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Extra virgin olive oil improved body weight and insulin sensitivity in high fat diet-induced obese LDLr−/−.Leiden mice without attenuation of steatohepatitis
| Title: | Extra virgin olive oil improved body weight and insulin sensitivity in high fat diet-induced obese LDLr−/−.Leiden mice without attenuation of steatohepatitis |
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| Authors: | Leticia Álvarez-Amor, Amparo Luque Sierra, Antonio Cárdenas, Lucía López-Bermudo, Javier López-Beas, Eloísa Andújar, Mónica Pérez-Alegre, Rocío Gallego-Durán, Lourdes M. Varela, Alejandro Martin-Montalvo, Genoveva Berná, Anabel Rojas, Mª José Robles-Frías, Abdelkrim Hmadcha, Manuel Romero-Gómez, Robert Kleemann, Franz Martín |
| Source: | Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: | Nature Portfolio, 2021. |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Science |
| Subject Terms: | Medicine, Science |
| More Details: | Abstract Dietary fatty acids play a role in the pathogenesis of obesity-associated non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is associated with insulin resistance (IR). Fatty acid composition is critical for IR and subsequent NAFLD development. Extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) is the main source of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) in Mediterranean diets. This study examined whether EVOO-containing high fat diets may prevent diet-induced NAFLD using Ldlr−/−. Leiden mice. In female Ldlr−/−.Leiden mice, the effects of the following high fat diets (HFDs) were examined: a lard-based HFD (HFD-L); an EVOO-based HFD (HFD-EVOO); a phenolic compounds-rich EVOO HFD (HFD-OL). We studied changes in body weight (BW), lipid profile, transaminases, glucose homeostasis, liver pathology and transcriptome. Both EVOO diets reduced body weight (BW) and improved insulin sensitivity. The EVOOs did not improve transaminase values and increased LDL-cholesterol and liver collagen content. EVOOs and HFD-L groups had comparable liver steatosis. The profibrotic effects were substantiated by an up-regulation of gene transcripts related to glutathione metabolism, chemokine signaling and NF-kappa-B activation and down-regulation of genes relevant for fatty acid metabolism. Collectivelly, EVOO intake improved weight gain and insulin sensitivity but not liver inflammation and fibrosis, which was supported by changes in hepatic genes expression. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 61418692 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-021-87761-3 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/98018cb0ec61418692f64df0f9c6509c |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.98018cb0ec61418692f64df0f9c6509c |
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| ISSN: | 20452322 61418692 |
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| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-021-87761-3 |
| Published in: | Scientific Reports |
| Language: | English |