TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of dietary fatty acid supplementation on renal injury in obese Zucker rats
AU - Kasiske, Bertram L.
AU - O'Donnell, Michael P.
AU - Lee, Hyun
AU - Kim, Youngki
AU - Keane, William F.
PY - 1991/6
Y1 - 1991/6
N2 - We previously reported that renal injury in hyperlipidemic, obese Zucker rats was associated with a relative deficiency of tissue polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). In the present study 10-week-old obese Zucker rats were pair fed regular chow or chow containing either 20% sunflower oil rich in n-6 PUFA, fish oil rich in n-3 PUFA, coconut oil medium-chain saturated fatty acid, or beef tallow long-chain saturated fatty acid. At 34 weeks of age there were comparable reductions in albuminuria, mesangial matrix expansion, and glomerulosclerosis in the fish oil and sunflower oil groups. While both fish oil and sunflower oil reduced serum triglycerides, and improved the composition of triglyceride-enriched lipoproteins, only fish oil decreased serum cholesterol. The effect of the dietary fatty acid supplementation on fatty acid profiles were similar in isolated glotneruli and cortical tissue. In general, the amelioration in injury in the fish oil and sunflower oil fed rats was most closely linked to glomerular levels of PUFA, either n-6 or n-3. These data suggest that hyperlipidemia and abnormalities in tissue FA are closely linked, and that dietary supplementation with PUFA may ameliorate chronic, progressive renal injury.
AB - We previously reported that renal injury in hyperlipidemic, obese Zucker rats was associated with a relative deficiency of tissue polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). In the present study 10-week-old obese Zucker rats were pair fed regular chow or chow containing either 20% sunflower oil rich in n-6 PUFA, fish oil rich in n-3 PUFA, coconut oil medium-chain saturated fatty acid, or beef tallow long-chain saturated fatty acid. At 34 weeks of age there were comparable reductions in albuminuria, mesangial matrix expansion, and glomerulosclerosis in the fish oil and sunflower oil groups. While both fish oil and sunflower oil reduced serum triglycerides, and improved the composition of triglyceride-enriched lipoproteins, only fish oil decreased serum cholesterol. The effect of the dietary fatty acid supplementation on fatty acid profiles were similar in isolated glotneruli and cortical tissue. In general, the amelioration in injury in the fish oil and sunflower oil fed rats was most closely linked to glomerular levels of PUFA, either n-6 or n-3. These data suggest that hyperlipidemia and abnormalities in tissue FA are closely linked, and that dietary supplementation with PUFA may ameliorate chronic, progressive renal injury.
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U2 - 10.1038/ki.1991.143
DO - 10.1038/ki.1991.143
M3 - Article
C2 - 1895667
AN - SCOPUS:0025821134
VL - 39
SP - 1125
EP - 1134
JO - Kidney International
JF - Kidney International
SN - 0085-2538
IS - 6
ER -