HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC EFFECT OF DIETARY APPLE POLYPHENOL IS ASSOCIATED WITH ALTERATIONS IN HEPATIC GENE EXPRESSION RELATED TO CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM IN RATS

Autor:	Manabu Sami, Tadahiro Sunagawa, Kyoichi Osada, Tomomasa Kanda, Yutaka Ohta
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Bile acid Cholesterol medicine.drug_class Cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase Sterol Excretion chemistry.chemical_compound Endocrinology chemistry Biochemistry Internal medicine LDL receptor medicine lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Farnesoid X receptor CYP8B1
Zdroj:	International Journal of Life Science and Medical Research. 3:50-58
ISSN:	2226-4558 2226-4566
Popis:	Apple polyphenol (AP) mainly consists of procyanidins and has been reported to improve blood cholesterol levels and promote excretion of cholesterol in rats fed high-cholesterol diets. To understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of AP, we investigated whether dietary AP changed the hepatic expression of genes related to cholesterol metabolism and steroid transport. Four-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were pair-fed with diets containing 0.5% cholesterol together with 0% (control), 0.2%, and 0.5% AP, respectively, for 30 days. Administration of 0.5% AP was found to improve serum total cholesterol levels (0.69fold vs. control, p < 0.05), and increase hepatic LDL receptor (LDLR) mRNA (1.59-fold vs. control, p < 0.0001). There was a negative correlation between serum non-HDL cholesterol and LDLR mRNA (p < 0.001). Administration of 0.5% AP increased excretion of primary bile acids (2.96-fold vs. control, p < 0.0001) and up-regulated the expression of steroid catabolism genes such as sterol 12αhydroxylase (CYP8B1). However, improvements in cholesterol levels were not associated with the hepatic expression of cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase (CYP7A1), the rate-limiting enzyme in bile acid biosynthesis. Expression of farnesoid X receptor (FXR), which is involved in the regulation of bile acid biosynthesis, was up-regulated by 0.5% AP (1.56-fold vs. control, p < 0.01), and FXR mRNA levels correlated positively with bile acid excretion (p < 0.01). These results show that dietary AP improved blood cholesterol levels with adequate intake of LDL from blood by increasing hepatic LDLR expression and promoting production of bile acid with an upregulation of genes related to steroid catabolism. KeywordsApple Polyphenol; Procyanidin; Cholesterol Metabolism; LDL Receptor
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz:	https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::897ee80f8587e0f3e589f833bf22cfe5 https://doi.org/10.5963/lsmr0302002 Zobrazit plný text záznamu