Oyster hydrolysate ameliorates ethanol diet-induced alcoholic fatty liver by regulating lipid metabolism in rats

We evaluated the effect of oyster hydrolysate, which was prepared using transglutaminase, protamex and neutrase (TGPN), on alcoholic fatty liver. Sprague–Dawley rats were fed a diet containing 5% (v/v) ethanol or an isocaloric amount of dextrin–maltose for 6 weeks and orally administered TGPN or silymarin for another 4 weeks. TGPN significantly decreased the liver index (liver weight/body weight), serum and hepatic lipid levels and increased the serum adiponectin level. Based on histological analysis, TGPN reduced the number of lipid droplets and lipid accumulation in liver tissue. TGPN enhanced the expression of AMP-activated protein kinase and activated its downstream pathway which controls lipid metabolism. Additionally, TGPN decreased the levels of liver function markers (aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase) and tumour necrosis factor alpha. Consequently, TGPN ameliorated alcoholic fatty liver by inhibiting fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis, promoting fatty acid oxidation and decreasing liver cell damage.     

Effect of the long-term intake of an egg white hydrolysate on the oxidative status and blood lipid profile of spontaneously hypertensive rats

This paper examines the effects of the long-term consumption of egg white hydrolysed with pepsin (hEW) on the antioxidant status and lipid profile of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). The antioxidant capacity was measured by the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) and the oxidative status by the malon-dialdehyde (MDA) assay. The lipid profile was analysed spectrophotometrically. The radical-scavenging capacity of the plasma was increased and the MDA concentration in the aorta was decreased in the SHR treated with 0.5 g/kg/day of hEW. Our findings indicate that hEW played an important role in antioxidative defence of SHR and exerted a beneficial effect on the lipid profile, lowering triglycerides and total cholesterol without changing HDL levels. Therefore, hEW may be useful to prevent or reverse abnormalities associated with the metabolic syndrome and its complications, such as hypertension, oxidative stress and hyperlipidemia.     

番茄皂苷A粗提物对动脉粥样硬化大鼠血脂和肝脏的影响

目的:研究番茄皂苷A粗提物(CEEA)对高脂诱导动脉粥样硬化(AS)大鼠血脂和肝脏的影响。方法:采用高脂饲料喂饲和腹腔注射维生素D3建立大鼠AS模型。72只雄性健康SD大鼠随机分为正常组、AS模型组、CEEA低剂量组、CEEA中剂量组、CEEA高剂量组、辛伐他汀组。24周后处死大鼠,测量各组大鼠生理生化指标。结果:与AS模型组相比,CEEA给药组能明显降低血清总胆固醇、甘油三酯、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇含量,明显升高高密度脂蛋白胆固醇水平,明显降低动脉硬化指数;明显降低肝脏指数、肝脏总胆固醇、甘油三酯、丙二醛水平,明显升高超氧化物歧化酶水平。结论:CEEA能有效调节AS大鼠血脂代谢,降低脂质在肝脏中积聚,提高肝脏的抗氧化能力,有保护肝脏的作用。     

鱼胶原蛋白肽对高脂膳食小鼠肝脏脂肪代谢和氧化还原状态的影响

目的：研究鱼胶原蛋白肽（fish collagen peptides,FCPs）对高脂膳食（high-fat diet,HFD）小鼠肝脏脂肪代谢和氧化还原状态的影响。方法：54?只C57BL/6雄性小鼠按体质量随机分为正常膳食组（CON）、HFD组（HF）和FCPs干预HFD组（PHF）。每周记录各组小鼠体质量,并按体质量把每组小鼠随机均分为两批,分别在第11和22周宰杀,测定采食量、脂肪表观消化率;肝脏中甘油三酯（triglyceride,TG）、总胆固醇和游离脂肪酸（free fatty acid,FFA）含量;肝脏脂代谢相关基因乙酰辅酶A羧化酶1、脂肪酸合成酶、固醇调节元件结合蛋白1c、胆固醇7α-羟化酶（cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase 1,CYP7A1）、过氧化物激活受体α（peroxisome proliferator activated receptor α,PPARα）和肉毒碱棕榈酰基转移酶1（carnitine palmity1 transferase 1,CPT1）的mRNA表达水平,肝脏氧化还原状态相关指标活性氧自由基（reactive oxygen species,ROS）、丙二醛、总抗氧化能力（total antioxidant capacity,T-AOC）、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶（glutathion peroxidase,GSH-Px）活力和还原型/氧化型谷胱甘肽的水平。结果：第22周时,与HF组相比,PHF组小鼠的采食量、脂肪和能量摄入显著增加（P＜0.05）,肝脏的TG、FFA、脂肪空泡和脂肪浸润面积比明显降低（P＜0.05）,脂肪分解关键基因CYP7A1、PPARα和CPT1的mRNA表达水平显著上调（P＜0.05）,肝脏的ROS水平显著降低（P＜0.05）,T-AOC水平和GSH-Px活力显著升高（P＜0.05）。结论：质量分数1% FCPs干预可能通过改善HFD小鼠肝脏氧化还原状态,促进肝脏脂肪分解代谢,起到减少小鼠肝脏脂肪蓄积和改善脂代谢。     

Assessment of thermo‐oxidative rancidity in sunflower oil and fried potato chips stabilised with oleoresin sage (Salvia officinalis L.) and ascorbyl palmitate by altered triglycerides and electronic nose

Oleoresin sage (Salvia officinalis) (SAG) (200–1500 mg kg^?1), ascorbyl palmitate (AP) (100–300 mg kg^?1) and TBHQ (200 mg kg^?1) were assessed for delaying the thermo‐oxidation in sunflower oil (SO) during 18 h of frying (180 °C). Electronic nose compared the global aroma fingerprints of potato chips fried in oils. The chemical rancidity indices viz., fatty acids, total polar compounds (TPC), altered triglycerides (dimers, polymers, oxidised monomers, diglycerides), free fatty acids, conjugated dienes and induction periods were monitored along with physical indices viz., viscosity and colour. SO_SAG+AP (1309.62 + 270.71 mg kg^?1) outperformed SO_TBHQ by preserving polyunsaturated fatty acids (60.48% vs. 56.23%), retarding TPCs (28.16% vs. 29.91%), triglyceride dimers (90.24 vs. 95.82 mg g^?1) and polymers (25.40 vs. 26.98 mg g^?1) concomitantly extending the oil disposal time (basis 25% TPC) (15.9 vs. 14.7 h). The postfrying viscosity, colour values and global aroma fingerprints of fried chips indicate a close match between SO_SAG+AP and SO_TBHQ.     

嗜酸乳杆菌La28对丙戊酸暴露引起的子代大鼠外周炎症和肝损伤的缓解作用

为评价嗜酸乳杆菌La28对丙戊酸(valproic acid,VPA)暴露引起的子代大鼠外周炎症和肝损伤的作用,同时明确其对VPA大鼠肠道菌群的调节作用。在大鼠孕期12. 5 d腹腔注射VPA和生理盐水,断奶后,随机选取雄性子代分成对照组、VPA组、La28组和利培酮(MED)组(n=5),La28组每天灌胃菌液(109CFU/m L),对照、VPA和MED组灌胃等量生理盐水和药物,干预期28 d。干预结束后,评价外周炎症、肝功能和肠道菌群的改善情况。与VPA组大鼠相比,嗜酸乳杆菌La28干预能显著地改善VPA大鼠的外周炎症和肝功能,其中对IL-6、TNF-α、ALT和GGT的作用效果更为显著。此外,嗜酸乳杆菌La28可能通过上调Allobaculumhe和Mucispirillum的相对丰度,增加厚壁菌门丰度,降低拟杆菌门丰度从而改善VPA暴露引起子代大鼠的神经炎症和肝功能。     

Effect of low‐zinc status and essential fatty acids deficiency on the activities of aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase in liver and serum of albino rats

The effects of dietary deficiencies of zinc and essential fatty acids (EFAs) or both on aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) were investigated in young growing rats. Four groups of albino rats were fed diets deficient in either EFA (4% hydrogenated coconut oil) or zinc (6 ppm) or both. The control diet was adequate in EFA (4% soybean oil) and zinc (100 ppm). The feeding trial lasted eight weeks and the activities of AST and ALT were determined in the liver and serum. EFA deficiency had no significant (p > 0.05) effect on liver AST. However, zinc and the double deficiencies depressed AST activity in the organ. Deficiencies of EFA, zinc and their combination depressed ALT activity in the liver significantly (p < 0.05) with a concomitant increase recorded in the serum. The data suggested alteration in endothelial permeability of the plasma membrane and thus leakage of membrane constituents in the tissue studied. It is therefore considered that these deficient diets may affect liver tissue negatively in view of the role of these enzymes in amino acid metabolism.     

Fumonisin B1 induced compositional modifications of the renal and hepatic membrane lipids in rats – Dose and exposure time dependence

ABSTRACT

Male Wistar rats were intraperitoneally dosed with fumonisin B1 (FB₁; 0, 20, 50 and 100 mg kg^?1 dietary dose equivalent) for 5 & 10 days to assess dose- and time-dependent effects on renal and hepatic phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylinositol (PI) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) fatty acid (FA) profiles. Renal PC showed increasing FA saturation (SAT) after 5 days; after 10 days polyunsaturation (PUFA) decreased markedly (Σ n3 (total n3), Σ n6, PUFA, unsaturation index (UI) and average FA chain length (ACL)), mostly with linear dose response. In the PI FAs similar changes were observed, decreasing monounsaturated FA, PUFA, UI and ACL (5 & 10 days), while the PE fraction was responsive in Σ n6 (↓) and SAT (↑), but only after 5 days (without dose response for both PI & PE). Liver PC exhibited increasing saturation (C16:0), decreasing polyunsaturation (C20:3 n6 [dihomo-γ-linolenic acid, DGLA]; C20:3 n3); the PI FA profile showed similar alterations after 5 days. PC & PI FA failed to respond in a dose-dependent manner to FB₁. In PE FA profile DGLA decreased, with a decrease of the total n6 FA proportion and dose-dependent increase of n3 FAs. Results revealed expressed renal sensitivity, supporting our earlier published results in terms of oxidative stress and histopathological modifications.     

Effects of subchronic exposure to transgenic papayas (Carica papaya L.) on liver and kidney enzymes and lipid parameters in rats

BACKGROUND: Declines due to Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) are the primary constraint limiting production of papaya (Carica papaya L.) in tropical and subtropical regions. Given the lack of suitable sources of resistance in the genus, transgenic papayas carrying the coat protein gene of a local strain of PRSV were recently developed to manage the disease in Jamaica. For assurance of food safety, a 90 day subchronic whole‐food feeding study in rats was conducted with transgenic and non‐transgenic papayas. RESULTS: Male and female Wistar rats (N = 56) received diets containing transgenic or non‐transgenic papayas at twice the equivalent of the average daily human consumption of fresh papayas. No adverse effects on animal behaviour or differences in body weight and organ weight between the animal groups (P < 0.05) were observed during the study. Necropsy at the end of the study indicated that neither pathological nor histopathological abnormalities were present in the liver and kidneys of rats in the control and treated groups. In addition, the levels of activity of plasma, liver and kidney acid and alkaline phosphatases and alanine and aspartate transaminases were comparable (P < 0.05). Although significant differences (P < 0.05) were found in the cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the plasma and liver among animals of the treated groups, overall the values were comparable to those of the control. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that consumption of transgenic papayas may not have adverse effects in rats as regards the parameters considered in this study. Copyright © 2008 Society of Chemical Industry     

油橄榄叶醇提取物对D-半乳糖胺/脂多糖致小鼠急性肝损伤的保护作用及其作用机制

研究油橄榄叶醇提取物(OLME)对D-半乳糖胺/脂多糖诱导小鼠肝损伤的保护作用。昆明种小鼠按体质量随机分为6组,即空白对照组、模型对照组、阳性对照组(联苯双酯200 mg/kg·d)、OLME低、中、高剂量组(200、400、800 mg/kg·d)。每天给药1次,连续给药14 d,末次给药1 h后,除正常组外其余各组用600 mg/kg·BW D-半乳糖胺和40 μg·kg^-1脂多糖腹腔注射以复制小鼠急性肝损伤模型,末次给药12 h后,摘眼球取血,取材。用生化法测定小鼠血清中谷氨酸转氨酶(ALT)和天冬氨酸转氨酶(AST)活性,用试剂盒测定各组小鼠肝匀浆中超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)活性、丙二醛(MDA)含量、肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)、白细胞介素-1β(IL-1β)和白细胞介素-6(IL-6)等炎性因子的表达水平以及半胱氨酸天冬氨酸蛋白酶-3(Caspase-3)和半胱氨酸天冬氨酸蛋白酶-8(Caspase-8)活性。与模型组比较,OLME中高剂量组小鼠血清中ALT和AST活力显著降低(p<0.05),肝组织中MDA、TNF-α、IL-1β和IL-6含量显著降低而SOD活力显著升高(p<0.05),但OLME对GSH-Px改善作用不明显,仅OLME高剂量有一定效果;OLME低、中、高剂量均能显著降低caspase-3和caspase-8活性(p<0.05)。OLME对D-半乳糖胺/脂多糖诱导的小鼠急性肝损伤具有较好的保护作用。