Dietary n-3 PUFA deprivation for 15 weeks upregulates elongase and desaturase expression in rat liver but not brain

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2463-2470

  Igarashi, Miki ^a   Ma, Kaizong ^a   Chang, Lisa ^a   Bell, Jane M ^a   Rapoport, Stanley I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Linolenic acid; Oxidation; Diet; Docosahexaenoic acid; Polyunsaturated fatty acid

Indexed keywords

DESATURASE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ELONGASE; ENZYME; LINOLEIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UPREGULATION;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ACYL-COA OXIDASE; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARNITINE O-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; DIETARY FATS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; LIVER; MALE; PPAR ALPHA; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 35848960339     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M700315-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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