Regular Feeding Plays an Important Role in Cholesterol Homeostasis Through the Liver Circadian Clock

RATIONALE:Peripheral clock control and the relevance of the circadian rhythm to physiology and disease are major questions in mammalian circadian biology. OBJECTIVE:We examined the physiological functions of the liver clock. METHODS AND RESULTS:We established a suppressed feeding schedule regimen co...

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Published in:Circulation research 2009-09, Vol.105 (6), p.545-548
Main Authors: Yamajuku, Daisuke, Okubo, Shingo, Haruma, Tomonori, Inagaki, Takahiko, Okuda, Yuji, Kojima, Tomoko, Noutomi, Keiji, Hashimoto, Seiichi, Oda, Hiroaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Bile Acids and Salts - secretion
Biological and medical sciences
Cholesterol, VLDL - secretion
Circadian Rhythm
Diet, Atherogenic
Feeding Methods
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Homeostasis
Liver - enzymology
Liver - secretion
Male
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Miscellaneous
Other metabolic disorders
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase - metabolism
Vertebrates: cardiovascular system
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Summary:RATIONALE:Peripheral clock control and the relevance of the circadian rhythm to physiology and disease are major questions in mammalian circadian biology. OBJECTIVE:We examined the physiological functions of the liver clock. METHODS AND RESULTS:We established a suppressed feeding schedule regimen constituting a high-cholesterol diet delivered every 6 hours without changes in energy and cholesterol intake. We found that rats exposed to this regimen developed hypercholesteremia. In the liver, the rhythmicity of expression of several clock genes was disrupted. Furthermore, the nocturnal expression of the CYP7A1 gene, which encodes the rate-limiting enzyme for the conversion of cholesterol to bile acids, was shifted to a diurnal pattern. Indeed, suppression of a regular feeding rhythm increased the secretion rate of very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol from the liver and decreased the excretion of fecal bile acids. CONCLUSIONS:Our results demonstrated that not only the amount and quality of food but also the timing of meals has crucial health implications.
ISSN:0009-7330
1524-4571
DOI:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.199034