Effects of fish oil fatty acids on low density lipoprotein size, oxidizability, and uptake by macrophages.

The effect of fish oil and corn oil supplementation on plasma lipids and lipoproteins and on low density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation was examined in 20 treated hypertensive subjects. The randomized double-blind crossover study consisted of two 6-week interventions with 4 g/day of a highly purified fish oil or corn oil. Fish oil significantly (-24%, P < 0.01) reduced plasma triglyceride, and increased LDL-cholesterol (+6%, P < 0.01 compared to corn oil). LDL particles were larger (P < 0.01) after fish oil compared to baseline and LDL size was inversely correlated with plasma triglyceride (P < 0.001) both before and after fish oil supplementation, and positively correlated with high density lipoprotein cholesterol (P < 0.01). Fish oil reduced lag time before onset of copper-induced LDL oxidation (-25%, P < 0.001) and significantly increased production of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) during oxidation, compared with corn oil. Corn oil had no significant effect on lag time and oxidation rate. Fish oil increased macrophage uptake of copper-oxidized LDL and of macrophage-modified LDL. Corn oil was without effect. Additionally, macrophages that were supplemented with fish oil fatty acids in vitro displayed a significantly (P < 0.001) higher capacity to oxidize LDL than either control cells or cells supplemented with corn oil fatty acids. We conclude that from the standpoint of atherosclerosis, fish oil fatty acids adversely raise the susceptibility of LDL to copper-induced and macrophage-mediated oxidation but that the increase in plasma LDL cholesterol concentration reflects an increase in size that may be favorable.

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