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- Title
Vitamin A-Deficient Diet Accelerated Atherogenesis in Apolipoprotein E<sup>−/−</sup> Mice and Dietary β-Carotene Prevents This Consequence.
- Authors
Relevy, Noa Zolberg; Harats, Dror; Harari, Ayelet; Ben-Amotz, Ami; Bitzur, Rafael; Rühl, Ralph; Shaish, Aviv
- Abstract
Vitamin A is involved in regulation of glucose concentrations, lipid metabolism, and inflammation, which are major risk factors for atherogenesis. However, the effect of vitamin A deficiency on atherogenesis has not been investigated. Therefore, the objective of the current study was to examine whether vitamin A deficiency accelerates atherogenesis in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice (apoE−/−). ApoE−/− mice were allocated into the following groups: control, fed vitamin A-containing chow diet; BC, fed chow diet fortified with Dunaliella powder containing βc isomers; VAD, fed vitamin A-deficient diet; and VAD-BC group, fed vitamin A-deficient diet fortified with a Dunaliella powder. Following 15 weeks of treatment, liver retinol concentration had decreased significantly in the VAD group to about 30% that of control group. Vitamin A-deficient diet significantly increased both plasma cholesterol concentrations and the atherosclerotic lesion area at the aortic sinus (+61%) compared to the control group. Dietary βc fortification inhibited the elevation in plasma cholesterol and retarded atherogenesis in mice fed the vitamin A-deficient diet. The results imply that dietary vitamin A deficiency should be examined as a risk factor for atherosclerosis and that dietary βc, as a sole source of retinoids, can compensate for vitamin A deficiency.
- Subjects
ATHEROSCLEROSIS prevention; ATHEROSCLEROSIS risk factors; PROTEIN analysis; ANIMAL experimentation; BIOLOGICAL models; CAROTENES; DIETARY supplements; GENE expression; GLUCOSE tolerance tests; LIQUID chromatography; MICE; POLYMERASE chain reaction; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICS; VITAMIN A deficiency; DATA analysis; REPEATED measures design; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ONE-way analysis of variance; DISEASE complications
- Publication
BioMed Research International, 2015, Vol 2015, p1
- ISSN
2314-6133
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2015/758723