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(Reference retrieved automatically from Web of Science through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

Standard short-term diet ameliorates the lipid profile altered by a fructose-rich diet in rats

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Author(s):
Cambri, L. T. [1, 2] ; Ghezzi, A. C. [1] ; Arsa, G. [2] ; Botezelli, J. D. [1] ; de Mello, M. A. R. [1]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] Sao Paulo State Univ, UNESP, Dept Phys Educ, Rio Claro, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Mato Grosso, Dept Phys Educ, UFMT, BR-78060900 Cuiaba, MT - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE; v. 6, n. 4, p. 335-341, AUG 2015.
Web of Science Citations: 3
Abstract

Markers of metabolic abnormalities are commonly found in rodents fed a fructose-rich diet. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the administration of a short-term standard diet to rats is able to improve the lipid profile altered by a fructose-rich diet. The male pups, immediately after birth, were divided in three groups according to the diet for 90 days. Standard diet: a standard diet for the whole experimental period; fructose (60% fructose-rich diet): fructose-rich diet during the entire experimental period; fructose/standard (FS): fructose-rich diet from the neonatal period up to 60 days of age and standard diet from 60 to 90 days of age. A fructose-rich diet from the neonatal period to 60 days reduced weight gain (P<0.05), as well as the weight of adipose tissues in all the regions analyzed (epididymal, mesenteric, retroperitoneal and posterior subcutaneous), and it altered the lipid profile (elevation of triglycerides, total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) cholesterol; P<0.05). When a standard diet was administered after the fructose-rich diet, it was able to partially reverse changes to the lipid profile, as total cholesterol levels were significantly different in all the groups (P<0.05), and triglyceride and VLDL cholesterol levels were similar between the control and FS group. In summary, a fructose-rich diet altered the lipid profile, and a standard diet can partially reverse the changed parameters in short term. (AU)