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BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
Volume 102, Issue 4, Pages 526-536Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509231722
Keywords
Vaccenic acid; Obesity; Immune; JCR; LA-cp rats
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- Beef Information Centre
- Alberta Agriculture Funding Consortium
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Vaccenic acid (VA) is a ruminant-derived trans-fat and precursor of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). The objective of the present study was to explore the effects of VA on immune function in a model of the metabolic syndrome, JCR:LA-cp rats. Lean (2:1 mix of +/cp and +/+) and obese (cp/cp) rats, aged 8 weeks, were fed a control (0% VA) or a VA diet (1.5% (w/w) VA) for 3 weeks (twenty rats per group). Splenocytes and mesenteric lymph node (MLN) immune cell phenotypes (flow cytometry), ex vivo cytokine production (ELISA) and phospholipid fatty acid concentrations were measured. Obese rats had higher proportions of splenic macrophages, total T-cells, helper T-cells (total and percentage CD25(+)), cytotoxic T-cells (total and percentage CD25+) and produced higher concentrations of IL-6 to concanavalin A (ConA) compared with lean rats. Obese rats had lower proportions of MLN T-cells, new T-cells (CD3(+)CD90(+)) and cytotoxic T-cells, but higher proportions of helper cells that were CD45RC(+), CD25(+) and CD4lo, and produced higher concentrations of IL-2, IL-10, interferon gamma and TNF alpha in response to ConA compared with lean rats. VA was higher in plasma phospholipids and both VA and CLA (cis-9, trans-11) were higher in MLN phospholipids compared with control-fed rats. Lean VA-fed rats had lower proportions of MLN and splenocyte CD45RC(+) helper cells, and helper T-cells. Splenocytes from VA-fed rats produced 16-23% less IL-2, IL-10 and TNF alpha compared with controls. VA normalised production of MLN IL-2 and TNF alpha in obese rats to levels similar to those seen in lean rats. These results indicate that dietary VA favourably alters the pro-inflammatory tendency of mesenteric lymphocytes from JCR:LA-cp rats.
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