Abstract
To study the mechanism of alcoholic hypertriglyceridemia, baboons were pair-fed liquid diets containing 50% of energy as ethanol or as additional carbohydrate for 5-16 months. Alcohol-fed animals developed hypertriglyceridemia and early stages of alcoholic injury, namely fatty liver with or without perivenular fibrosis. In the fasting state, the triglyceride content was sixfold higher in very low density (VLDL) and intermediate density (IDL) lipoproteins and twofold higher in low density (LDL) and high density (HDL) lipoproteins. The increase in VLDL was markedly exaggerated in the postprandial state. To investigate the source of these increases, we determined net output or removal of serum triglycerides during circulation through either splanchnic or extrasplanchnic (lower extremities) vascular beds. In the splanchnic territory, there was net output of triglycerides in VLDL and net removal from the other lipoproteins. In alcohol-fed baboons, the output of VLDL-triglycerides into the hepatic (but not into the portal) vein tripled. This increase was mainly due to production of VLDL particles that were larger and had a flotation (Sf greater than 400) different from the Sf 20-400 which predominated in controls. This was associated with increased splanchnic removal of labeled chylomicron- or VLDL-triglycerides. In the lower extremities, there was an arteriovenous difference in VLDL-triglyceride concentration and this was increased in the alcohol-fed animals. Thus, the primary mechanism of the hypertriglyceridemia in alcohol-fed baboons was increased production of large, chylomicron-like VLDL by the liver, whereas both the extrasplanchnic extraction of VLDL-triglycerides and the splanchnic extraction of triglycerides from chylomicron- and VLDL-remnants were secondarily enhanced.
Highlights
To study the mechanism of alcoholic hypertriglyceridemia, baboons were pair-fed liquid diets containing 50% of energy as ethanol or as additional carbohydrate for 5-16 months
This study shows that alcoholic hypertriglyceridemia is primarily due to enhanced hepatic release of large, chylomicron-like very low density lipoproteins (VLDL)
Both the splanchnic and the extra-splanchnic removal of plasma triglycerides were secondarily increased by chronic alcohol consumption
Summary
To study the mechanism of alcoholic hypertriglyceridemia, baboons were pair-fed liquid diets containing 50% of energy as ethanol or as additional carbohydrate for 5-16 months. In alcohol-fed baboons, the output of VLDL-triglycerides into the hepatic (but not into the portal) vein tripled. This increase was mainly due to production of VLDL particles that were larger and had a flotation (Sf> 400) different from the Sf 20-400 which predominated in controls. This was associated with increased splanchnic removal of labeled chylomicron-or VLDLtriglycerides. The primary mechanism of the hypertriglyceridemia in alcohol-fed baboons was increased production of large, chylomicron-like VLDL by the liver, whereas both the extrasplanchnic extraction of VLDLtriglycerides and the splanchnic extraction of triglycerides from. Pathogenesis of the hypertriglyceridemia at early stages of alcoholic liver injury in the babo0n.J Lipid Res. 1986.27: 10731083
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