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* Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London NW1 0TU, United Kingdom;
Laboratory of Metabolism and Pathological Biochemistry, Istituto Superiore di Sanitá, 00161 Rome, Italy; and
Department of Cellular Biotechnology and Hematology, Molecular Genetics Section, University of Rome ``La Sapienza,'' Rome, Italy
The influence of chylomicron remnants enriched in n-3 or n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) (derived from fish or corn oil, respectively) on the expression of mRNA for four genes involved in the regulation of the synthesis, assembly, and secretion of very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) in the liver was investigated in normal rat hepatocytes and after manipulation of the cellular oxidative state by incubation with N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) or CuSO4. The four genes investigated were those encoding apolipoprotein B (apoB), the microsomal triacylglycerol transfer protein (MTP), and the enzymes acyl coenzyme A:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) and acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase 2 (ACAT2), which play a role in the regulation of triacylglycerol and cholesteryl ester synthesis, respectively. mRNA levels for apoB, MTP, and DGAT were unaffected by either fish or corn oil chylomicron remnants, but the amount of ACAT2 mRNA was significantly reduced after incubation of the hepatocytes with fish oil remnants as compared with corn oil remnants or without remnants. These findings indicate that the delivery of dietary n-3 PUFA to hepatocytes in chylomicron remnants downregulates the expression of mRNA for ACAT2, and this may play a role in their inhibition of VLDL secretion. However, when the cells were shifted into a pro-oxidizing or pro-reducing state by pretreatment with CuSO4 (1 mM) or NAC (5 mM) for 24 hr, levels of mRNA for MTP were increased by about 2- or 4-fold, respectively, by fish oil remnants, whereas corn oil remnants had no significant effect. Fish oil remnants also caused a smaller increase in apoB mRNA in comparison with corn oil remnants in NAC-treated cells (+38%). These changes would be expected to lead to increased VLDL secretion rather than the decrease associated with dietary n-3 PUFA in normal conditions. These findings suggest that relatively minor changes in cellular redox levels can have a major influence on important liver functions such as VLDL synthesis and secretion.
Key Words: chylomicron remnants • dietary n-3 PUFA • VLDL secretion • cellular redox state • hepatocytes
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