Background:

Fructose is a simple ketonic monosaccharide found in many plants, where it is often bonded to glucose to form the disaccharide sucrose.

Fructose, at low concentrations do not cause any significant increase of Tissue factor (TF)-mRNA levels. On the contrary, higher Fructose concentrations cause increase in TF mRNA levels at 60 min, as compare to unstimulated cells. Increasing Fructose concentrations causes significant decrease of tPA-mRNA levels. SOD significantly prevents Fructose induced NF-κB activation which is associated with the parallel reduction of Fructose-induced TF expression/activity[1].

In mice fed 0% Fructose, portal (0.060±0.006 mM, overall mean for all time points) and systemic (0.030±0.003 mM) Fructose concentrations do not vary with time after feeding. In contrast, portal concentrations in wild-type mice consuming 20% Fructose increase by more than twofold from time (t)=0 to t=1 h after feeding (