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Sasa quelpaertensis Leaf Extract Ameliorates Dyslipidemia, Insulin Resistance, and Hepatic Lipid Accumulation in High-Fructose-Diet-Fed Rats.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increased dietary fructose consumption is closely associated with lipid and glucose metabolic disorders. Sasa quelpaertensis Nakai possesses various health-promoting properties, but there has been no research on its protective effect against fructose-induced metabolic dysfunction. In this study, we investigated the effects of S. quelpaertensis leaf extract (SQE) on metabolic dysfunction in high-fructose-diet-fed rats.

Methods

Animals were fed a 46% carbohydrate diet, a 60% high-fructose diet, or a 60% high-fructose diet with SQE (500 mg/kg of body weight (BW)/day) in drinking water for 16 weeks. Serum biochemical parameters were measured and the effects of SQE on hepatic histology, protein expression, and transcriptome profiles were investigated.

Results

SQE improved dyslipidemia and insulin resistance induced in high-fructose-diet-fed rats. SQE ameliorated the lipid accumulation and inflammatory response in liver tissues by modulating the expressions of key proteins related to lipid metabolism and antioxidant response. SQE significantly enriched the genes related to the metabolic pathway, namely, the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) signaling pathway and the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway.

Conclusions

SQE could effectively prevent dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, and hepatic lipid accumulation by regulation of metabolism-related gene expressions, suggesting its role as a functional ingredient to prevent lifestyle-related metabolic disorders.

SUBMITTER: Park JY

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7762336 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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<i>Sasa quelpaertensis</i> Leaf Extract Ameliorates Dyslipidemia, Insulin Resistance, and Hepatic Lipid Accumulation in High-Fructose-Diet-Fed Rats.

Park Jeong Yong JY Jang Mi Gyeong MG Oh Jung Min JM Ko Hee Chul HC Hur Sung-Pyo SP Kim Jae-Won JW Baek Songyee S Kim Se-Jae SJ

Nutrients 20201207 12

<h4>Background</h4>Increased dietary fructose consumption is closely associated with lipid and glucose metabolic disorders. <i>Sasa quelpaertensis</i> Nakai possesses various health-promoting properties, but there has been no research on its protective effect against fructose-induced metabolic dysfunction. In this study, we investigated the effects of <i>S. quelpaertensis</i> leaf extract (SQE) on metabolic dysfunction in high-fructose-diet-fed rats.<h4>Methods</h4>Animals were fed a 46% carbohy ...[more]

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