Castanea sativa Mill. bark extract cardiovascular effects in a rat model of high‐fat diet

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Micucci ◽  
Roberta Budriesi ◽  
Rita Aldini ◽  
Romana Fato ◽  
Christian Bergamini ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. e0201540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Budriesi ◽  
Fabio Vivarelli ◽  
Donatella Canistro ◽  
Rita Aldini ◽  
Clara Babot Marquillas ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingda Li ◽  
Tianqi Wang ◽  
Panpan Liu ◽  
Fuyuan Yang ◽  
Xudong Wang ◽  
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Hesperetin as a major bioflavonoid in citrus fruits improves NAFLD by suppressing hepatic oxidative stress and inflammation.


2003 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 385-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Sukhotnik ◽  
A. Semih Gork ◽  
Min Chen ◽  
Robert A. Drongowski ◽  
Arnold G. Coran ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 426-431
Author(s):  
Gaurav Garg ◽  
Amol N. Patil ◽  
Rohit Kumar ◽  
Alka Bhatia ◽  
Kripa Shanker Kasudhan ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 300 (3) ◽  
pp. H961-H967 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackie M. Y. How ◽  
Barbara C. Fam ◽  
Anthony J. M. Verberne ◽  
Daniela M. Sartor

Gastric leptin and cholecystokinin (CCK) act on vagal afferents to induce cardiovascular effects and reflex inhibition of splanchnic sympathetic nerve discharge (SSND) and may act cooperatively in these responses. We sought to determine whether these effects are altered in animals that developed obesity in response to a medium high-fat diet (MHFD). Male Sprague-Dawley rats were placed on a low-fat diet (LFD; n = 8) or a MHFD ( n = 24) for 13 wk, after which the animals were anesthetized and artificially ventilated. Arterial pressure was monitored and blood was collected for the determination of plasma leptin and CCK. SSND responses to leptin (15 μg/kg) and CCK (2 μg/kg) administered close to the coeliac artery were evaluated. Collectively, MHFD animals had significantly higher plasma leptin but lower plasma CCK levels than LFD rats ( P < 0.05), and this corresponded to attenuated or reversed SSND responses to CCK (LFD, −21 ± 2%; and MHFD, −12 ± 2%; P < 0.05) and leptin (LFD, −6 ± 2%; and MHFD, 4 ± 1%; P < 0.001). Alternatively, animals on the MHFD were stratified into obesity-prone (OP; n = 8) or obesity-resistant (OR; n = 8) groups according to their weight gain falling within the upper or lower tertile, respectively. OP rats had significantly higher resting arterial pressure, adiposity, and plasma leptin but lower plasma CCK compared with LFD rats ( P < 0.05). The SSND responses to CCK or leptin were not significantly different between OP and OR animals. These results demonstrate that a high-fat diet is associated with blunted splanchnic sympathoinhibitory responses to gastric leptin and CCK and may impact on sympathetic vasomotor mechanisms involved in circulatory control.


2013 ◽  
Vol 91 (11) ◽  
pp. 960-965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelby Cleverley ◽  
Xiaozhou Du ◽  
Sheena Premecz ◽  
Khuong Le ◽  
Matthew Zeglinski ◽  
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Owing to their spontaneous development of atherosclerosis, apolipoprotein E knockout mice (ApoEKO) are one of the best studied animal models for this disease. Little is known about the utility of various omega-3 fatty acid regimens, in particular fish oils, in preventing cardiac disease in ApoEKO mice. The purpose of this study was to determine the cardiovascular effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation with either safflower oil (control), fish oil, flaxseed oil, or designed oil in ApoEKO mice fed a high-fat diet for a total of 16 weeks. In-vivo cardiac function was assessed weekly using murine echocardiography. Blood pressure, plasma lipid levels, and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) were serially measured. The results show that ApoEKO mice fed fish oil demonstrated an increase in left ventricular wall thickness as a result of increased afterload. Despite chronic treatment with fish oil over 16 weeks, blood pressure increased in ApoEKO mice by 20% compared with the baseline. Both echocardiographic evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy and biochemical increase in BNP levels confirmed diastolic dysfunction in ApoEKO mice fed fish oil. This suggests that high-fat diet supplemented with fish oil may lead to adverse cardiovascular effects in ApoE deficient mice.


2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Latt S Mansor ◽  
Eileen R Gonzalez ◽  
Mark A Cole ◽  
Damian J Tyler ◽  
Jessica H Beeson ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janine A Higgins ◽  
Matthew R Jackman ◽  
Ian L Brown ◽  
Ginger C Johnson ◽  
Amy Steig ◽  
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