Project description:Fatty acids from corn oil for 18 months influence ACI rat prostate gene expression We used microarrays to detail the global alterations of gene expression in the prostate of ACI rats fed high and low corn oil for 18 months
Project description:Most commonly used models of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are diets based on specific gene knockouts or represent extreme manipulations of diet. We have examined the effects of modest increased caloric intake and high dietary unsaturated fat content on the development of NASH in male rats using a model in which overfeeding is accomplished via intragastric infusion of liquid diets as a part of total enteral nutrition. Male Sprague dawley rats were fed diets 5% corn oil containing diets at 187 Kcal/kg3/4/d or fed 70% corn oil containing diets at 220 Kcal/kg3/4/d for a period of 3 weeks. Hepatic gene expression were assessed at the end of the study. Our results indicate that overfeeding of high unsaturated fat diets leads to pathological, endocrine and metabolic changes characteristic of NASH patients and is associated with increased oxidative stress and TNF-a. Experiment Overall Design: Two groups of male sprague dawley rats were fed liquid diets via total enteral nutrition. Experiment Overall Design: Group 1, Control, Rats were fed diets containing 5% Corn oil at 187 Kcal/kg3/4/d for 3 weeks. Experiment Overall Design: Group 2, NASH, Rats were fed diets containing 70% corn oil at 220 Kcal/kg3/4/d for 3 weeks.
Project description:Sperm cells from Sprague Dawley male rats fed different high fat diets (lard or corn oil based) and their 50-days-old female offspring mammary gland were used to perfom this array
Project description:Most commonly used models of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are diets based on specific gene knockouts or represent extreme manipulations of diet. We have examined the effects of modest increased caloric intake and high dietary unsaturated fat content on the development of NASH in male rats using a model in which overfeeding is accomplished via intragastric infusion of liquid diets as a part of total enteral nutrition. Male Sprague dawley rats were fed diets 5% corn oil containing diets at 187 Kcal/kg3/4/d or fed 70% corn oil containing diets at 220 Kcal/kg3/4/d for a period of 3 weeks. Hepatic gene expression were assessed at the end of the study. Our results indicate that overfeeding of high unsaturated fat diets leads to pathological, endocrine and metabolic changes characteristic of NASH patients and is associated with increased oxidative stress and TNF-a. Keywords: Steatosis and unsaturated fat
Project description:The current study was designed to determine if dietary fatty acid concentration and composition affects the development and progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Male SD rats were overfed diets low (5%) or high (70%) fat diets via total enteral nutrition where the fat source was olive oil (monounsaturated), or corn oil (polyunsaturated). Overfeeding 5% corn oil produced little steatosis relative to feeding 5% olive oil. This was associated with lower fatty acid synthesis and reduced SREBP-c signaling in the 5% corn oil group. Overfeeding 70% fat diets increased steatosis and lead to increased liver necrosis in the 70% corn oil but not olive oil group. Increased injury after feeding polyunsaturated fat diets was linked to peroxidizability of hepatic free fatty acids and triglycerides and appearance of peroxidaized lipid products HETES and HODES previously linked to clinical nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
Project description:Male Wistar rats weighing 90-120 g were acclimatized for one week and fed standard laboratory chow, at which time the animals were divided into two groups. Animals were then pair-fed for 8 weeks a regular laboratory chow and water âad libitumâ or Lieber-DeCarli diet (36% calories from ethanol). Control animals received the iso-caloric amount of dextrose to replace ethanol. After 8 weeks of differential feeding rats were euthanized, the pancreas immediately dissected and stored at -80?C until RNA isolation. RNA expression was analyzed using Affymetrix RAE230A gene chips Experiment Overall Design: pancreas from 3 rats feed control diets and 3 rats feed ethanol diets were analyzed
Project description:The current study was designed to determine if dietary fatty acid concentration and composition affects the development and progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Male SD rats were overfed diets low (5%) or high (70%) fat diets via total enteral nutrition where the fat source was olive oil (monounsaturated), or corn oil (polyunsaturated). Overfeeding 5% corn oil produced little steatosis relative to feeding 5% olive oil. This was associated with lower fatty acid synthesis and reduced SREBP-c signaling in the 5% corn oil group. Overfeeding 70% fat diets increased steatosis and lead to increased liver necrosis in the 70% corn oil but not olive oil group. Increased injury after feeding polyunsaturated fat diets was linked to peroxidizability of hepatic free fatty acids and triglycerides and appearance of peroxidaized lipid products HETES and HODES previously linked to clinical nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Male SD rats were overfed diets low (5%) or high (70%) fat diets via total enteral nutrition where the fat source was olive oil (monounsaturated) or corn oil (polyunsaturated).
Project description:Weanling rats fed a choline-deficient diet develop acute renal failure (ARF) after 6-7 days of receiving the experimental diet. Its pathogenesis is controversial. Menhaden oil has a protective effect in this experimental model. The aim of this study is to describe both the genetic profile and its changes when vegetable oils are replaced by menhaden oil. Wistar, weanling rats from the Animal Facility of the Centre of Experimental and Applied Pathology were divided into 4 groups and fed with the following diets: 1- Choline-deficient diet with vegetable oils as lipids (corn and hydrogenated oils); 2- Choline-supplemented diet with vegetable oils as lipids; 3- Choline-deficient diet with menhaden oil as lipid; and 4- Choline supplemented diet with menhaden oil as lipid. Animals were sacrificed after 6 days of receiving the experimental diets. The right kidney was cryopreserved. In this assay biological duplicated samples were used. In order to evaluate changes in gene expression WT Expression Kit (Ambion, USA) over the platform GeneChip® Gene 1.0 ST Rat Genome Array (Affymetrix Inc, USA) was used. Fluorescent distribution in the array was obtained using the language R (www-r-project.org), in house own algorithms and other formsbioconductor tools http://www.bioconductor.org/. We analyzed the differential gene expression, using as cut value p<0.01 with fdr control & |log FC|>1.5, in all groups. Rats fed with diets 2, 3 and 4 have similar genetic profiles. However, the comparison between rats fed with diets 2 and 4 showed 35 genes with diferential expression. As these rats did not have renal necrosis, we can hypothesize that the differential expression is due to the menhaden oil of the diet. In short, the massive analysis of genetic expression allowed to confirm that menhaden oil has a protective effect in this experimental model and to identify 35 genes that could be responsible of that protection. Twenty eight animals were sacrificed after 6 days of receiving the experimental diets. The right kidney was cryopreserved for microarray analysis. Cryopreserved kidney was pulverized under liquid-nitrogen conditions. Total RNA was purified from 30 mg of frozen rat kidney tissue. Each sample represents a pool of 3 animals (except CD+AM SN with 2 animals/pool), to reduce biological variation. In this assay biological duplicated samples were used.