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. 1993 Apr;91(4):1380–1389. doi: 10.1172/JCI116340

N-3 fatty acids stimulate intracellular degradation of apoprotein B in rat hepatocytes.

H Wang 1, X Chen 1, E A Fisher 1
PMCID: PMC288110  PMID: 8473489

Abstract

When rat hepatocytes were incubated with albumin complexed to the n-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), rather than to oleic acid (OA), the secretion of newly synthesized apoprotein B100 (apoB100) or B48 (apoB48) was reduced, despite stimulation of cellular triglyceride synthesis by all three fatty acids. When pulse-chase studies of apoB synthesis and secretion were performed in the presence of OA, EPA, or DHA, there were no significant changes in the initial synthetic rates of either apoB species. However, during the chase period, the total recovery of labeled apoB100 and apoB48 from the cell and medium was less in the n-3 fatty acid groups, so that by 150 min, approximately half as much labeled apoB was recovered as in the OA group. Overall, the decreased accumulation in medium of labeled apoB in the presence of EPA and DHA could be quantitatively accounted for by increased degradation of intracellular apoB. Thus, in the primary hepatocyte, apoB degradation is not constitutive, but can be regulated by n-3 fatty acids.

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