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ArticleThe Journal of nutrition2025

Nonfat Milk Supplementation Mitigates Hepatic Lipid Accumulation and Improves Hepatic Lipid Metabolism in an Early Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease C57BL/6N Mouse Model.

Emily Berg, Salma Moftah, Emad Yuzbashian, Catherine B Chan

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Emily BergDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Salma MoftahDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Emad YuzbashianDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Life, and Environmental Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Catherine B ChanDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Life, and Environmental Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: cbchan@ualberta.ca.

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Abstract

backgroundDairy products may mitigate metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) progression, but the role of dairy fat is unclear.

objectivesThis animal trial compared MASLD-related outcomes after feeding nonfat milk (NFM) or whole-fat milk (WFM) in a high-fat diet (HFD)-induced MASLD mouse model.

methodsMale C57BL/6N mice were fed a HFD (45% kcal fat; n = 40) for 9 wk. During the last 8 wk, 2 randomly selected groups additionally consumed 0.425 mL NFM (0 g% fat; n = 8) or WFM (3.25 g% fat; n = 12), from a small dish, 5 d/wk. A low-fat diet group (10% kcal fat; n = 20) served as a reference. The metabolic phenotype and liver lipid metabolism pathways were studied and compared by 1-way analysis of variance; P ≤ 0.05 was considered significant.

resultsNFM reduced body weight (BW) gain (46 ± 2.5 compared with 61 ± 3.5 %BW, P < 0.01) and hepatic triglyceride content (46.0 ± 10.4 compared with 71.7 ± 14.4 mg/g, P <0.05) compared with HFD. Immunoblotting revealed that NFM feeding increased hepatic mitochondrial complex abundance (P < 0.05) compared with WFM. Compared with NFM, WFM had higher triglyceride content (69.2 ± 16.5 compared with 46.0 ± 10.4 mg/g, P < 0.05) but reduced liver area covered by lipid droplets in comparison with HFD (6.49 ± 2.75 compared with 13.61 ± 2.75% standard area, P = 0.051). De novo lipogenesis enzymes, fatty acid synthase (1.33 ± 0.56 compared with 0.76 ± 0.56 AU, P < 0.05) and phosphorylated acetyl-CoA carboxylase (1.65 ± 0.49 compared with 0.02 ± 0.49 AU, P < 0.05) were increased compared with NFM. Carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1α (1.48 ± 0.19 compared with 1.00 ± 0.19 AU, P < 0.05) was increased in WFM compared with HFD animals, and Opa1 mRNA expression was increased in WFM (1.26 ± 0.21 compared with 0.66 ± 0.21 AU, P < 0.05) compared with the NFM group.

conclusionsCompared with WFM, NFM mice had greater benefits in mitigating MASLD progression through increased capacity for oxidative phosphorylation and fatty acid export, leading to reduced hepatic fat accumulation.

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Dietary SupplementsFatty LiverLipid MetabolismLiverMilkAnimalsDiet, High-FatDisease Models, AnimalMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLdairyhepatic lipid metabolismhepatic steatosismetabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver diseasemitochondria

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PMID41015295
PMCPMC12799403

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