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  • Title: Hepatic cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis in pregnant and fetal rats: effect of maternal dietary fat and cholestyramine.
    Author: Haave NC, Innis SM.
    Journal: J Nutr; 1991 Oct; 121(10):1529-35. PubMed ID: 1765816.
    Abstract:
    Previous studies from this laboratory have demonstrated that 20% rather than 5% (wt/wt) safflower oil or addition of 5% (wt/wt) cholestyramine to the diet of pregnant rats leads to an increase in the activity of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme of cholesterol synthesis, in the fetal liver. Total cholesterol, however, was not altered in fetal plasma or liver. The effect of these diets on cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis in vivo was therefore studied in fetal and maternal liver. In fetuses of rats fed a reference nonpurified diet, rates of hepatic cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis decreased from gestation d 20 to 21. In contrast, total and active 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl CoA reductase activity increased. Adding cholestyramine to the diet or modifying the quantity of safflower oil fed had no effect on fetal hepatic lipogenesis. Maternal hepatic cholesterol synthesis was greater in rats fed cholestyramine, whereas fatty acid synthesis was lower in the dams fed the diet containing 20% compared with 5% safflower oil. The results suggest near-term fetal liver 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA reductase activities do not reflect fetal cholesterol synthesis in vivo.
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