This article is available online at http://www.jlr.org Glycogen storage disease type 1 (GSD 1) is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder resulting in severe impairment of glucose production and large accumulation of lipids within hepatocytes (steatosis) ( 1, 2 ). The phenotype of GSD 1 results from a defect in the glucose-6 phosphatase (G6Pase) complex, leading to severe hypoglycemia due to the loss of endogenous glucose production. Despite a strict diet, patients with GSD 1 develop hepatomegaly and steatosis and may develop, with age, hepatocellular adenoma that can ultimately evolve into hepatocellular carcinoma ( 3, 4 ). Recently, a viable mouse model of GSD 1a with a liverspecifi c deletion of G6Pase catalytic subunit (L-G6pc Ϫ / Ϫ ) has been generated and validated ( 5 ). GSD 1a mice exhibit hepatic pathological features very similar to those observed in GSD 1a patients.The accumulation of lipids in the liver relates to the buildup of neutral lipids, such as triglycerides (TGs) and cholesterol esters, stored as lipid droplets in hepatocytes and leading to hepatic steatosis. This fat accumulation may originate from a ) peripheral fat stored in adipose tissue that fl ows to the liver as plasma nonesterifi ed fatty acids, b ) fatty acids newly made within the liver through de novo lipogenesis, and c ) dietary fatty acids ( 6, 7 ).Steatosis is highly linked to the development of metabolic diseases such as obesity or type 2 diabetes, but it can also result from genetic disorders impacting lipid and glucose metabolism such as in GSD 1a, ␣ 1-antitrypsin defi ciency, Abstract The assessment of liver lipid content and composition is needed in preclinical research to investigate steatosis and steatosis-related disorders. The purpose of this study was to quantify in vivo hepatic fatty acid content and composition using a method based on short echo time proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) at 7 Tesla. A mouse model of glycogen storage disease type 1a with inducible liver-specifi c deletion of the glucose-6-phosphatase gene (L-G6pc ؊ / ؊ ) mice and control mice were fed a standard diet or a high-fat/high-sucrose (HF/HS) diet for 9 months. In control mice, hepatic lipid content was found signifi cantly higher with the HF/HS diet than with the standard diet. As expected, hepatic lipid content was already elevated in L-G6pc ؊ / ؊ mice fed a standard diet compared with control mice. L-G6pc ؊ / ؊ mice rapidly developed steatosis which was not modifi ed by the HF/HS diet. On the standard diet, estimated amplitudes from olefi nic protons were found signifi cantly higher in L-G6pc ؊ / ؊ mice compared with that in control mice. L-G6pc ؊ / ؊ mice showed no noticeable polyunsaturation from diallylic protons. Total unsaturated fatty acid indexes measured by gas chromatography were in agreement with MRS measurements. These results showed the great potential of high magnetic fi eld MRS to follow the diet impact and lipid alterations in mouse liver.