Journal
FOOD & FUNCTION
Volume 2, Issue 11, Pages 644-648Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1fo10133a
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- Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientifico y Tecnologico - FONDECYT (Chile) [1060105, 1090020]
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most important cause of chronic liver disease that is characterized by hepatocyte triacylglycerol accumulation (steatosis), which can progress to inflammation, fibrosis, and cirrhosis (steatohepatitis). Overnutrition triggers the onset of oxidative stress in the liver due to higher availability and oxidation of fatty acids (FA), with development of hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance (IR), and n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated FA (n-3 LCPUFA) depletion, with enhancement in the n-6/n-3 LCPUFA ratio favouring a pro-inflammatory state. These changes may lead to hepatic steatosis by different mechanisms, namely, (i) IR-dependent higher peripheral lipolysis and FA flux to the liver, (ii) n-3 LCPUFA depletion-induced changes in DNA binding activity of sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c (SREBP-1c) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPAR-alpha) favouring lipogenesis over FA oxidation, and (iii) hyperinsulinemia-induced activation of lipogenic factor PPAR-gamma. Supplementation with n-3 LCPUFA appears to reduce nutritional hepatic steatosis in adults, however, other histopathologic features of NAFLD remain to be studied.
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