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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 50, 68-72, Copyright © 1989 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Short-term exposure to high dietary cholesterol in early life: arterial changes and response after normalization of plasma cholesterol

MT Subbiah, JD Sprinkle, Z Rymaszewski and RL Yunker
Department of Internal Medicine and Pathology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, OH.

Elevated serum cholesterol is an established risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis but the effect of high dietary cholesterol in early life on subsequent arterial response to atherogenic diet in adult life is unknown. Weanling rabbits were exposed for 6 wk to a diet containing 0.25% cholesterol, allowed to recover for 9 wk (at least 3 wk after normalization of plasma cholesterol), and subsequently rechallenged with cholesterol to determine atherogenic response. Enhanced activity of acyl-CoA- cholesterol-acyl-transferase in aorta induced by cholesterol feeding persisted even after normalization of serum cholesterol. When rechallenged with cholesterol for 3 mo, these animals displayed significantly (p less than 0.05) increased development of aortic atherosclerosis and accumulation of cholesterol esters when compared with control animals. Exposure to cholesterol in early life appears to cause persistent changes in cholesterol ester synthetic enzyme activity in aorta after normalization of plasma cholesterol and these residual effects might increase aortic response to subsequent cholesterol challenge in adult life.




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