Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 41, Issue 9, Pages 1413-1424Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2006.07.021
Keywords
omega-6 PUFA; mitochondria; DNA; high fat; peroxynitrite; OGG-1
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Increased awareness of obesity has led to a dietary shift toward heart-friendly vegetable oils containing omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (omega-6 PUFA). In addition to its beneficial effects, w-6 PUFA also exhibits proinflammatory and prooxidative properties. We hypothesized that chronic dietary omega-6 PUFA can induce free radical generation, predisposing the cardiac mitochondria to oxidative damage. Male Wistar rats were fed a diet supplemented with 20% w/w sunflower oil, rich in omega-6 PUFA (HP) or normal laboratory chow (LP) for 4 weeks. HP feeding augmented phospholipase A, activity and breakdown of cardiolipin, a mitochondrial phospholipid. HP hearts also demonstrated elevated inducible nitric oxide synthase expression, loss of Mn superoxide dismutase, and increased mitochondrial nitrotyrosine levels. In these hearts, oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA (mDNA) was demonstrated by 8-hydroxyguanosine immunopositivity, overexpression of DNA repair enzymes, and a decrease in the mRNA expression of specific respiratory subunits encoded by the mDNA. Functionally, at higher workloads, HP hearts also demonstrated a greater decline in cardiac work than LP, suggesting a compromised mitochondrial reserve. Our study, for the first time, demonstrates that consumption of a high fat diet rich in w-6 PUFA for only 4 weeks instigates mitochondrial nitrosative damage and causes cardiac dysfunction at high afterloads. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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