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Modulation of the Hypolipidemic Effect of Fish Oils by Dietary Fiber in Rats: Studies with Rice and Wheat Bran¹

CSIRO (Australia) Division of Human Nutrition ^* Glenthorne Laboratory, O'Halloran Hill, SA 5158, Australia ^** Kintore Avenue, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia

Adult male rats were fed a purified diet containing rice bran or wheat bran with or without a marine fish oil to investigate the possible effects of such dietary combinations on lipid metabolism. Plasma and hepatic triacylglycerols and hepatic lipogenesis were lowered significantly by feeding fish oil with rice bran but not with wheat bran. Plasma cholesterol and hepatic cholesterol synthesis were significantly lower in animals fed fish oil with either bran. Liver microsomal free cholesterol was significantly lower in rats fed rice bran alone than in all other groups. Hepatic low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor activity was significantly higher in the two groups fed rice bran than in the two groups fed wheat bran. Fish oil significantly decreased hepatic LDL receptor activity and increased hepatic high density lipoprotein (HDL) binding activity with wheat bran but had no significant effects on these parameters when added to the rice bran diet. However, when the data for all groups were pooled, there was a significant negative correlation between hepatic HDL binding activity and LDL receptor activity. Cecal volatile fatty acids were significantly higher in rats fed rice bran, were unaffected by adding fish oil to either bran diet and did not appear to mediate any of the effects of the brans and fish oil on plasma lipids and hepatic lipid metabolism. The combination of rice bran plus fish oil therefore appears to have more beneficial effects on lipid metabolism than wheat bran plus fish oil.

KEY WORDS: • fiber • fish oil • lipid metabolism • rats

¹ Supported in part by the National Heart Foundation of Australia.

² To whom correspondence should be addressed.

Manuscript received 6 September 1988. Revision accepted 8 September 1989.