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Nutrient Physiology, Metabolism, and Nutrient-Nutrient Interactions

Oxidized Fat Reduces Milk Triacylglycerol Concentrations by Inhibiting Gene Expression of Lipoprotein Lipase and Fatty Acid Transporters in the Mammary Gland of Rats¹

Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University, D-06108 Halle (Saale), Germany

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: klaus.eder{at}landw.uni-halle.de.

Feeding oxidized fats to lactating rats causes a strong reduction of triacylglycerol concentration in the milk. The reason for this, however, has not yet been elucidated. Pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to 2 groups of 11 rats each and fed diets containing either fresh fat (FF group) or an oxidized fat (OF group) from d 1 to d 20 of lactation. Concentrations of triacylglycerols and long-chain fatty acids in the milk and weight gain of suckling pups were lower in the OF group than in the FF group (P < 0.05). Concentrations of medium-chain fatty acids in the milk and messenger RNA (mRNA) abundance of lipogenic enzymes in the mammary gland did not differ between the 2 groups of rats. However, the OF group had a lower concentration of triacylglycerols and nonesterified fatty acids (NEFA) in plasma and lower mRNA concentrations of lipoprotein lipase and fatty acid transporters in the mammary gland than the FF group (P < 0.05). Moreover, the OF group had higher mRNA concentrations of hepatic lipase, fatty acid transporters, and several genes involved in fatty acid oxidation in the liver than the FF group (P < 0.05). The present findings suggest that a dietary oxidized fat lowers the concentration of triacylglycerols in the milk by a reduced uptake of fatty acids from triacylglycerol rich-lipoproteins and NEFA into the mammary gland. The study, moreover, indicates that an oxidized fat impairs normal metabolic adaptations during lactation, which promote the utilization of metabolic substrates by the mammary gland for the synthesis of milk.

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