Effects of dietary conjugated linoleic acid and biopolymer encapsulation on lipid metabolism in mice

Int J Mol Sci. 2013 Mar 26;14(4):6848-62. doi: 10.3390/ijms14046848.

Abstract

Forty mice were randomly divided into four groups on the basis of the diet to be fed as follows: 5% (low) fat diet (T1: LF); 20% (high) fat diet (T2: HF); 20% fat containing 1% conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) (T3: HFC); and 20% fat containing 1% CLA with 0.5% biopolymers (T4: HFCB). The high-fat with CLA diet groups (HFC and HFCB) and the low-fat diet group (LF) tended to have lower body weights and total adipose tissue weights than those of the high-fat diet group (HF). Serum leptin and triglyceride were significantly lower in the high fat with CLA-fed groups (HFC and HFCB) and the low-fat diet group (LF) than those in the high-fat diet group (HF). It is noteworthy that the high-fat with CLA and biopolymers group (HFCB) showed the lowest serum triglyceride and cholesterol concentrations. In the high-fat-fed group (HF), voluntary travel distance as a measure of physical activity decreased after three weeks of feeding. However, the CLA-fed groups showed increased physical activity. The groups fed high-fat diets supplemented with CLA alone and with CLA and biopolymers had higher viscosity of small intestinal contents than that in the low- and high-fat dietary groups.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / anatomy & histology
  • Adipose Tissue / drug effects
  • Animals
  • Biopolymers / pharmacology*
  • Body Weight / drug effects
  • Diet, High-Fat
  • Dietary Fats / pharmacology*
  • Feeding Behavior / drug effects
  • Female
  • Intestine, Small / drug effects
  • Intestine, Small / physiology
  • Linoleic Acids, Conjugated / pharmacology*
  • Lipid Metabolism / drug effects*
  • Mice, Inbred ICR
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Organ Size / drug effects
  • Viscosity / drug effects

Substances

  • Biopolymers
  • Dietary Fats
  • Linoleic Acids, Conjugated