scholarly journals Comparative Effects and Mechanisms of Chitosan and Its Derivatives on Hypercholesterolemia in High-Fat Diet-Fed Rats

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen-Yuan Chiu ◽  
Tsai-En Yen ◽  
Shing-Hwa Liu ◽  
Meng-Tsan Chiang

The present study investigated and compared the effects of different molecular weights of chitosan (high molecular weight chitosan (HC) and low molecular weight chitosan (LC)) and its derivatives (chitosan oligosaccharide (CO)) on cholesterol regulation in high-fat (HF) diet-fed rats. A diet supplementation of 5% HC, 5% LC, or 5% CO for 8 weeks showed hypocholesterolemic potential in HF diet-fed rats. Unexpectedly, a 5% CO-supplemented diet exerted hepatic damage, producing increased levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α). The supplementation of HC and LC, unlike CO, significantly decreased the hepatic total cholesterol (TC) levels and increased the fecal TC levels in HF diet-fed rats. The hepatic protein expression of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPARα) in the HF diet-fed rats was markedly decreased, which could be significantly reversed by both HC and LC, but not CO, supplementation. Unlike the supplementation of CO, both HC and LC supplementation could effectively reverse the HF-inhibited/induced gene expressions of the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) and cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase (CYP7A1), respectively. The upregulated intestinal acyl-CoA cholesterol acyltransferase 2 (ACAT2) protein expression in HF diet-fed rats could be reversed by HC and LC, but not CO, supplementation. Taken together, a supplementation of 5% CO in HF diet-fed rats may exert liver damage via a higher hepatic cholesterol accumulation and a higher intestinal cholesterol uptake. Both HC and LC effectively ameliorated the hypercholesterolemia and regulated cholesterol homeostasis via the activation and inhibition of hepatic (AMPKα and PPARα) and intestinal (ACAT2) cholesterol-modulators, respectively, as well as the modulation of downstream signals (LDLR and CYP7A1).

2007 ◽  
Vol 293 (1) ◽  
pp. R70-R77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Luci ◽  
Beatrice Giemsa ◽  
Holger Kluge ◽  
Klaus Eder

This study investigated the effect of clofibrate treatment on expression of target genes of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-α and various genes of the lipid metabolism in liver and adipose tissue of pigs. An experiment with 18 pigs was performed in which pigs were fed either a control diet or the same diet supplemented with 5 g clofibrate/kg for 28 days. Pigs treated with clofibrate had heavier livers, moderately increased mRNA concentrations of various PPAR-α target genes in liver and adipose tissue, a higher concentration of 3-hydroxybutyrate, and markedly lower concentrations of triglycerides and cholesterol in plasma and lipoproteins than control pigs ( P < 0.05). mRNA concentrations of sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBP)-1 and -2, insulin-induced genes ( Insig) -1 and Insig-2, and the SREBP target genes acetyl-CoA carboxylase, 3-methyl-3-hydroxyglutaryl-CoA reductase, and low-density lipoprotein receptor in liver and adipose tissue and mRNA concentrations of apolipoproteins A-I, A-II, and C-III in the liver were not different between both groups of pigs. In conclusion, this study shows that clofibrate treatment activates PPAR-α in liver and adipose tissue and has a strong hypotriglyceridemic and hypocholesterolemic effect in pigs. The finding that mRNA concentrations of some proteins responsible for the hypolipidemic action of fibrates in humans were not altered suggests that there were certain differences in the mode of action compared with humans. It is also shown that PPAR-α activation by clofibrate does not affect hepatic expression of SREBP target genes involved in synthesis of triglycerides and cholesterol homeostasis in liver and adipose tissue of pigs.


2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 2607-2619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taro E. Akiyama ◽  
Shuichi Sakai ◽  
Gilles Lambert ◽  
Christopher J. Nicol ◽  
Kimihiko Matsusue ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Disruption of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) gene causes embryonic lethality due to placental dysfunction. To circumvent this, a PPARγ conditional gene knockout mouse was produced by using the Cre-loxP system. The targeted allele, containing loxP sites flanking exon 2 of the PPARγ gene, was crossed into a transgenic mouse line expressing Cre recombinase under the control of the alpha/beta interferon-inducible (MX) promoter. Induction of the MX promoter by pIpC resulted in nearly complete deletion of the targeted exon, a corresponding loss of full-length PPARγ mRNA transcript and protein, and marked reductions in basal and troglitazone-stimulated expression of the genes encoding lipoprotein lipase, CD36, LXRα, and ABCG1 in thioglycolate-elicited peritoneal macrophages. Reductions in the basal levels of apolipoprotein E (apoE) mRNA in macrophages and apoE protein in total plasma and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) were also observed in pIpC-treated PPARγ-MXCre+ mice. Basal cholesterol efflux from cholesterol-loaded macrophages to HDL was significantly reduced after disruption of the PPARγ gene. Troglitazone selectively inhibited ABCA1 expression (while rosiglitazone, ciglitazone, and pioglitazone had little effect) and cholesterol efflux in both PPARγ-deficient and control macrophages, indicating that this drug can exert paradoxical effects on cholesterol homeostasis that are independent of PPARγ. Together, these data indicate that PPARγ plays a critical role in the regulation of cholesterol homeostasis by controlling the expression of a network of genes that mediate cholesterol efflux from cells and its transport in plasma.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing-Ping Lin林靚蘋 ◽  
Yevgeniya A. Mironova ◽  
Peter Shrager ◽  
Roman J. Giger

AbstractThe low-density lipoprotein related-receptor-1 (LRP1) is a large endocytic and signaling receptor. We show that Lrp1 is required for proper CNS myelinogensis in vivo. Either global inducible or oligodendrocyte (OL)-lineage specific ablation of Lrp1 impairs myelin development and adult white matter repair. In primary oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs), Lrp1 deficiency reduces cholesterol levels and attenuates differentiation into mature OLs. Despite a strong increase in the sterol-regulatory element-binding protein-2, Lrp1-/- OPCs are not able to maintain normal cholesterol levels, suggesting more global metabolic deficits. Mechanistic studies identified a decrease in peroxisomal biogenesis factor-2 and a reduction in peroxisomes localized to OL processes. Treatment of Lrp1-/- OPCs with cholesterol or pharmacological activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ with pioglitazone is not sufficient to promote differentiation; however when combined, cholesterol and pioglitazone treatment enhance OL production. Collectively, our studies identify a novel link between LRP1, peroxisomes, and OPC differentiation during white matter development and repair.


eLife ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing-Ping Lin ◽  
Yevgeniya A Mironova ◽  
Peter Shrager ◽  
Roman J Giger

Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-1 (LRP1) is a large endocytic and signaling molecule broadly expressed by neurons and glia. In adult mice, global inducible (Lrp1flox/flox;CAG-CreER) or oligodendrocyte (OL)-lineage specific ablation (Lrp1flox/flox;Pdgfra-CreER) of Lrp1 attenuates repair of damaged white matter. In oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs), Lrp1 is required for cholesterol homeostasis and differentiation into mature OLs. Lrp1-deficient OPC/OLs show a strong increase in the sterol-regulatory element-binding protein-2 yet are unable to maintain normal cholesterol levels, suggesting more global metabolic deficits. Mechanistic studies revealed a decrease in peroxisomal biogenesis factor-2 and fewer peroxisomes in OL processes. Treatment of Lrp1−/− OPCs with cholesterol or activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ with pioglitazone alone is not sufficient to promote differentiation; however, when combined, cholesterol and pioglitazone enhance OPC differentiation into mature OLs. Collectively, our studies reveal a novel role for Lrp1 in peroxisome biogenesis, lipid homeostasis, and OPC differentiation during white matter development and repair.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaobo Ding ◽  
Shengjie Fan ◽  
Yan Lu ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Ming Gu ◽  
...  

Obesity is a common nutritional disorder associated with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, dyslipidemia, and certain cancers. In this study, we investigated the effects ofCitrus ichangensispeel extract (CIE) in high-fat (HF) diet-induced obesity mice. Female C57BL/6 mice were fed a chow diet or an HF diet alone or supplemented with 1% w/w CIE for 8 weeks. We found that CIE treatment could lower blood glucose level and improve glucose tolerance. In the HF+CIE group, body weight gain, serum total cholesterol (TC) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) levels, and liver triglyceride (TG) and TC concentrations were significantly (P<0.05) decreased relative to those in the HF group. To elucidate the mechanism of CIE on the metabolism of glucose and lipid, related genes expression in liver were examined. In liver tissue, CIE significantly decreased the mRNA expression levels of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptorγ(PPARγ) and its target genes, such as fatty acid synthase (FAS) and acyl-CoA oxidase (ACO). Moreover, CIE also decreased the expression of liver X receptor (LXR)αandβwhich are involved in lipid and glucose metabolism. These results suggest that CIE administration could alleviate obesity and related metabolic disorders in HF diet-induced obesity mice through the inhibition of PPARγand LXR signaling.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurliyani ◽  
Eni Harmayani ◽  
Sunarti

Abstract Kefir is fermented milk product containing bacteria and yeast, whereas glucomannan from porang (Amorphophallus oncophyllus) tuber has known as prebiotic in vivo. Diets with a high fat and high sugar will stimulate metabolic syndrome. The objective of this study were to determine the effect of synbiotic kefir (goat milk kefir enriched with porang glucomannan) on blood glucose, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), free fatty acid (FFA), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), gene expression of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPARγ), and insulin producing cells in rat fed high- fat and high- fructose (HFHF) diet. Rats were divided into 5 groups: normal; high fat high fructose (HFHF); HFHF + probiotic kefir; HFHF + synbiotic kefir; and HFHF + simvastatin. There was no significantly differences in plasma blood glucose in HFHF rat after treated with synbiotic kefir. However, synbiotic kefir could decrease HbA1c and plasma TNFα, and inhibit the increasing FFA in HFHF rats. Probiotic and synbiotic kefir could decrease gene expression of PPARγ2 in both of adipose and liver tissue in HFHF rats, but had no effect on total number of Langerhans islet and insulin producing cell. In conclusion, synbiotic kefir could ameliorate the health of rats in condition of high-fat and high-fructose diet, through decreasing in HbA1c, TNFα, and gene expression of PPARγ2 and also prevent the increasing of FFA. Therefore, synbiotic kefir containing porang glucomannan is expected to be a suggestion for the food industry to develop synbiotic-based functional foods which has the potential to improve metabolic syndrome


2002 ◽  
Vol 364 (3) ◽  
pp. 687-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark J. HOLNESS ◽  
Nicholas D. SMITH ◽  
Karen BULMER ◽  
Teresa HOPKINS ◽  
Geoffrey F. GIBBONS ◽  
...  

Inactivation of cardiac pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) after prolonged starvation and in response to hyperthyroidism is associated with enhanced protein expression of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) isoform 4. The present study examined the potential role of peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) in adaptive modification of cardiac PDK4 protein expression after starvation and in hyperthyroidism. PDK4 protein expression was analysed by immunoblotting in homogenates of hearts from fed or 48h-starved rats, rats rendered hyperthyroid by subcutaneous injection of tri-iodothyronine and a subgroup of euthyroid rats maintained on a high-fat/low-carbohydrate diet, with or without treatment with the PPARα agonist WY14,643. In addition, PDK4 protein expression was analysed in hearts from fed, 24h-starved or 6h-refed wild-type or PPARα-null mice. PPARα activation by WY14,643 in vivo over the timescale of the response to starvation failed to up-regulate cardiac PDK4 protein expression in rats maintained on standard diet (WY14,643, 1.1-fold increase; starvation, 1.8-fold increase) or influence the cardiac PDK4 response to starvation. By contrast, PPARα activation by WY14,643 in vivo significantly enhanced cardiac PDK4 protein expression in rats maintained on a high-fat diet, which itself increased cardiac PDK4 protein expression. PPARα deficiency did not abolish up-regulation of cardiac PDK4 protein expression in response to starvation (2.9-fold increases in both wild-type and PPARα-null mice). Starvation and hyperthyroidism exerted additive effects on cardiac PDK4 protein expression, but PPARα activation by WY14,643 did not influence the response of cardiac PDK4 protein expression to hyperthyroidism in either the fed or starved state. Our data support the hypothesis that cardiac PDK4 protein expression is regulated, at least in part, by a fatty acid-dependent, PPARα-independent mechanism and strongly implicate a fall in insulin in either initiating or facilitating the response of cardiac PDK4 protein expression to starvation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Yi-Hui Liu ◽  
Zhi-Nan Xiang ◽  
Chen Chen ◽  
Luo-Sheng Wan ◽  
Jia-Chun Chen

In this study, C57BL/6J mice with high-fat diet- (HFD-) induced hyperlipidemia were treated with total Liriope spicata var. prolifera polysaccharides (TLSP: 200, 400, and 800 mg/kg body weight), simvastatin (3 mg/kg body weight), or saline for 8 weeks, respectively. The results showed that TLSP had strong lipid-lowering and hepatoprotective effects on C57BL/6J mice with HFD-induced hyperlipidemia. TLSP administration significantly reduced serum total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and downregulated the expressions of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)γ and fatty acid synthase (FAS) in the adipose and liver tissues of the mice. TLSP exerted hypolipidemic and hepatoprotective effects by activating lipid/bile acid metabolism via the FXH-SHP/CYP7A1 and SEBP-1c/FAC/ACC signaling pathways. Thus, TLPS is a promising natural polymer with hepatoprotective and hypolipidemic properties.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Zhu ◽  
Fang Tan ◽  
Jianfei Mu ◽  
Ruokun Yi ◽  
Xianrong Zhou ◽  
...  

Sichuan pickle is a traditional fermented food in China which is produced by the spontaneous fermentation of Chinese cabbage. In this study, the anti-obesity effects of a new lactic acid bacterium (Lactobacillus fermentum CQPC05, LF-CQPC05) isolated from Sichuan pickles were assessed in vivo. An obese animal model was established in mice by inducing obesity with high-fat diet. Both serum and tissues were collected from the mice, and then subjected to qPCR and Western blot analyses. The results showed that LF-CQPC05 could decrease the values of hepatosomatic, epididymal fat, and perirenal fat indices that were induced by a high-fat diet in mice. Moreover, LF-CQPC05 reduced the levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransaminase (AST), total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and increased the level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in both serum samples and liver tissues of obese mice fed with a high-fat diet. Pathological observations demonstrated that LF-CQPC05 could alleviate the obesity-induced pathological changes in the liver tissue of mice, and reduce the degree of adipocyte enlargement. The results of qPCR and Western blot analyses further indicated that LF-CQPC05 upregulated the mRNA and protein expression levels of lipoprotein lipase (LPL), PPAR-α: peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPAR-α), (cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase) CYP7A1, and carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 (CPT1A), and downregulated the expression levels of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-γ) and CCAAT enhancer-binding protein alpha (C/EBP-α) in both liver tissue and epididymal adipose tissue. Taken altogether, this study reveals that LF-CQPC05 can effectively inhibit high-fat diet-induced obesity. Its anti-obesity effect is comparable to that of l-carnitine, and is superior to that of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus, a common strain used in the dairy industry. Therefore, LF-CQPC05 is a high-quality microbial strain with probiotic potential.


2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya Wu ◽  
Fang Tan ◽  
Tianyu Zhang ◽  
Binglin Xie ◽  
Lixian Ran ◽  
...  

Abstract Lotus leaves (Nelumbo nucifera) are widely used in medicines and foods. The investigate systematically studied the anti-obesity effect of lotus leaf extracts. It could reduce body weight, alleviate liver damage, and inhibit fat accumulation in high-fat-diet-induced obese mice. Lotus leaf extracts reduced serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), and alkaline phosphatase (AKP) levels; decreased total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels in the serum; and increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels to improve dyslipidemia. Lotus leaves also inhibited inflammation accompanied by obesity via decreasing inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-1β, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interferon gamma (IFN-γ), and IL-6 levels and increasing anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-4 and IL-10 levels. qPCR analysis revealed that lotus leaves upregulated peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPAR-α), lipoprotein lipase (LPL), carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 (CPT1), and cholesterol 7 alpha hydroxylase (CYP7A1) mRNA expressions and downregulated peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ) and CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha (C/EBP-α) mRNA expressions, to reduce adipocyte differentiation and fat accumulation, promote oxidation of fat and decomposition of triglyceride and cholesterol. So, lotus leaves effectively regulated lipid metabolism, alleviated inflammation and liver injury in obese mice; thus, lotus leaves could be further developed as a food to combat obesity.


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