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标题：α-Tocopherol protects against diet induced atherosclerosis in New Zealand white rabbits
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作者：Dawn C. Schwenke ; Lawrence L. Rudel ; Mary G. Sorci-Thomas 等
期刊名称：JLR Papers In Press
印刷版ISSN：0022-2275
电子版ISSN：1539-7262
出版年度：2002
卷号：43
期号：11
页码：1927-1938
DOI：10.1194/jlr.M200261-JLR200
语种：English
出版社：American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要：In this study, we asked the question “does α-tocopherol supplementation prevent an increase in total plasma cholesterol (TPC) concentration and reduce the deposition of cholesterol in arterial plaques of rabbits fed atherogenic diets?” Isocaloric diets containing 0.1% cholesterol to induce atherosclerosis were enriched in one of three fats: saturated fats (SAT), monounsaturated fats (MONO), or n-6 polyunsaturated fats (POLY). Half of each of the three diets were supplemented with 2,500 IU α-tocopherol/kg-diet. Unsupplemented diets contained 25 IU α-tocopherol/kg-diet. Rabbits supplemented with α-tocopherol had plasma α-tocopherol concentrations 10-fold higher and an average TPC concentration 31% lower, P = 0.017, than rabbits fed unsupplemented diets. Among the three fat-fed groups, the difference was greatest for the POLY fat fed group (54%, P = 0.041). POLY fat-fed rabbits without α-tocopherol supplementation had plasma HDL cholesterol concentrations that were less than half that of rabbits fed other fats, P ⩽ 0.0001. In general, differences in mean esterified artery cholesterol concentrations among the three fat-fed groups, with and without α-tocopherol supplementation, paralleled differences in TPC concentration among the groups. This study suggests that for rabbits fed high pharmacological doses of α-tocopherol, atherosclerosis can be diminished in situations where the plasma cholesterol concentrations are also significantly lower.