Effect of dietary protein quality and fatty acid composition on plasma lipoprotein concentrations and hepatic triglyceride fatty acid synthesis in obese cats undergoing rapid weight loss

Abstract

In cats undergoing rapid weight loss there is neither increased triglyceride synthesis nor decreased transport of very low density lipoproteins from the liver, suggesting that their involvement in the development of hepatic lipidosis may be minimal.

Influence of dietary protein and lipid on weight loss in obese ovariohysterectomized cats

“…25 Our data suggest that cats regulate lipoproteins in a manner different to that reported by others. 26,27 Additional data collected from the cats in the present study 28 suggest that increases in HDL concentration, rather than increases in concentrations of the other lipoprotein fractions, account for the increase in total serum cholesterol concentration.…”

Ontogeny and kinetics of carnitine palmitoyltransferase in liver and skeletal muscle of the domestic felid ()

“…The mechanisms underly- ing this disorder likely involve increased fatty acid transport to the liver, increased triacylglycerol synthesis, decreased fatty acid oxidation and decreased release of very low density lipoprotein from the liver [40,41]. Insofar as carnitine is necessary for fat oxidation, its clinical efficacy in treating this important feline disorder will await further investigation.…”

High feeding intensity increases the severity of fatty liver in the American mink (Neovison vison) with potential ameliorating role for long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

“…Ibrahim et al . [30] reported increased LDL-cholesterol levels in cats with diet-induced obesity. No clear explanations are apparent for these differences in LDL-cholesterol.…”

“…Decreases in HDL-cholesterol in the fasted mink are in agreement with Mustonen et al . [5], and could be related to increased clearance by the liver [30]. Whether this is a result of fasting or a consequence of fatty liver is not known, and no changes were evident in clinical cases of feline hepatic lipidosis [28].…”