Abstract
We investigated the contributions of dietary fat and dietary carbohydrate to the development of fatty liver induced by western diet (WD). Compared with WD-fed wild type (WT) mice, livers of WD-fed ChREBP-/- mice showed lipid droplets of varying sizes around the hepatic lobules, while hepatic triglyceride and cholesterol contents were only modestly decreased. Inflammation and fibrosis were suppressed in ChREBP-/- mice. In addition, compared with WD-fed WT mice, ChREBP-/- mice showed decreased β-oxidation, ketogenesis and FGF21 production, increased intestinal lipid absorption, and decreased VLDL secretion. These findings suggest that dietary fat and carbohydrate contribute differently to the development of fatty liver.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 681-686 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
| Volume | 461 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 12-06-2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology