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High-fructose feeding does not induce steatosis or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in pigs

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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 -

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NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82208-1

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  1. Synergy Grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation [NNF14OC0011537]
  2. Danish National Resarch Foundation (ATLAS center)
  3. Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
  4. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MCIN)
  5. Pro CNIC Foundation
  6. Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence [SEV-2015-0505]

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Feeding high-fructose diets to pigs led to upregulation of hepatic DNL proteins but did not result in steatosis or hepatocellular ballooning, suggesting pigs rely on adipose tissue rather than liver for de novo lipogenesis in response to fructose, which differs from rodents and humans who develop NAFLD when exposed to high-fructose diets.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an increasingly prevalent condition that has been linked to high-fructose corn syrup consumption with induction of hepatic de novo lipogenesis (DNL) as the suggested central mechanism. Feeding diets very high in fructose (>60%) rapidly induce several features of NAFLD in rodents, but similar diets have not yet been applied in larger animals, such as pigs. With the aim to develop a large animal NAFLD model, we analysed the effects of feeding a high-fructose (HF, 60% w/w) diet for four weeks to castrated male Danish Landrace-York-Duroc pigs. HF feeding upregulated expression of hepatic DNL proteins, but levels were low compared with adipose tissue. No steatosis or hepatocellular ballooning was seen on histopathological examination, and plasma levels of transaminases were similar between groups. Inflammatory infiltrates and the amount of connective tissue was slightly elevated in liver sections from fructose-fed pigs, which was corroborated by up-regulation of macrophage marker expression in liver homogenates. Supported by RNA-profiling, quantitative protein analysis, histopathological examination, and biochemistry, our data suggest that pigs, contrary to rodents and humans, are protected against fructose-induced steatosis by relying on adipose tissue rather than liver for DNL.

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