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- New insights into biological effects of conjugated linoleic acid and saturated fats in body fat composition, obesity and related disorders: experimental studies in normal-weight Wistar and obese Zucker ratsPublication . Martins, Susana Isabel Vargas; Prates, José António Mestre; Castro, Matilde da Luz dos Santos Duque Fonseca eThe daily intake of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) isomers by humans, through diet and supplementation, and the controversial effects of these compounds in human health, were the main motivation for the elaboration of this thesis. Firstly, the present work intended to estimate the daily CLA ingestion by the Portuguese population. Secondly, the biological effects of CLA were exploited using two distinct animal models, normal-weight (Wistar rat) and genetically fat (obese Zucker rat), in combination with saturated fat based diets. The estimative of total CLA intake for the Portuguese population was 73.70 mg/day. The cis(c)9,trans(t)11 and t7,c9 were the most prevalent CLA isomers, with, respectively, 76.10 and 12.56% of the total CLA intake value. Concerning the animal trials, CLA in conjugation with saturated fats revealed beneficial but also deleterious biological effects. In the normal-weight Wistar rat fed a palm oil based diet, the administration of c9,t11 CLA isomer increased the serum triacylglycerols and the size of adipocytes from epididymal and retroperitoneal fat depots. In addition, a CLA mixture of c9,t11 and t10,c12 isomers increased the glycerol membrane permeability of kidney proximal tubules, which may indicate an improvement of glycerol reabsorption pathway. In the obese Zucker rat, CLA (as a mixture) induced changes in fatty acid profile of liver, muscle and adipose depots. CLA supplemented with a vegetable saturated fat diet seemed to promote a more beneficial adipokine serum profile and an alleviation of hepatic steatosis. In contrast, adverse effects of CLA were observed with hypercholesterolaemia promotion. Regardless CLA, the ovine fat diets worsened the insulin resistance and increased the pro-inflammatory serum cytokines. In the liver, different levels of cell death and apoptotic pathways were modulated by CLA, depending on the type of saturated fat present in the diet. The most striking result of this study was that CLA was not able to promote fat loss in both experimental models. Moreover, new mechanisms of CLA action were disclosed in this work, which reinforce the need to further investigate this compound.