Trans-10,cis-12-conjugated linoleic acid worsens renal pathology and alters cyclooxygenase derived oxylipins in obesity-associated nephropathy

Yang Zhan, Hong Shi, Stephanie P.B. Caligiuri, Yinghong Wu, Vanessa Declercq, Carla G. Taylor, Peter Zahradka, Malcolm R. Ogborn, Harold M. Aukema

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Abstract

Dietary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) reduces indicators of early renal disease progression and the associated elevated cyclooxygenase (COX) levels in young obese rats with obesity-associated nephropathy (OAN). Therefore, renal function and injury and COX and its metabolites were assessed in obese fa/fa Zucker rats with more advanced renal disease. Obese rats at 16weeks of age were provided with either cis(c)9, trans(t)11 (fa/fa-9,11) or t10,c12 (fa/fa-10,12) CLA for 8weeks, and compared to lean (lean-CTL) and obese (fa/fa-CTL) rats provided the control diet without CLA. Obese rats displayed significantly reduced renal function and increased renal injury compared to lean rats. In the obese rat groups, glomerular hypertrophy was reduced in both CLA-supplemented groups. While all other measures of renal function or injury were not different in fa/fa-9,11 compared to fa/fa-CTL rats, the fa/fa-10,12 rats had greater renal hypertrophy, glomerular fibrosis, fibrosis, tubular casts and macrophage infiltration compared to the fa/fa-CTL and fa/fa-9,11 groups. The fa/fa-10,12 group also had elevated levels of renal COX1, which was associated with increased levels of two oxylipins produced by this enzyme, 6-keto-prostaglandin F, and thromboxane B2. Renal linoleic acid and its lipoxygenase products also were lower in obese compared to lean rats, but CLA supplementation had no effect on these or any other lipoxygenase oxylipins. In summary, supplementation with c9,t11 CLA did not improve more advanced OAN and t10,c12 CLA worsened the renal pathology. Altered production of select COX1 derived oxylipins was associated with the detrimental effect of the t10,c12 isomer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)130-137
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume26
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 1 2015
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Grants, sponsors and funding sources: This work was supported by grant funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery program (H.M.A.) , Dairy Farmers of Canada and an NSERC Collaborative Research Development Project (C.G.T. and P.Z.), and NSERC graduate (V.D.) and undergraduate (Y.W.) scholarships.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Inc.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Clinical Biochemistry

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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