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Alpha-tocopherol in Intravenous Lipid Emulsions Imparts Hepatic Protection in a Murine Model of Hepatosteatosis Induced by the Enteral Administration of a Parenteral Nutrition Solution

Alpha-tocopherol in Intravenous Lipid Emulsions Imparts Hepatic Protection in a Murine Model of Hepatosteatosis Induced by the Enteral Administration of a Parenteral Nutrition Solution

Gillian L Fell, Lorenzo Anez-Bustillos, Duy T Dao, Meredith A Baker, Prathima Nandivada, Bennet S Cho, Amy Pan, Alison A O'Loughlin, Vania Nose, Kathleen M Gura, Mark Puder

PLoS One. 2019 Jul 11;14(7):e0217155.

PMID: 31295333

Abstract:

Intestinal failure-associated liver disease (IFALD) is a risk of parenteral nutrition (PN)-dependence. Intravenous soybean oil-based parenteral fat can exacerbate the risk of IFALD while intravenous fish oil can minimize its progression, yet the mechanisms by which soybean oil harms and fish oil protects the liver are uncertain. Properties that differentiate soybean and fish oils include α-tocopherol and phytosterol content. Soybean oil is rich in phytosterols and contains little α-tocopherol. Fish oil contains abundant α-tocopherol and little phytosterols. This study tested whether α-tocopherol confers hepatoprotective properties while phytosterols confer hepatotoxicity to intravenous fat emulsions. Utilizing emulsions formulated in the laboratory, a soybean oil emulsion (SO) failed to protect from hepatosteatosis in mice administered a PN solution enterally. An emulsion of soybean oil containing α-tocopherol (SO+AT) preserved normal hepatic architecture. A fish oil emulsion (FO) and an emulsion of fish oil containing phytosterols (FO+P) protected from steatosis in this model. Expression of hepatic acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACC) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ), was increased in animals administered SO. ACC and PPARγ levels were comparable to chow-fed controls in animals receiving SO+AT, FO, and FO+P. This study suggests a hepatoprotective role for α-tocopherol in liver injury induced by the enteral administration of a parenteral nutrition solution. Phytosterols do not appear to compromise the hepatoprotective effects of fish oil.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP10191410-A	(±)−α−Tocopherol (Vitamin E) solution		10191-41-0	Price

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