Dietary fats and properties of endoplasmic reticulum: I. Dietary lipid induced changes in composition of microsomal membranes in liver and gastroduodenal mucosa of rat
- 1 August 1975
- Vol. 10 (8) , 461-466
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02532429
Abstract
Rats were fed for four weeks with different lipid diets to determine the effects on the endoplasmic reticulum membranes of the liver and on the postmitochondrial supernatant fraction of the gastroduodenal mucosa. The diets contained cholesterol, cacao butter, olive oil, and these in combination. The results showed that dietary lipids were able to modify the composition of the hepatic endoplasmic reticulum and, to a lesser extent, that of postmitochondrial fraction of gastroduodenal mucosa. Cacao butter in the diet decreased the relative proportion of protein in hepatic microsomes. Cholesterol and olive oil were able to increase the cholesterol content of microsomes. The trypsin digestion of membranes revealed that cholesterol increased the solubility of microsomal protein and decreased the trypsin sensitive protein-lipid binding. The neutral fat diets increased the binding of proteins to the membrane, and cholesterol had no effect when it was given in combination. The low power photomicrographs revealed vacuolization of the cytoplasm of the hepatocytes when rats were fed on lipid rich diets. Also fatty degeneration was present. Cholesterol in combination with olive oil, however, did normalize the structure of the hepatocytes to a marked extent.Keywords
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