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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Obesity and hypertriglyceridemia produce cognitive impairment |
Author: | Farr, S. Yamada, K. Butterfield, D. Abdul, H. Xu, L. Miller, N. Banks, W. Morley, J. |
Citation: | Endocrinology, 2008; 149(5):2628-2636 |
Publisher: | Endocrine Soc |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
ISSN: | 0013-7227 0013-7227 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Susan A. Farr, Kelvin A. Yamada, D. Allan Butterfield, H. Mohammad Abdul, Lin Xu, Nicole E. Miller, William A. Banks and John E. Morley |
Abstract: | Obesity is associated with cognitive impairments. Long-term mechanisms for this association include consequences of hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, or other factors comprising metabolic syndrome X. We found that hypertriglyceridemia, the main dyslipidemia of metabolic syndrome X, is in part responsible for the leptin resistance seen in obesity. Here we determined whether triglycerides have an immediate and direct effect on cognition. Obese mice showed impaired acquisition in three different cognitive paradigms: the active avoidance T-maze, the Morris water maze, and a food reward lever press. These impairments were not attributable to differences in foot shock sensitivity, swim speed, swimming distance, or voluntary milk consumption. Impaired cognition in obese mice was improved by selectively lowering triglycerides with gemfibrozil. Injection into the brain of the triglyceride triolein, but not of the free fatty acid palmitate, impaired acquisition in normal body weight mice. Triolein or milk (97% of fats are triglycerides), but not skim milk (no triglycerides), impaired maintenance of the N-methyl-D-aspartate component of the hippocampal long-term synaptic potential. Measures of oxidative stress in whole brain were reduced by gemfibrozil. We conclude that triglycerides mediate cognitive impairment as seen in obesity, possibly by impairing maintenance of the N-methyl-D-aspartate component of hippocampal long-term potentiation, and that lowering triglycerides can reverse the cognitive impairment and improve oxidative stress in the brain. |
Keywords: | Animals Mice, Inbred Strains Mice Hypertriglyceridemia Obesity Gemfibrozil Triolein Diet, Atherogenic Avoidance Learning Maze Learning Memory Cognition Disorders Lipid Peroxidation Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials Swimming Male Hypolipidemic Agents |
DOI: | 10.1210/en.2007-1722 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-1722 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Medicine publications |
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