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| Author(s): |
Alessandro Gonzales Salerno
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Biologia |
| Defense date: | 2007-01-29 |
| Examining board members: |
Helena Coutinho Franco de Oliveira;
Marilia Cerqueira Leite Seelaender;
Lucia Nassi Castilho;
Alba Regina Monteiro Souza Brito;
Miguel Arcanjo Areas
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| Advisor: | Helena Coutinho Franco de Oliveira |
| Abstract | |
Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) promotes the exchange between cholesteryl ester (CE) from HDL and triglycerides (TG) from TG rich lipoproteins. The overexpression of apolipoprotein (apo) CIII in transgenic mice causes hypertriglyceridemia due to decreased TG rich lipoprotein plasma removal rate. In this work we investigated whether CETP expression and apo CIII expression affect the post-prandial TG levels and diet induced visceral adipose tissue formation in genetically modified mice. Results showed that the expression of CETP lead to augmented post-prandial TG levels, similar intestinal fat absorption and hepatic TG and cholesterol secretion rates, diminished TG rich lipoproteins plasma removal rates and reduced lipoprotein lipase activity. These findings indicate that the levels of circulating CETP modulate dietary fat tolerance. Under long-term high fat diet, the expression of CETP reduced the subcutaneous adipose depot, visceral adipocyte size and plasma leptin levels of hypertriglyceridemic mice overexpressing the apo CIII. On the other hand, under low fat diet, the apo CIII transgenic mice presented visceral and subcutaneous adipose depots similar to the wild type mice and increased body metabolic rate and mitochondrial resting respiration rates. However, under high fat diet, the apo CIII transgenic mice showed increased visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue, visceral adipocyte size and plasma leptin levels and no differences in body energy dissipation (rectal temperature and mitochondrial resting respiration). In conclusion, the elevation of plasma apo CIII levels aggravates diet-induced obesity and the expression of physiological levels of circulating CETP reverses this adipogenic effect, indicating a novel role for CETP in modulating adiposity (AU) | |