Preclinical investigations of a medium-chain triglyceride:fish oil emulsion III. Experiments in cultured endothelial cells
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- Published online on: December 1, 2006 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.18.6.1177
- Pages: 1177-1185
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Abstract
The bolus intravenous injection of a novel medium-chain triglyceride:fish oil emulsion was recently reported to provoke a rapid and sustained increase in the cell phospholipid content of long-chain polyunsaturated ω3 fatty acids in both rats and human subjects. This report deals mainly with a comparison between this and other emulsions, as well as albumin-bound ω3 fatty acids, in terms of the time course, reversibility and concentration dependency for the incorporation of the ω3 fatty acids in the phospholipids of cultured endothelial cells. The results document that the new emulsion is quite efficient for a rapid and sustained enrichment of phospholipids in long-chain polyunsaturated ω3 fatty acids. The potential beneficial effects of such an enrichment in terms of aortic endothelial and cardiac function are emphasized.