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Walnuts change lipoprotein composition suppressing TNF?-stimulated cytokine production by diabetic adipocyte.

ABSTRACT: Walnut consumption can provide both vascular and metabolic health benefits, and walnut-induced changes in lipoprotein particle chemical payloads may be responsible for these health benefits. To explore this possibility with a focus on metabolic health, this study investigated the impact of walnut consumption on lipoprotein lipid composition and changes in LDL anti-inflammatory properties, as reported by inflamed adipocyte. Hypercholesterolemic, postmenopausal females were treated with 40 g/day (i.e., 1.6 servings/day; n=15) of walnuts for 4 weeks. Fatty acids and their oxygenated metabolites, i.e., oxylipins, were quantified in isolated lipoproteins. Human primary adipocytes were exposed to LDL and TNF?-stimulated adipokine production was measured. Walnut treatment elevated ?-linolenic acid and its epoxides in all lipoproteins and depleted mid-chain alcohols in VLDL and LDL, but not HDL. Walnuts also reduced TNF?-induced diabetic adipocyte production of IL-6 (-48%, P=.0006) and IL-8 (-30%, P=.01), changes inversely correlated with levels of ?-linolenic acid-derived epoxides but not ?-linolenic acid itself. In conclusion, modest walnut consumption can alter lipoprotein lipid profiles and enhance their ability to inhibit TNF?-dependent pro-inflammatory responses in human diabetic primary adipocytes. Moreover, this study suggests the oxylipins, rather than the parent fatty acids, mediate LDL action of adipocytes.

SUBMITTER: Borkowski K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6546531 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Walnuts change lipoprotein composition suppressing TNFα-stimulated cytokine production by diabetic adipocyte.

Borkowski Kamil K Yim Sun J SJ Holt Roberta R RR Hackman Robert M RM Keen Carl L CL Newman John W JW Shearer Gregory C GC

The Journal of nutritional biochemistry 20190328

Walnut consumption can provide both vascular and metabolic health benefits, and walnut-induced changes in lipoprotein particle chemical payloads may be responsible for these health benefits. To explore this possibility with a focus on metabolic health, this study investigated the impact of walnut consumption on lipoprotein lipid composition and changes in LDL anti-inflammatory properties, as reported by inflamed adipocyte. Hypercholesterolemic, postmenopausal females were treated with 40 g/day ( ...[more]

PMID: 31030167

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