人気の食用油が肥満を誘発する代謝経路を発見(Study links America’s favorite cooking oil to obesity)

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2025-11-26 カリフォルニア大学リバーサイド校(UCR)

カリフォルニア大学リバーサイド校(UCR)の研究チームは、米国で最も使用されている調理油である大豆油(soybean oil)が、肥満促進に関わる遺伝子ネットワークを変化させることを明らかにした。マウスを用いた研究で、大豆油を多く含む食事は体重増加、脂肪蓄積、糖代謝異常を引き起こし、これらの変化はオレイン酸主体のオリーブ油食群では見られなかった。遺伝子解析の結果、大豆油はエネルギー消費・脂肪細胞の増殖・炎症に関わる複数の遺伝子群を強く活性化し、肥満や代謝疾患のリスクを高める可能性が示された。また、大豆油に含まれるリノール酸が鍵となる経路を過剰刺激していることも示唆された。本研究は、油脂の種類が肥満や健康に与える影響を分子レベルで解明したものであり、食生活の改善や公衆衛生政策に重要な示唆を与える。

人気の食用油が肥満を誘発する代謝経路を発見(Study links America’s favorite cooking oil to obesity)
Oil red O staining of livers of mice fed diet high in soybean oil shows smaller fat droplets in the α7HMZ livers compared to those from wild-type mice. (Sonia Deol/UCR)

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P2-HNF4αはリノール酸代謝を変化させ、大豆油誘発性肥満を軽減する:オキシリピンの役割 P2-HNF4α Alters Linoleic Acid Metabolism and Mitigates Soybean Oil-Induced Obesity: Role for Oxylipins

Poonamjot Deol ∙ Johannes Fahrmann ∙ Dmitry Grapov ∙ … ∙ Brett Phinney ∙ Bruce D. Hammock ∙ Frances M. Sladek
Journal of Lipid Research  Published:October 28, 2025
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlr.2025.100932

ABSTRACT

Oxylipins – oxidized metabolites of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) – are associated with several pathological conditions. We previously showed that oxylipin metabolites of linoleic acid (LA) and alpha-linolenic acid positively correlate with obesity in wild-type (WT) mice fed a high fat diet (35% kcal fat) based on soybean oil (SO). Here, we compare the effect of the SO diet (10% kcal LA) to an isocaloric diet based on coconut oil (CO) that is low in LA (2% kcal) in HNF4α exon swap male mice that express only the P2 form of HNF4α (α7HMZ). α7HMZ mice gained significantly less weight on the SO diet than WT mice and exhibited neither glucose intolerance nor fatty liver as did the WT mice. Untargeted metabolomics of the liver revealed increased levels of LA and decreased levels of PUFA-derived C18 diols in α7HMZ compared to WT. Proteomics identified decreased levels of several enzymes involved in PUFA metabolism (CYP2Cs, EPHX1, FADS2, ACOX1/2) as the likely cause of decreased diols. Correlation analysis of hepatic oxylipins with body weight, coupled with a 16-week treatment with a soluble epoxide inhibitor (sEHI), identified the oxylipins most likely to be potential drivers of obesity as 9,10-DiHOME, 12,13-DiHOME, 9,10-DiHODE and 12,13-DiHODE. Finally, while neither the CO nor SO diet induced a pro-inflammatory cytokine profile in the liver, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), several tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates and glycerol-alpha-phosphate and β-hydroxybutyrate were increased in α7HMZ, suggesting a potential role for mitochondria in the resistance to diet-induced obesity.

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