Background NAFLD as a result of inappropriate diet and obesity, may progress to sever conditions such as: type 2 diabetes mellitus or steatohepatitis, and has recently become a prevalent topic of numerous investigations. Due to its dangerous aftermaths, finding new substances, such as polyphenols and their derivatives, which might reduce liver steatosis is the main target of research into NAFLD...

The protein thiol-modifying agent arsenite, a potent activator of stress signaling, was used to examine the involvement of MAPKs in the regulation of cardiac substrate uptake. Arsenite strongly induced p38 MAPK phosphorylation in isolated rat cardiac myocytes but also moderately enhanced phosphorylation of p42/44 ERK and p70 S6K. At the level of cardiomyocytic substrate use, arsenite enhanced g...

An increased rate of fatty acid transport into skeletal muscle has been has been linked to the accumulation of intramuscular lipids and insulin resistance, and red muscles are more susceptible than white muscles in developing fatty acid-mediated insulin resistance. Therefore, we examined in Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats, relative to lean rats, 1) whether rates of fatty acid transport and tra...

A prominent example of seasonal phenotypic flexibility is the winter increase in thermogenic capacity (=summit metabolism, [Formula: see text]) in small birds, which is often accompanied by increases in pectoralis muscle mass and lipid catabolic capacity. Temperature or photoperiod may be drivers of the winter phenotype, but their relative impacts on muscle remodeling or lipid transport pathway...

Tachycardia increases oxidation of the plasma-borne long chain fatty acids in the heart. The aim of the present study was to examine effect of tachycardia on: 1) the total level of free fatty acids, diacylglycerols, triacylglycerols and phospholipids in both heart ventricles; 2) (14)C-palmitate incorporation in the lipid fractions; 3) expression of fatty acid and glucose transporters in the ven...

The metaphor of marathon running is inadequate to fully capture the magnitude of long-distance migratory flight of birds. In some respects a journey to the moon seems more appropriate. Birds have no access to supplementary water or nutrition during a multi-day flight, and they must carefully budget their body fat and protein stores to provide both fuel and life support. Fatty acid transport is ...

Le r61e knergktique, structural et fonctionnel des acides gras a longue chaine (AGLC) dans l’organisme depend de leur biodisponibilitk intestinale. Les donnkes actuelles tendent a montrer que deux mkcanismes distincts et complkmentaires permettent aux AGLC de traverser la membrane apicale de l’entkrocyte: une diffusion simple et un transport faisant intervenir au moins deux protkines membranair...