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Effect of mild restriction of food intake on gene expression profile in the liver of young rats: reference data for in vivo nutrigenomics study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2010

Kenji Saito
Affiliation:
Corporate Sponsored Research Program ‘Food for Life’, Organization for Interdisciplinary Research Projects, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkoyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
Yutaka Ohta
Affiliation:
Research Laboratories for Health and Gustatory Science, Asahi Breweries Limited, 1-21 Midori 1-Chome, Moriya, Ibaraki 302-0106, Japan
Manabu Sami
Affiliation:
Research Laboratories for Health and Gustatory Science, Asahi Breweries Limited, 1-21 Midori 1-Chome, Moriya, Ibaraki 302-0106, Japan
Tomomasa Kanda
Affiliation:
Research Laboratories for Health and Gustatory Science, Asahi Breweries Limited, 1-21 Midori 1-Chome, Moriya, Ibaraki 302-0106, Japan
Hisanori Kato*
Affiliation:
Corporate Sponsored Research Program ‘Food for Life’, Organization for Interdisciplinary Research Projects, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkoyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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*Corresponding author: Dr Hisanori Kato, fax +81 3 5841 1607, email akatoq@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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Abstract

Recent transcriptomics studies on the effect of long-term or severe energy restriction (ER) have revealed that many genes are dynamically modulated by this condition in rodents. The present study was conducted to define the global gene expression profile in response to mild ER treatment. Growing rats were fed with reduced amount of diet (5–30 % ER) for 1 week or 1 month. Using DNA microarray analysis of the liver, seventy-two genes that were consistently changed through the different ER levels were identified. Many were related to lipid metabolism including genes encoding key enzymes such as carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 and fatty acid synthase. Interestingly, a number of genes were altered even by 5 % ER for 1 week where no differences in weight gain were observed. The information obtained in the present study can be used as a valuable reference data source in the transcriptomics studies of food and nutrition in which subtle differences in food intake sometimes hinder appropriate interpretation of the data.

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Table 1 Body weight gain and organ weight change of rats fed the energy restriction (ER) diet(Mean values with their standard errors, n 5)

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Table 2 The number of gene probes affected by mild-to-moderate energy restriction (ER)

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Table 3 Gene categories determined to be significantly over-represented as down-regulated groups by mild-to-moderate energy restriction

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Table 4 Gene categories determined to be significantly over-represented as up-regulated groups by mild-to-moderate energy restriction

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Table 5 The genes up-regulated across all the energy restriction groups

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Table 6 The genes down-regulated across all the energy restriction groups

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Fig. 1 Validation of microarray data by quantitative PCR (qPCR). Grey lines indicate the values obtained from microarray analysis. Black lines indicate the values obtained from qPCR. Results of qPCR are presented as means with their standard errors of five rats. Mean values were significantly different between ad libitum control (CNT) group and energy restriction (ER) groups: *P < 0·05, **P < 0·01. (a and b) Integral membrane transport protein UST4r (UST4r); (c and d) farnesyl diphosphate synthase (Fdps); (e and f) fatty acid synthase (Fasn); (g and h) glucokinase (Gck); (i and j) malic enzyme 1, NADP(+)-dependent, cytosolic (Me1); (k and l) ATP citrate lyase (Acly); (m and n) carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1a, liver (Cpt1a), (o and p) nuclear receptor subfamily 1, group I, member 3 (Nr1i3). a, c, e, g, i, k, m, o: 1 week. b, d, f, h, j, l, n, p: 1 month.

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