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This indicates that adipocytes in iWAT from mice receiving a low amount <strong>of</strong> sucrose and a high<br />

amount <strong>of</strong> protein had a more brownish phenotype.<br />

We have previously demonstrated that a high fat diet in combination with a high<br />

protein:sucrose ratio translated into a high glucagon:insulin ratio, increased cAMP-signaling and<br />

expression <strong>of</strong> Ppargc1a (peroxisome proliferative activated receptor, gamma, coactivator 1 alpha)<br />

leading to increased gluconeogenesis and amino acid degradation in liver (16, 17). Here we show<br />

that sucrose dose-<strong>dependent</strong>ly reduced expression <strong>of</strong> Ppargc1a, Pck1 (phosphoenolpyruvate<br />

carboxykinase 1, cytosolic) and Agxt (alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase) in the liver (Fig 1F).<br />

Expression <strong>of</strong> the lipogenic gene, Fasn, was increased whereas expressions <strong>of</strong> enzymes involved in<br />

<strong>fatty</strong> acid oxidation were unchanged when the sucrose:protein ratio was increased (Fig 1F).<br />

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<strong>The</strong> glucose moiety <strong>of</strong> sucrose is responsible for the obesity promoting effect <strong>of</strong> sucrose.<br />

To investigate whether the obesity promoting effect <strong>of</strong> sucrose fed in combination with fish oil was<br />

depended on the glucose or fructose moiety <strong>of</strong> sucrose, we prep<strong>are</strong>d diets where fish oil was<br />

combined with sucrose, glucose or fructose (Table 2). C57BL/6J mice were fed these diets adlibitum.<br />

After 7 weeks mice receiving fish oil in combination with fructose had gained less weight<br />

than mice receiving fish oil in combination with sucrose or glucose (Fig 2A). Energy intake was<br />

slightly, but not statistically significantly lower in mice fed the fructose supplemented diets and<br />

hence, energy efficiency was significantly reduced (Fig 2B). Calculation <strong>of</strong> digestibility<br />

demonstrated a minor, but not significantly reduced digestibility <strong>of</strong> protein and fat in fructose fed<br />

mice (Fig 2C). Of note, the mice receiving fructose had about 50% less white adipose tissue mass,<br />

iWAT, pWAT and eWAT, than mice receiving sucrose or glucose, combined with a tendency<br />

towards a slight decrease in the weight <strong>of</strong> the tibialis anterior muscle (Fig 2D).<br />

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