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Obesity and Hypertriglyceridemia Produce Cognitive Impairment

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Farr, Susan A., Yamada, Kelvin A., Butterfield, D. Allan, Abdul, H. Mohammad, Xu, Lin, Miller, Nicole E., Banks, William A., Morley, John E.·2008·Endocrinology

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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.

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Authors
Farr, S. A., Yamada, K. A., Butterfield, D. A., Abdul, H. M., Xu, L., Miller, N. E., Banks, W. A., & Morley, J. E.
Affiliations
  • St. Louis VA Medical Center (US)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • University of Kentucky (US)
  • Department of Chemistry and Center of Membrane Sciences (D.A.B., H.M.A.), University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536
  • Division of Geriatric Medicine (S.A.F., N.E.M., W.A.B., J.E.M.), Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104
Corresponding author
Banks, William A.
Venue
Endocrinology
Published
2008-02-14
Volume
149
Issue
5
Pages
2628-2636
ISSN
  • 0013-7227 (ISSN-L)
  • 1945-7170
OpenAlex
W2146978742
Cited by
382
References
37
Citations by year
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FWCI
9.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Endocrinology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
Funders
U.S. Public Health Service (051334, 42774)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
Keywords
obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, cognitive impairment, triglycerides, metabolic syndrome X, leptin resistance, dyslipidemia, gemfibrozil, triolein, palmitate, NMDA receptor, hippocampal long-term potentiation, oxidative stress, avoidance learning, Morris water maze, food reward
MeSH terms
Animals, Hypolipidemic Agents, Avoidance Learning, Cognition Disorders, Diet, Atherogenic, Male, Memory, Mice, Inbred Strains, Obesity, Swimming, Triolein, Lipid Peroxidation, Hypertriglyceridemia, Gemfibrozil, Maze Learning, Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, Mice

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