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Comparative effect of dietary borage oil and safflower oil on anti-proliferation and ceramide metabolism in the epidermis of essential fatty acid deficient guinea pigs / 한국영양학회지
Journal of Nutrition and Health ; : 319-326, 2015.
Article in Korean | WPRIM | ID: wpr-51984
ABSTRACT

PURPOSE:

Borage oil (BO) and safflower oil (SO) are efficacious in reversing epidermal hyperproliferation, which is caused by the disruption of epidermal barrier. In this study, we compared the antiproliferative effect of dietary BO and SO. Altered metabolism of ceramide (Cer), the major lipid of epidermal barrier, was further determined by measurement of epidermal levels of individual Cer, glucosylceramide (GlcCer), and sphingomyelin (SM) species, and protein expression of Cer metabolizing enzymes.

METHODS:

Epidermal hyperproliferation was induced in guinea pigs by a hydrogenated coconut diet (HCO) for 8 weeks. Subsequently, animals were fed diets of either BO (group HCO + BO) or SO (group HCO + SO) for 2 weeks. As controls, animals were fed BO (group BO) or HCO (group HCO) diets for 10 weeks.

RESULTS:

Epidermal hyperproliferation was reversed in groups HCO + BO (67.6% of group HCO) and HCO + SO (84.5% of group HCO). Epidermal levels of Cer1/2, GlcCer-A/B, and beta-glucocerebrosidase (GCase), an enzyme of GlcCer hydrolysis for Cer generation, were higher in group HCO + BO than in group HCO, and increased to levels similar to those of group BO. In addition, epidermal levels of SM1, serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT), and acidic sphingomyelinase (aSMase), enzymes of de novo Cer synthesis and SM hydrolysis for Cer generation, but not of Cer3-7, were higher in group HCO + BO than in group HCO. Despite an increase of SPT and aSMase in group HCO + SO to levels higher than in group HCO, epidermal levels of Cer1-7, GlcCer-A/B, and GCase were similar in these two groups. Notably, acidic ceramidase, an enzyme of Cer degradation, was highly expressed in group HCO + SO. Epidermal levels of GlcCer-C/D and SM-2/3 did not differ among groups.

CONCLUSION:

Dietary BO was more prominent for reversing epidermal hyperproliferation by enhancing Cer metabolism with increased levels of Cer1/2, GlcCer-A/B, and SM1 species, and of GCase proteins.
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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase / Safflower Oil / Guinea / Cocos / Borago / Carthamus tinctorius / Diet / Epidermis / Serine C-Palmitoyltransferase / Ceramidases Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: Korean Journal: Journal of Nutrition and Health Year: 2015 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase / Safflower Oil / Guinea / Cocos / Borago / Carthamus tinctorius / Diet / Epidermis / Serine C-Palmitoyltransferase / Ceramidases Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: Korean Journal: Journal of Nutrition and Health Year: 2015 Type: Article