Nutrition
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We assessed the mechanisms of ribonucleotide action on type 1 T-helper cell (Th1) responses against ovalbumin (OVA) in Th2-biased BALB/cJ mice. ⋯ Dietary ribonucleotides may attenuate skewed Th2 responses by augmenting clonal expansion of OVA-specific Th1 cells, suppressing expansion of OVA-specific Th2 cells in Th2-biased BLAB/cJ mice, and not affecting antigen non-specific cell surface markers.
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Anorexia is a major clinical problem in large number of patients with advanced cancer disease. Serotonergic mechanisms are assumed to play a role in the process of feeding behavior during normal and pathologic circumstances, which may also involve cancer anorexia according to previous experimental and clinical studies. ⋯ Thus, our results do not support previous observations that serotonin metabolism itself is a major factor behind anorexia in tumor-bearing animals in general. Rather, other mechanisms, such as eicosanoid and nitric oxide-dependent pathways, seem to be more important for induction of anorexia along tumor progression in the present model.
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This dietary trial was designed to evaluate the effect of an experimental short-term fasting period followed by a high-carbohydrate meal on energy expenditure, thermogenesis, and sympathetic nervous system activity in normal (body mass index < 25 kg/m(2)) and overweight (body mass index > 27 kg/m(2)) men who were healthy, non-diabetic or with no other endocrine disease, non-smokers, not taking oral prescription medications, and with a stable body weight for the previous 3 mo. ⋯ Overweight individuals showed similar short-term sympathetic nervous system responses induced by an experimental fasting period. Although diet-induced thermogenesis after carbohydrate intake was not statistically different between lean and overweight men, the postprandial insulin response and body fat content seemed to be involved in sympathetic nervous system activity.
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Integration of orosensory and postingestive stimuli for the control of excessive fat intake in mice.
Long-term preferences for, and reinforcement effects of, undigested fat substitutes were investigated by means of a two-bottle choice test and the conditioned place preference (CPP) test. ⋯ These results suggest that the postingestible effects of corn oil are involved in long-term preference and reinforcing effects.
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In this study, we examined the effect of dietary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) on body fat levels in Sprague-Dawley rats. ⋯ In conclusion, dietary CLA, especially the low-fat diet, reduced body fat without hepatic injury to Sprague-Dawley rats.