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Fabrication of size-controlled linoleic acid particles and evaluation of their in-vitro lipotoxicity.
Food and Chemical Toxicology 2017 Februrary
The biological activities of fatty acids (FAs) can differ with size even for lipids of similar compositions. The aim of this study was to develop size-controlled FA particles and to evaluate their toxicity as a function of size. Well-stabilized nano- and microscale linoleic acid (LA) were fabricated based on specific physical factors. Then, resulting LAs were characterized by size distribution, surface charge, assembly structure, composition, and serum effects. The sizes of the nano- (LAnano) and microscale (LAmicro) LAs, determined by electron microscopy, were 109 nm and 12 μm, respectively. LAnano, a multilamellar structure as determined by cryo-electron microscopy, was rapidly internalized into cells via free fatty acid receptor 3. After internalization, LAnano, but not LAmicro, induced nuclear translocation of fatty acid binding protein 4 (FABP4). Translocation of FABP4 into the nucleus then induced expression of the FA metabolism-related genes InsR and AdipoR1. Their expression was significantly increased in the presence of only LAnano. Cytotoxicity was also significantly increased in cells treated with LAnano, but not LAmicro, as indicated by the endoplasmic reticulum stress markers CHOP and GRP78. Therefore, our results demonstrated that FAs with the same composition but varying in size can cause different cellular responses.
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