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Biochemical and Molecular Actions of Nutrients
Research Communication

Increased Translocation of Cardiac Protein Kinase C ß2 Accompanies Mild Cardiac Hypertrophy in Rats Fed Saturated Fat¹

Division of Foods and Nutrition, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

²To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: thunder.jalili{at}m.cc.utah.edu.

Signal transduction through protein kinase C (PKC) ß2 may modulate cardiac hypertrophy in pressure-overloaded rat myocardium. Because PKC ß2 can be activated by fatty acids and diacylglycerol, we hypothesized that altering the level and type of dietary fat might modulate cardiac PKC activation and stimulate hypertrophy in otherwise normal rat myocardium. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 32) were randomly assigned to either a low fat [10% total energy intake (TEI)] or high fat diet (40% TEI) based on corn or coconut oil as a source of saturated or unsaturated fat. After 40 d of isoenergetic diet consumption, the heart/body weight ratio was slightly greater in rats fed saturated fat diets compared with those fed unsaturated fat (P = 0.05). Increased activation of PKC ß2, as evidenced by greater membrane translocation, was also observed in all rats fed saturated fat diets (P < 0.01). PKC , ß1 and did not change. These results suggest that dietary fat type can alter PKC ß2 activation in the heart, and exert a mild hypertrophic effect on the heart.

KEY WORDS: • protein kinase C • heart • dietary fat

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