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was used as the liver cytosolic fraction and<br />

total glutathione (GSH) content was<br />

determined by a colorimetric assay, Bioxytech<br />

GSH-400 (OXISResarch TM , Portland, OR,<br />

USA).<br />

Adipose tissue <strong>fatty</strong> acid oxidation capacity –<br />

samples from eWAT and iBAT was<br />

homogenized in a glycine-glycine buffer as<br />

previously described (44). <strong>The</strong> homogenates<br />

were centrifuged at 1000 g for 5 minutes and<br />

the supernatant was collected (post-nuclear<br />

fraction). Fatty acid oxidation capacity was<br />

measured in the post-nuclear fractions by the<br />

acid-soluble product method using radiolabeled<br />

palmitoyl-Coenzyme A as the<br />

substrate, as previously described in detail<br />

(30).<br />

In vitro adipocyte differentiation and <strong>fatty</strong> acid<br />

oxidation – <strong>The</strong> stromal vascular fraction was<br />

isolated from eWAT dissected out from rats as<br />

earlier described (37). Contaminating<br />

erythrocytes were eliminated from the stromalvascular<br />

fraction by a wash with sterile<br />

distilled water. Cells were plated and induced<br />

to differentiate as described (37).<br />

Differentiated cells were treated with<br />

increasing concentrations <strong>of</strong> taurocholic acid in<br />

the medium for 24h. Afterwards, the cells were<br />

scraped and homogenized in a buffer<br />

containing 0.25 M sucrose, 2 mM EGTA and<br />

10 mM Tris/HCl, pH 7.4. Fatty acid oxidation<br />

capacity was evaluated by the total amount <strong>of</strong><br />

acid-soluble products using radio-labeled<br />

palmitoyl-Coenzyme A as the substrate, as<br />

previously described in detail (30).<br />

Energy in faeces and diets - <strong>The</strong> gross energy<br />

content was determined in a bomb calorimeter<br />

following the manufacturer’s instruction (Parr<br />

Instruments, Moline, IL, USA).<br />

Statistical analysis – Data <strong>are</strong> presented as<br />

mean+S.E. Analysis <strong>of</strong> variance was<br />

performed by post-hoc pairwise comparison<br />

Student’s t-test or Tukey’s HSD test. Data that<br />

failed to show homogeneity in variance by<br />

Levenes’ test were tested by the nonparametric<br />

tests Mann-Whitney U test or<br />

Kruskal-Wallis test. Data were considered<br />

statistically different at P

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