Various dietary fats differentially change the gene expression of neuropeptides involved in body weight regulation in rats
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- DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2007.01541.x
Various dietary fats differentially change the gene expression of neuropeptides involved in body weight regulation in rats
Abstract
Various high-fat diets are obesogenic but not to the same extent. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of saturated fat n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on the central neuropeptidergic system in adult rats. Using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridisation, we evaluated the net effect of feeding in these fats, comparing the effects of a high- to low-fat diet, and the diversity of the effects of these fats in the same amount within the diet. We also determined plasma lipids, glucose, insulin and leptin concentrations. Six-week feeding with high-saturated fat evoked hyperpahagia and the largest weight gain compared to both high-PUFA diets. Rats fed high-saturated fat were found to have decreased neuropeptide Y (NPY) mRNA expression in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) and the compact zone of the dorsomedial nucleus (DMHc), unchanged pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), galanin-like peptide (GALP) mRNA expression in the ARC, as well as melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) and prepro-orexin (preORX) mRNA expression in the lateral hypothalamus, compared to low-saturated fed rats. By contrast, feeding with both high-PUFA diets increased POMC and GALP mRNA expression in the ARC compared to the corresponding low-fat diet and the high-saturated fat diet. Furthermore, feeding with both low-PUFA diets reduced NPY mRNA expression compared to the low-saturated fat diet exclusively in the DMHc. Uniquely, the high n-3 PUFA feeding halved MCH and preORX mRNA expression in the lateral hypothalamus compared to the other high-fat and low n-3 PUFA diets. In rats fed three high-fat diets, plasma insulin and leptin concentrations were significantly increased and the type of fat had no effect on these hormone levels. Rats fed high-saturated fat had both hyperglycaemia and hypertriacylglycerolemia and rats fed high n-3 PUFA only had hyperglycaemia. The present study demonstrates that various forms of dietary fat differentially change the expression of neuropeptide genes involved in energy homeostasis.
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