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Incorporation and Metabolism of Dietary Trans Isomers of Linolenic Acid Alter the Fatty Acid Profile of Rat Tissues1

Cécile Loï2, Jean-Michel Chardigny3, Simone Almanza, Laurent Leclere, Christian Ginies* and Louis Sébédio;

INRA, Unité de Nutrition Lipidique, BP 86510-21605 Dijon, France and * INRA, Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Arômes, 21000 Dijon, France

3To whom correspondence should be addressed .


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To study the influence on lipid metabolism and platelet aggregation of the fatty acid isomerization that occurs during heat treatment, weanling rats were fed for 8 wk a diet enriched with 5% isomerized (experimental group) or normal (control group) canola oil. Geometrical isomers of {alpha}-linolenic acid representing 0.2 g/100 g of the experimental diet were incorporated into liver, platelets, aorta and heart, at the expense of their cis homologue and of 18:2(n-6). The major isomer, 9c,12c,15t-18:3, was also metabolized to 5c,8c,11c,14c,17t-20:5 and to an unknown compound, found in liver, platelets and aorta, which has been identified tentatively as 7c,10c,13c,16c,19t-22:5. The greater 20:4(n-6)/18:2(n-6) ratio in the liver, platelets and heart of the experimental group than the control group indicated an enhancement of desaturation activities. This induced a higher content of long-chain (n-6) fatty acids in the experimental group. Platelet aggregation tended to be slightly higher (P = 0.065) in the experimental group. We conclude that 0.2 g of trans isomers of {alpha}-linolenic acid per 100 g of diet was sufficient to be incorporated and metabolized, thus altering the fatty acid profile of rat tissues.


KEY WORDS: • dietary trans {alpha}-linolenic acid • trans 22:5 • platelet aggregation • rats


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Feeding rats diets enriched in linseed oil has demonstrated that (n-3) fatty acids are incorporated into tissue phospholipids at the expense of arachidonic acid with relatively small changes in saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids (Croft et al. 1984Citation , Engler et al. 1991Citation ). These data suggested a limited acceptor pool in the 2-position of phospholipids (Brokerhoof 1967Citation ). It was also shown that {alpha}-linolenic acid inhibits the conversion of 18:2(n-6) to 20:4(n-6) (Engler et al. 1991Citation ) and enhances susceptibility to lipid peroxidation (L’Abbé et al. 1991Citation ).

In rats fed a diet enriched with 10% linseed oil heated to produce geometrical isomers of {alpha}-linolenic acid, 9c,12c,15t-18:3 (18:3{Delta}15t),4 9t,12c,15c-18:3 (18:3{Delta}9t) and 9t,12c,15t-18:3 (18:3{Delta}9t,15t) were elongated and desaturated to form 5c,8c,11c,14c,17t-20:5 (20:5{Delta}17t) (Blond et al. 1990Citation , Grandgirard et al. 1989Citation ), 5c,8c,11t,14c,17c-20:5 (20:5{Delta}11t) and 5c,8c,11t,14c,17t-20:5 (20:5{Delta}11t,17t) (Chardigny et al. 1996bCitation ). In vitro, these isomers of eicosapentaenoic acid inhibit platelet aggregation by decreasing the synthesis of thromboxane A2 and hydroxyheptadecatrienoic acid and increasing that of 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (Loï et al. 1998aCitation ).

In human tissues, the major geometrical isomer of 18:3(n-3), i.e., 18:3{Delta}15t, was found in serum (Wolff 1995aCitation ), platelets (Brétillon 1998Citation ) and plasma (Sébédio et al. 1999Citation ). Its metabolite, 20:5{Delta}17t, has been detected in platelets (Brétillon 1998Citation , Chardigny et al. 1993Citation , Sébédio et al. 1999Citation ); however, it is more difficult to interpret the results of studies of the effects of trans fatty acids on platelet aggregation in humans compared with rats because human food also contains these geometrical isomers. Indeed, because trans polyunsaturated fatty acids are formed during hydrogenation or heat treatment of vegetable oils, such as in deodorization (Ackman and Hooper 1974Citation ) or deep frying (Grandgirard et al. 1984Citation , Sébédio et al. 1987Citation and 1988Citation ), they are subsequently present in human foods, including margarine or low energy spreads (Wolff and Sébédio 1991Citation ), refined oils (Chardigny et al. 1996aCitation , Wolff 1992Citation ), frying oils (Sébédio et al. 1987Citation ) and infant formulas (Chardigny et al. 1996cCitation , O’Keefe et al. 1994Citation , Ratnayake et al. 1997Citation ). Consumption of trans fatty acids in France was determined to be 2.8 g/d (Wolff 1995bCitation ) of which 5.9% (165 mg/d) was trans-18:3(n-3).

In this study, rats were fed a more realistic diet than in previous studies (Blond et al. 1990Citation , Chardigny et al. 1996bCitation , Croft et al. 1984Citation , Engler et al. 1991Citation , Grandgirard et al. 1998Citation and 1989Citation ). The diet contained 50 g/kg (11.6% of total energy) of different canola oils varying in their 18:3(n-3) trans isomers. The isomerized oil contained 4% trans 18:3(n-3), which is close to the amount found in several human food items (Wolff 1992Citation ). This work was performed to study the effects of oil isomerization (trans-18:3 compared with cis-18:3) on lipid metabolism and its physiologic consequences such as platelet aggregation. Therefore, the diets used, which contained either normal or isomerized canola oil, differed in both their trans 18:3(n-3) as well as in the {alpha}-linolenic acid concentrations. Incorporation and metabolism of trans isomers of (n-3) fatty acids were evaluated in liver, the organ most involved in fatty acid conversions, and in platelets, heart and aorta, which are organs involved in cardiovascular diseases. Furthermore, the effects of the diets on platelet aggregation were also examined.


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The two oils were kindly provided by Lesieur Alimentaire, Coudekerque, France. Low trans (LT) oil was deodorized for 4.5 h at 175°C. The high trans (HT) oil was heated for 75 h at 205°C to form trans isomers of 18:3(n-3). Under these conditions, however, trans- 18:2(n-6) is also formed and vitamin E is destroyed. Thus, to obtain two oils that differed only in their 18:3(n-3) content, heated sunflower oil was added to the LT oil to equalize the trans-18:2 content (Table 1Citation ), and vitamin E was added to the HT oil to offset the loss during heating.


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Table 1. Fatty acid composition of the diets1

 
Animals and diets.

All animal procedures were conducted according to French regulations (authorization A21200 and 3273). Two groups of weanling male Wistar rats (n = 16/group) (Centre d’élevage Dépré, Saint Doulchard, France) consumed freely for 8 wk diets containing 50 g/kg (11.6% of total energy) of the LT or the HT oil (Table 2Citation ). The rats were housed individually in stainless steel cages in a room with conditioned air at 21 ± 1°C (humidity 55 ± 10%, 12-h light:dark cycle).


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Table 2. Composition of the diet

 
Lipid extraction from tissues.

Rats were anesthetized under ether vapor. Venous blood was collected into tubes containing an anticoagulant (citric acid, 0.08 g/L; trisodium citrate, 0.22 g/L; D-glucose, 0.245 g/L with 1 volume:9 volumes of blood). The heart, liver and aorta were dissected, blotted on filter paper and weighed.

Platelet lipids and aggregation.

Blood platelets were isolated daily over 4 d from 4 rats from each group according to the method of Lagarde et al. (1980)Citation with slight modifications (Berdeaux et al. 1996Citation ). Isolated platelets were resuspended in Tyrode-HEPES (pH 7.35) buffer. Lipids from an aliquot of these platelet suspensions were extracted according to the method of Folch et al. (1957)Citation .

Platelet suspensions of each group were pooled and diluted to 108 platelets/L. Platelet aggregation was studied by the turbidimetric method of Born (1962)Citation . Platelet suspension (250 µL) was placed in a glass turbidity tube and warmed at 37°C for 1.5 min in an aggregometer (Coulter 540 VS, Coultronics, Margency, France). A small magnetic stirring bar was added. The 100% transmission (Tyrode-HEPES buffer) and the 0% transmission (platelet suspension) were adjusted. After 30 s, 2 µL of a calcium chloride solution was added to obtain a final calcium concentration of 0.5 mmol/L. After 30 s, 4 µg of collagen was added and aggregation was followed for 4 min.

Aorta and endothelial cells.

Immediately after dissection, aortae were perfused with a saline solution (Hank’s Balanced Salt Solution) containing heparin (25,000 IU/L, Sigma, L’Isle d’Abeau, France), antibiotics (penicillin, streptomycin at 1%, Sigma) and antifungicidal agent (1% Amphotericin B, Polylabo, Strasbourg, France) to remove traces of blood. Endothelial cells were isolated according to the method of Battle et al. (1994)Citation . Briefly, the adventicia was isolated from the media and the intima. These two remaining tunicae were then cut into rings, which were treated for 15 min at 37°C, with gentle shaking, with a collagenase solution (0.002 g/L in PBS containing 0.011 mmol of glucose/L). After filtration on sterile gauze, cells were sedimented (1000 x g for 5 min) and plated in complete Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (Battle et al. 1994Citation ) on 25 cm2 tissue culture dishes (Falcon, Becton Dickinson, Pont de Claix, France), at 37°C, under an atmosphere containing 5% CO2 and 95% moisture. After 40 min, cells were rinsed. This step allowed us to purify the culture by 95% because muscle cells require a longer time than endothelial cells to attach to the dish. We obtained ~ 3.104 cells per dish, viable at 95%.

The remaining media and adventicia were ground manually with a Potter homogenizer. Lipids from this homogenized solution and from isolated endothelial cells were extracted according to the method of Folch et al. (1957)Citation .

Heart and liver.

The liver and heart were cut into small pieces and homogenized with an Ultra-Turrax T25 (IKA Laboratory, Stauffen, Germany) homogenizer. Lipids were extracted according to the method of Folch et al. (1957)Citation .

Fatty acid analysis.

We analyzed fatty acids in phospholipids because of the role of phospholipids in cell structures and the effect of phospholipid fatty acids on platelet aggregation. Phospholipids of platelets, aorta, heart and liver were separated from neutral lipids by the method of Juanéda and Rocquelin (1985)Citation before fatty acid analysis, whereas total lipids from endothelial cells were analyzed. These different lipid classes were converted to methyl esters (Morrison and Smith 1964Citation ) and analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) (BPX70, 50 m x 0.33 mm i.d., film thickness 0.25 µm, SGE, Melbourne, Australia) using a Hewlett-Packard (Palo Alto, CA) 5890 series II gas chromatograph, fitted with a splitless injector and a flame ionization detector. Both were maintained at 250°C. The oven temperature was programmed to increase from 60 to 180°C (20°C/min) for 40 min and from 180 to 220°C (20°C/min) and then was held at 220°C until completion of the analysis.

After GC analysis, the remaining phospholipid fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) were separated by HPLC (column: nucleosil C18, 5 µm, 250 x 4.6, mobile phase = acetonitrile, 1 mL/min) to obtain the fraction containing the 20:5 + 22:6 FAME [= F1, retention volume (Rv) = 6 mL] and the fraction containing the 20:4 + 22:5 FAME (= F2, Rv = 7.2 mL) from the F3 fraction (Rv = 8.7 mL) containing the 22:4 FAME. F2 was then divided into two samples. One was converted into dimethyloxazoline derivatives (DMOX) (Dobson and Christie 1996Citation ) and injected onto an HP5 wall-coated capillary column (30 m x 0.25 mm i.d., film thickness 0.25 µm) interfaced with a MSD5970 quadrupole mass spectrometer (Hewlett- Packard). The oven temperature was programmed to change from 50 to 240°C at a rate of 20°C/min and held at 240°C until completion of the analysis. The second sample of F2 was analyzed by gas chromatography (HP5890 gas chromatograph, BPX70, 30 m x 0.25 mm i.d., film thickness 0.25 µm, SGE, Melbourne, Australia) coupled with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) (FTS 60A) and fitted with a splitless injector maintained at 250°C. The oven temperature was programmed to increase from 60 to 200°C (20°C/min).

Statistical analysis.

Results are expressed as means ± SD Comparisons between the low-trans and high-trans groups were made by an ANOVA (NCSS 6.0 statistical package, Kaysville, UT). Differences were considered significant at P < 0.05.


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Body and liver weight.

The growth rate of rats in the two groups did not differ. Final body weights (LT, 383 ± 23 g; HT, 384 ± 31) and liver weights (LT, 10.9 ± 1.1 g; HT, 11.2 ± 1.0 g) also did not differ.

Incorporation and metabolism of 18:3 isomers.

The major isomers incorporated into liver, platelets, heart and aorta were 18:3{Delta}15t and the 18:3{Delta}9t (Table 3Citation ). Small amounts of 18:3{Delta}9t,15t and 18:3{Delta}12t also were detected in platelet phospholipids and in heart or liver phospholipids, respectively. No trans-18:3(n-3) was detected in endothelial cells of the HT group (data not shown), probably because we obtained an insufficient number of endothelial cells with which to detect trans-18:3(n-3).


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Table 3. Polyunsaturated fatty acid composition in liver, platelets, aorta and heart phospholipids of rats fed low-trans (LT) or high-trans (HT) canola oil diets for 8 wk12

 
A desaturation and elongation product of 18:3{Delta}15t, i.e., 20:5{Delta}17t, was detected in liver, platelets, aorta and heart phospholipids. Furthermore, an unidentified compound with a GC retention time close to that of 22:5(n-3) was also detected in liver, platelets and aorta phospholipids. This compound has been designated Y (Grandgirard et al. 1989Citation and 1998Citation ). The mass spectrum of the DMOX derivative of this molecule showed that it is a 22:5(n-3) (Fig. 1ACitation ), with a characteristic fragmentation and a molecular ion of 383 m/z. But this analysis did not permit us to verify the presence of trans double bond(s). Therefore, compound Y was also analyzed by GC-FTIR. An absorbance at 972.7 cm-1 (for {delta} = CH) in the Y spectrum revealed that it has trans ethylenic bond(s) (Fig. 1BCitation ).



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Figure 1. Mass spectrum (A) and gas chromatography-Fourier transform infrared (GC-FTIR) spectrum (B) of dimethyloxazoline derivatives of compound Y. The characteristic fragmentation in mass spectrometry and absorbance at 972,7 cm-1 (for {delta} = CH) in GC-FTIR revealed that compound Y is a 22:5 fatty acid with a trans ethylenic bond.

 
Influence of dietary lipids on the fatty acid composition.

Greater levels of {alpha}-linolenic acid and its desaturation and elongation metabolites, mainly 20:5(n-3), were detected in rats fed the LT diet than in those fed the HT diet (Table 3)Citation . In contrast, less 18:2(n-6) (significant in liver and platelets) and more 20:4(n-6) (platelets and heart), 22:4(n-6) (liver, platelets and heart) and 22:5(n-6) (liver and heart) were observed in the HT group than in the LT group. The (n-6) fatty acid profile in aorta was not affected, whereas it was altered greatly in heart phospholipids by diet treatment.

Platelet aggregation.

Table 4Citation presents the platelet aggregation results in response to 4 µg of collagen, and an example of platelet aggregation curves is illustrated in Figure 2Citation . The platelet response tended to be higher (P = 0.065) in the HT group than in the LT group.


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Table 4. Percentage of platelet (108 platelets/L) aggregation in rats fed a 5% isomerized canola oil–enriched diet (high trans, HT) or a 5% normal canola oil–enriched diet (low trans, LT)1

 


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Figure 2. Example of platelet (1011 platelets/L) responses under stimulation with 4 µg of collagen and in presence of calcium (0.5 mmol/L) in rats fed a 5% isomerized canola oil–enriched diet (high trans group, HT) or a 5% normal canola oil–enriched diet (low trans group, LT.

 

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 INTRODUCTION
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 RESULTS
 DISCUSSION
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Incorporation and metabolism of {alpha}-linolenic geometrical isomers.

In contrast to previous studies in which rats were fed a diet enriched with 10% heated linseed oil containing 28.6% of total fatty acids as trans 18:3 (Blond et al. 1990Citation , Chardigny et al. 1996bCitation , Grandgirard et al. 1989Citation and 1998Citation ), this study was performed under more realistic nutritional conditions in which the HT oil contained 4.1% trans-18:3 and represented 50 g/kg dry diet. Moreover, this work was performed to study the effects of oil isomerization, hence those of trans-18:3 compared with cis-18:3, on lipid metabolism and physiologic consequences such as platelet aggregation. Therefore, the diets used, containing either normal or isomerized canola oil, differed in both their trans-18:3(n-3) as well as in the {alpha} -linolenic acid concentrations. This was sufficient to observe the incorporation and metabolism of geometrical isomers of {alpha}-linolenic acid. As seen in Table 3Citation , 18:3{Delta}15t (0.10% of the diet) and 18:3{Delta}9t (0.08% of the diet) were the major isomers incorporated, but only the 18:3{Delta}15t was metabolized into a 20:5 isomer, 20:5{Delta}17t. This is probably due to its cis ethylenic bond at the {Delta}9 position, which facilitates {Delta}6 desaturation (Brenner 1971Citation ). These results are not consistent with a previous study (Chardigny et al. 1996bCitation ) in which 20:5{Delta}11t and 20:5 {Delta}11t,17t were detected in liver of rats fed 10% heated oil; however, even in that study, 20:5{Delta}17t was also the major 20:5 isomer.

In a study in which 9-wk-old rats were fed 10% heated linseed oil-enriched diet for 3 wk, Grandgirard et al. (1989Citation and 1998)Citation detected other longer 18:3{Delta}15t metabolites in the liver lipids, an unknown compound designated Y, also observed in rat platelets by Blond et al. (1990)Citation , and 22:6{Delta}19t. Under our nutritional conditions, this 22:6 isomer was not detected whereas Y was detected. Furthermore, Y has been also detected in aorta and its proportion was greater in platelets and aorta than in liver. It was not detected in heart phospholipids.

The mass and GC-FTIR spectra of the DMOX of compound Y indicated that it is a 22:5(n-3) metabolite with one or several trans double bonds. Furthermore, in previous studies (Blond et al. 1990Citation , Grandgirard et al. 1989Citation ), Y was suspected to be an intermediary fatty acid between the 20:5{Delta}17t and the 22:6{Delta}19t, and it has been detected in bovine aortic endothelial cells incubated for 24 h with 20:5{Delta}17t-enriched medium (Loï et al. 1998bCitation ). Consequently, Y is probably 7c,10c,13c,16c,19t-22:5, i.e., an elongation product of 20:5{Delta}17t. In this study, the lack of 22:6{Delta}19t suggests that the conversion of 22:5{Delta}19t is limited by either too small an amount of substrate or a limitation at the level of elongase because trans-24:5 was not detected.

Influence on fatty acid composition.

Bourre et al. (1989)Citation reported that a dietary deficiency in 18:3(n-3) (<0.4% of total dietary energy) decreased 22:6(n-3) and increased 22:5(n-6) in tissues. In this study, these variations were observed but were not due to an 18:3(n-3) deficiency because it represented 1.29 and 0.81% of the total dietary energy in the LT and HT groups, respectively. The lower content of 22:6(n-3), 20:5(n-3) and 22:5(n-3) found in the HT group compared with LT group may be explained by the fact that 18:3{Delta}15t competes with its cis homologue for the desaturation and elongation steps (Chardigny et al. 1997Citation ), and in this manner is converted into 20:5{Delta}17t and Y.

In contrast, there was an increase in long-chain (n-6) fatty acids in rats fed the HT diet because of a stimulated activity of desaturation, probably induced by trans 18:3 (Blond et al. 1990Citation ). The desaturation stimulation was indicated by an increase in the 20:4(n-6)/18:2(n-6) ratio. Indeed, in this study, the 20:4(n-6) content was either unaffected (liver, aorta) or increased (platelets, heart) and there was a lower amount of 18:2(n-6) in the HT group (liver and platelets) than in the LT group. This was probably due to incorporation of 18:3{Delta}15t at the expense of 18:2 as a result of its analogous chemical structure because the trans ethylenic bond is perceived as a single bond by the enzymatic system of acylation (Wolff et al. 1993Citation ). It is also of interest to observe that the 18:3(n-3) isomer incorporation affected primarily the heart phospholipid composition.

Platelet aggregation.

Figure 2Citation shows that platelets from rats fed the HT diet stimulated with 4 µg of collagen tended to aggregate more than those from rats fed the LT diet, but no significant difference was observed. This tendency should have been due only to the increase in 20:4(n-6) because 20:5(n-3) was replaced by 20:5{Delta}17t, which is as antiaggregant as its cis homologue (Loï et al. 1998aCitation ). Similarly, in humans that consumed a high polyunsaturated trans fatty acid diet, platelet aggregation did not differ from the control group (Brétillon 1998Citation ).

In conclusion, under our experimental conditions, in which trans-18:3 consumption more closely reflected human dietary conditions than previous studies, geometrical isomers of {alpha}-linolenic acid representing 0.2% of the diet were incorporated into liver, platelets, heart and aorta of rats fed for 8 wk and at the expense of their cis homologue and of 18:2(n-6). The major isomer incorporated into tissues was 18:3{Delta}15t. It was also metabolized to 20:5{Delta}17t and to a compound designated Y, tentatively identified as 7c,10c,13c,16c,19t-22:5. This metabolite was found in liver, platelets and aorta phospholipids but not in the heart. In contrast, 22:6{Delta}19t (Grandgirard et al. 1989Citation and 1998Citation ) was not detected, suggesting a limitation in the conversion of 22:5{Delta}19t for the following two reasons: 1) trans 24:5 was not detected and 2) the occurrence of 22:6{Delta}19t requires a high trans-18:3 intake, which was not the case under these nutritional conditions. Furthermore, the HT diet increased tissue long-chain (n-6) fatty acids, mainly in heart, and platelet aggregation tended to be slightly higher (P = 0.065) than in rats fed the control diet.

Further studies are required to assess the effect of trans-18:3 (n-3) metabolites on eicosanoid production in different tissues, including aorta, to estimate the consequences of such incorporation on hemostasis.


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1 Supported in part by Lesieur Alimentaire. Back

2 Funded by a fellowship from INRA and the region of Burgundy (France). Back

4 Abbreviations used: 18:3{Delta}15t: 9cis,12cis,15trans-18:3; 18:3{Delta}9t: 9trans,12cis,15cis-18:3; 18:3{Delta}12t: 9cis,12trans,15cis-18:3; 18:3{Delta}9t,15t: 9trans,12cis,15trans-18:3; 20:5{Delta}17t: 5cis,8cis,11cis,14cis,17trans,–20:5; 20:5{Delta}11t: 5cis,8cis,11trans,14cis,17cis,–20:5; 20:5{Delta}11t17t: 5cis,8cis,11trans,14cis,17trans,–20:5; 22:6{Delta}19t: 4cis,7cis,10cis,13cis,16cis,19trans-22:6; DMOX, dimethyloxazoline derivatives; FAME, fatty acid methyl esters; GC-FTIR, gas chromatography-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; HT, high trans; LT, low trans; Rv, retention volume. Back

Manuscript received October 19, 1999. Initial review completed January 31, 2000. Revision accepted May 31, 2000.


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