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  • Artigo IPEN-doc 26454
    Increased adiposity by feeding growing rats a high-fat diet results in iron decompartmentalisation
    2020 - LOBO, ALEXANDRE R.; GAIEVSKI, EDUARDO H.S.; MESQUITA, CARLOS H. de; DE CARLI, EDUARDO; TEIXEIRA, PRYSCILA D.S.; PEREIRA, ROSA M.R.; BORELLI, PRIMAVERA; SÁ, LILIAN R.M. de; COLLI, CELIA
    The present study reports the effects of a high-fat (HF) diet of over 8 weeks on the Fe status of growing rats. Tissue Fe levels were analysed by atomic absorption spectrophotometry, and whole-body adiposity was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Histopathology and morphometry of adipose tissue were performed. Liver homogenates were used for measuring ferroportin-1 protein levels by immunoblotting, and transcript levels were used for Fe genes measured by real-time PCR. Tissue Fe pools were fit to a compartmental biokinetic model in which Fe was assessed using fourteen compartments and twenty-seven transfer constants (kj,i from tissue ‘i’ to tissue ‘j’) adapted from the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) 69. Ten kj,i were calculated from the experimental data using non-linear regression, and seventeen were estimated by allometry according to the formula ki;j ¼ a ×Mb. Validation of the model was carried out by comparing predicted and analysed Fe pool sizes in erythrocytes, the liver and the spleen. Body adiposity was negatively associated with serum Fe levels and positively associated with liver Fe stores. An inferred increase in Fe transfer from bone marrow to the liver paralleled higher hepatic Fe concentrations and ferritin heavy-chain mRNA levels in the HF diet-fed animals, suggesting that liver Fe accumulation occurred at least in part due to a favoured liver erythrocyte uptake. If this feeding condition was to be prolonged, impaired Fe decompartmentalisation may occur, ultimately resulting in dysmetabolic Fe overload.
  • Artigo IPEN-doc 25147
    Removal of chylomicron remnants from the bloodstream is delayed in aged subjects
    2018 - VINAGRE, CARMEN G.; FREITAS, FATIMA R.; MESQUITA, CARLOS H. de; VINAGRE, JULIANA C.; MARIANI, ANA C.; KALIL-FILHO, ROBERTO; MARANHAO, RAUL C.
    Dietary fats absorbed in the intestine are transported in the circulation as chylomicrons and remnants that have atherogenic potential. Although postprandial lipidemia is increased in older subjects, the specific chylomicron metabolism has not been explored in older subjects nor compared to young subjects, which is the focus of this study. After a 12 h fast, artificially-made emulsions similar to lymph chylomicrons and doubly labeled with radioactive cholesteryl esters and triglycerides were intravenously injected in 23 older (66±4 years) and 20 young (24±3 years) subjects. Sequential blood samples were collected to determine fractional clearance rates (FCR, in min-1) by compartmental analysis. Older subjects had higher LDL-cholesterol (p<0.001) and triglycerides (p<0.0001) than young subjects; HDL-cholesterol presented no difference. The emulsion cholesteryl-ester FCR was lower in older subjects compared to the young (p=0.0001). The emulsion triglyceride FCR did not differ in the two groups. Tested in vitro, however, the lipolysis of the emulsion triglycerides was less intense in the older than in the young subjects. As delayed removal of remnants, indicated by the pronouncedly smaller cholesteryl ester FCR, is related to the presence of cardiovascular diseases, this can be a risk factor which could accelerate atherogenic complications occurring in aged subjects
  • Artigo IPEN-doc 16457
    High cholesterol intake modifies chylomicron metabolism in normolipidemic young men
    2006 - CESAR, THAIS B.; OLIVEIRA, MARIA R.M.; MESQUITA, CARLOS H.; MARANHAO, RAUL C.