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AIM:To verify the impairment of the hepatic lipid metabolism in prehepatic portal hypertension.METHODS:The concentrations of free fatty acids,diacylglycerol, triglycerides, and phospholipids were assayed by using D-[U-14C] glucose incorporation in the different lipid fractions and thin-layer chromatography and cholesterol was measured by spectrophotometry,in liver samples of Wistar rats with partial portal vein ligation at short- (1 mo) and long-term (1 year) (i.e.portal hypertensive rats) and the control rats.RESULTS:In the portal hypertensive rats, liver phospholipid synthesis significantly decreased (7.42 ±0.50 vs 4.70 ± 0.44 nCi/g protein; P ＜ 0.01) and was associated with an increased synthesis of free fatty acids (2.08 ± 0.14 vs 3.36 ± 0.33 nCi/g protein; P ＜ 0.05),diacylglycerol (1.93 ± 0.2 vs 2.26 ± 0.28 nCi/g protein),triglycerides (2.40 ± 0.30 vs 4.49 ± 0.15 nCi/g protein)and cholesterol (24.28 ± 2.12 vs 57.66 ± 3.26 mg/gprotein; P ＜ 0.01).CONCLUSION:Prehepatic portal hypertension in rats impairs the liver lipid metabolism. This impairment consists in an increase in lipid deposits (triglycerides,diacylglycerol and cholesterol) in the liver, accompanied by a decrease in phospholipid synthesis.