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  • Title: Effect of dietary lipid on gamma-glutamyl transferase-positive foci during hepatocarcinogenesis in rats.
    Author: Lii CK, Ko JJ, Chen HW.
    Journal: Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids; 1998 Aug; 59(2):83-7. PubMed ID: 9774170.
    Abstract:
    The effect of dietary lipid on gamma-glutamyl transferase-positive (GGT-positive) foci was investigated. Female Sprague-Dawley rats were dosed with diethylnitrosamine (15 mg/kg) at 24 h of age. After weaning, they were fed nutritionally complete semipurified diets for 3 months. Rats fed 15% corn oil had significantly lower hepatic phospholipid eicosapentaenoate and docosahexaenoate than rats fed 7.5% corn oil plus 7.5% fish oil, 5% corn oil plus 10% fish oil (P < 0.05). However, rats fed 15% corn oil had significantly greater hepatic phospholipid arachidonate than rats fed the other two diets (P < 0.05), suggesting that n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids were incorporated into hepatic phospholipid at the expense of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Hepatic PGF2alpha content was significantly greater in rats fed 15% corn oil than in rats fed the other two diets (P < 0.05). Rats fed fish oil had significantly lower hepatic vitamin E content than rats fed corn oil (P < 0.05). Hepatic lipid peroxidation (TBARS) tended to increase with increased dietary fish oil (P < 0.05). Dietary lipid did not influence GGT-positive foci area or number. In conclusion, dietary lipid affected hepatic PGF2alpha production, however, showed no effect on GGT-positive foci area and number. This may suggest that PGF2alpha is not the underlying mechanism for GGT-positive foci during hepatocarcinogenesis.
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