (predominately chylomicron CM), Sf 60?-?400 (VLDL1), and Sf 20?-?60 (VLDL2) according to APOE genotype.Postprandial TRL fractions were obtained in 11 E4+ (?3/?4) and 12 E4- (?3/?3) male from the SATgen? study following high saturated fat diet?+?3.45 g/d of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) for 8-wk. Blood samples were taken at fasting and 5-h after consuming a test-meal representative of the dietary intervention. FA were characterized by gas chromatography.At fasting, there was a 2-fold higher ratio of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) to arachidonic acid (P?=?0.046) as well as a trend towards higher relative% of EPA (P?=?0.063) in the Sf >400 fraction of E4+. Total n?-?3 PUFA in the Sf 60?-?400 and Sf 20?-?60 fractions were not APOE genotype dependant. At 5 h, there was a trend towards a time?×?genotype interaction (P?=?0.081) for EPA in the Sf >400 fraction. When sub-groups were form based on the level of EPA at baseline within the Sf >400 fraction, postprandial EPA (%) was significantly reduced only in the high-EPA group. EPA at baseline significantly predicted the postprandial response in EPA only in E4+ subjects (R2?=?0.816).Despite the DHA supplement contain very low levels of EPA, E4+ subjects with high EPA at fasting potentially have disrupted postprandial n?-?3 PUFA metabolism after receiving a high-dose of DHA.Registered at clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01544855.
SUBMITTER: Conway V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4177609 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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