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Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1534(1): 1-13, 2001 Nov 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11750882

ABSTRACT

The effect of sesamin, one of the most abundant lignans in sesame seed, on hepatic fatty acid synthesis was examined in rats. Rats were fed experimental diets containing varying amounts (0, 0.1 and 0.2% for Exp. 1 and 0, 0.2 and 0.4% for Exp. 2, respectively) of sesamin for 15 days. The activity and gene expression of enzymes involved in fatty acid synthesis including acetyl-CoA carboxylase, fatty acid synthase, ATP-citrate lyase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase decreased as the dietary level of sesamin increased in Exp. 1 and in rats fed the 0.2% sesamin diet they were approximately one-half those in animals fed a sesamin-free diet. In Exp. 2, the 0.2% sesamin diet lowered these parameters to one-half the level for a sesamin-free diet, but no further reduction was seen in animals fed the 0.4% sesamin diet. Dietary sesamin dose-dependently decreased the sterol regulatory element binding protein-1 (SREBP-1) mRNA level, and the value in rats fed a 0.4% sesamin diet was approximately one-half that in those fed a sesamin-free diet. The protein content of the membrane-bound precursor form of SREBP-1 decreased as dietary sesamin increased and was 37% lower in rats fed the 0.4% sesamin diet than in those fed a sesamin-free diet. Dietary sesamin exerted a more marked influence on the protein content of the mature nuclear form of SREBP-1. Diets containing 0.2 and 0.4% sesamin lowered the amount of mature SREBP-1 protein to less than one-fifth of that in the animals fed a sesamin-free diet. It was suggested that the dietary sesamin-dependent decrease in lipogenic enzyme gene expression is due to the suppression of the gene expression of SREBP-1 as well as the proteolysis of the membrane-bound precursor form of this transcriptional factor to generate the mature form.


Subject(s)
CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins/metabolism , DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism , Dioxoles/pharmacology , Fatty Acids/biosynthesis , Lignans/pharmacology , Liver/metabolism , Transcription Factors , ATP Citrate (pro-S)-Lyase/antagonists & inhibitors , ATP Citrate (pro-S)-Lyase/metabolism , Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase/antagonists & inhibitors , Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase/metabolism , Animals , Blotting, Western , CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins/chemistry , Cholesterol/biosynthesis , DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry , Dioxoles/administration & dosage , Down-Regulation , Fatty Acid Synthases/antagonists & inhibitors , Fatty Acid Synthases/metabolism , Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/drug effects , Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase/antagonists & inhibitors , Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase/metabolism , Lignans/administration & dosage , Liver/enzymology , Male , RNA, Messenger/analysis , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Receptors, LDL/metabolism , Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1
2.
Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1485(1): 23-35, 2000 May 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10802246

ABSTRACT

The activity and mRNA level of hepatic enzymes in fatty acid oxidation and synthesis were compared in rats fed diets containing either 15% saturated fat (palm oil), safflower oil rich in linoleic acid, perilla oil rich in alpha-linolenic acid or fish oil rich in eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acids (DHA) for 15 days. The mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation rate was 50% higher in rats fed perilla and fish oils than in the other groups. Perilla and fish oils compared to palm and safflower oils approximately doubled and more than tripled, respectively, peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation rate. Compared to palm and safflower oil, both perilla and fish oils caused a 50% increase in carnitine palmitoyltransferase I activity. Dietary fats rich in n-3 fatty acids also increased the activity of other fatty acid oxidation enzymes except for 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase. The extent of the increase was greater with fish oil than with perilla oil. Interestingly, both perilla and fish oils decreased the activity of 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase measured using short- and medium-chain substrates. Compared to palm and safflower oils, perilla and fish oils increased the mRNA level of many mitochondrial and peroxisomal enzymes. Increases were generally greater with fish oil than with perilla oil. Fatty acid synthase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and pyruvate kinase activity and mRNA level were higher in rats fed palm oil than in the other groups. Among rats fed polyunsaturated fats, activities and mRNA levels of these enzymes were lower in rats fed fish oil than in the animals fed perilla and safflower oils. The values were comparable between the latter two groups. Safflower and fish oils but not perilla oil, compared to palm oil, also decreased malic enzyme activity and mRNA level. Examination of the fatty acid composition of hepatic phospholipid indicated that dietary alpha-linolenic acid is effectively desaturated and elongated to form EPA and DHA. Dietary perilla oil and fish oil therefore exert similar physiological activity in modulating hepatic fatty acid oxidation, but these dietary fats considerably differ in affecting fatty acid synthesis.


Subject(s)
3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases/metabolism , Acetyl-CoA C-Acyltransferase/metabolism , Carbon-Carbon Double Bond Isomerases/metabolism , Dietary Fats/pharmacology , Enoyl-CoA Hydratase/metabolism , Fatty Acids/analysis , Fish Oils/pharmacology , Liver/drug effects , Multienzyme Complexes/metabolism , Racemases and Epimerases/metabolism , alpha-Linolenic Acid/pharmacology , 3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases/genetics , Acetyl-CoA C-Acyltransferase/genetics , Animals , Blotting, Northern , Carbon-Carbon Double Bond Isomerases/genetics , Enoyl-CoA Hydratase/genetics , Fatty Acids/blood , Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects , Liver/chemistry , Liver/enzymology , Male , Mitochondrial Trifunctional Protein , Multienzyme Complexes/genetics , Phospholipids/chemistry , Plant Oils/pharmacology , RNA, Messenger/analysis , Racemases and Epimerases/genetics , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Triglycerides/chemistry
3.
Metabolism ; 48(10): 1303-13, 1999 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10535395

ABSTRACT

The effects of sesamin, one of the most abundant lignans in sesame seed, on hepatic fatty acid oxidation were examined in rats that were fed experimental diets containing various amounts (0%, 0.1%, 0.2%, and 0.5%) of sesamin (a 1:1 mixture of sesamin and episesamin) for 15 days. Dietary sesamin dose-dependently increased both mitochondrial and peroxisomal palmitoyl-coenzyme A (CoA) oxidation rates. Mitochondrial activity almost doubled in rats on the 0.5% sesamin diet. Peroxisomal activity increased more than 10-fold in rats fed a 0.5% sesamin diet in relation to rats on the sesamin-free diet. Dietary sesamin greatly increased the hepatic activity of fatty acid oxidation enzymes, including carnitine palmitoyltransferase, acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, acyl-CoA oxidase, 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase, enoyl-CoA hydratase, and 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase. Dietary sesamin also increased the activity of 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase and delta3,delta2-enoyl-CoA isomerase, enzymes involved in the auxiliary pathway for beta-oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids dose-dependently. Examination of hepatic mRNA levels using specific cDNA probes showed a sesamin-induced increase in the gene expression of mitochondrial and peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation enzymes. Among these various enzymes, peroxisomal acyl-CoA oxidase and bifunctional enzyme gene expression were affected most by dietary sesamin (15- and 50-fold increase by the 0.5% dietary level). Sesamin-induced alterations in the activity and gene expression of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I and acyl-CoA oxidase were in parallel with changes in the mitochondrial and peroxisomal palmitoyl-CoA oxidation rate, respectively. In contrast, dietary sesamin decreased the hepatic activity and mRNA abundance of fatty acid synthase and pyruvate kinase, the lipogenic enzymes. However, this lignan increased the activity and gene expression of malic enzyme, another lipogenic enzyme. An alteration in hepatic fatty acid metabolism may therefore account for the serum lipid-lowering effect of sesamin in the rat.


Subject(s)
Antioxidants/pharmacology , Dioxoles/pharmacology , Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/drug effects , Lignans/pharmacology , Liver/metabolism , Palmitoyl Coenzyme A/metabolism , Administration, Oral , Animals , Antioxidants/administration & dosage , Blood Glucose/metabolism , Cholesterol/blood , DNA Primers , DNA Probes , Dioxoles/administration & dosage , Fatty Acids, Nonesterified/blood , Lignans/administration & dosage , Liver/drug effects , Male , Mitochondria, Liver/drug effects , Mitochondria, Liver/metabolism , Oxidation-Reduction , Peroxisomes/drug effects , Peroxisomes/metabolism , Phospholipids/blood , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Triglycerides/blood
4.
Lipids ; 32(3): 311-5, 1997 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9076668

ABSTRACT

Nicotine, a major component of cigarette smoke, plays an important role in the development of cardiovascular disease and lung cancer in smokers. The effect of nicotine on lipoprotein metabolism was studied using rats as the experimental animal. There was a significant increase in the total cholesterol, phospholipids, and triglycerides as well as the amount of lipids associated with very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and low density lipoprotein (LDL) in sera of nicotine-treated rats. The incorporation of 3H labeled leucine into the apo B was found to be increased both in the medium and associated cells in the hepatocytes isolated from nicotine-treated rats indicating an increased synthesis and secretion of the apo B containing lipoproteins. This was further confirmed by the higher incorporation of 14C acetate into total and individual lipids of LDL and VLDL secreted into the medium as well as that associated with different lipids in the cell layer. The activity of lipoprotein lipase in extrahepatic tissues and plasma lecithin cholesterol acyl transferase activity were significantly lower in nicotine-treated rats. These results indicate that nicotine exerts hyperlipidemic effects particularly by increasing the synthesis and secretion of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins. Since nicotine is one of the major hazardous components present in cigarette smoke and tobacco, one can extrapolate that the deleterious effect exerted by nicotine on rats extends to cigarette smokers and those who use other forms of tobacco.


Subject(s)
Lipoproteins/metabolism , Liver/metabolism , Nicotine/pharmacology , Acetates/metabolism , Animals , Apolipoproteins B/biosynthesis , Apolipoproteins B/drug effects , Apolipoproteins B/metabolism , Carbon Radioisotopes , Cells, Cultured , Leucine/metabolism , Lipid Metabolism , Lipids/blood , Lipoprotein Lipase/metabolism , Lipoproteins/drug effects , Lipoproteins, LDL/drug effects , Lipoproteins, LDL/metabolism , Lipoproteins, VLDL/drug effects , Lipoproteins, VLDL/metabolism , Liver/cytology , Liver/drug effects , Male , Nicotine/blood , Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase/blood , Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase/drug effects , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley
5.
Lett Appl Microbiol ; 23(6): 403-6, 1996 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8987901

ABSTRACT

Glucoamylases produced by Aspergillus niger grown on wheat brain in solid cultures were purified. Four different forms, GA I, GA I', GA II and GA III, were found having apparent molecular weights of 112,000, 104,000, and 74,000 and 61,000 Da respectively. The enzymes are glycoproteins with a carbohydrate content of 16%, and optimal activity at 60 degrees C and pH 4.4. Activity was strongly inhibited by Hg2+ while Mn2+ and Fe2+ were stimulatory. The Km values for the degradation of starch and maltose were 3.5 and 7.8 mg ml-1, respectively.


Subject(s)
Aspergillus niger/enzymology , Glucan 1,4-alpha-Glucosidase/isolation & purification , Carbohydrates/analysis , Chromatography, Gel , Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel , Fermentation , Glucan 1,4-alpha-Glucosidase/drug effects , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , Iron/pharmacology , Maltose/metabolism , Manganese/pharmacology , Mercury/pharmacology , Starch/metabolism , Temperature , Triticum/metabolism
6.
J Appl Toxicol ; 16(4): 305-8, 1996.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8854216

ABSTRACT

Cigarette smoking has been established as a major risk factor for atherosclerosis and also for lung cancer. Nicotine is one of the major toxic components of cigarette smoke that is believed to be partly responsible for the deleterious effect of cigarette smoke. Alcohol intake is another major risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease. Lipid peroxidation is a process associated with the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. The concentration of lipid peroxides is found to be increased in alcohol-treated rats. On nicotine administration along with alcohol, an additive effect was observed in lipid peroxidation and the antioxidant defence mechanism. The activity of scavenging enzymes superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione reductase was found to be decreased, while the activity of glutathione peroxidase and the concentration of glutathione were increased.


Subject(s)
Catalase/metabolism , Ethanol/pharmacology , Glutathione Peroxidase/metabolism , Glutathione/metabolism , Lipid Peroxidation/drug effects , Nicotine/pharmacology , Animals , Drug Interactions , Heart/drug effects , Liver/drug effects , Liver/metabolism , Lung/drug effects , Lung/metabolism , Male , Myocardium/metabolism , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley
7.
Pharmacology ; 52(3): 153-8, 1996 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8849484

ABSTRACT

Nicotine, a major component of cigarette smoke, plays an important role in the development of cardiovascular disease and lung cancer in smokers. Lipid peroxidation is a process associated with the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and the level of lipid peroxides is increased in smokers. In rats fed a high-fat diet, the tissue concentration of lipid peroxides was found to be increased. On nicotine administration along with a high-fat diet an additive effect was observed in lipid peroxidation and free radical scavengers. The activities of scavenging enzymes superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione reductase were found to be decreased, while the glutathione concentration and activity of glutathione peroxidase were enhanced.


Subject(s)
Lipid Peroxidation/drug effects , Nicotine/pharmacology , Nicotinic Agonists/pharmacology , Animals , Arteriosclerosis/prevention & control , Body Weight , Catalase/metabolism , Cholesterol/biosynthesis , Dietary Fats/administration & dosage , Glutathione Reductase/metabolism , Lipid Peroxidation/physiology , Male , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Superoxide Dismutase/metabolism
8.
Indian J Exp Biol ; 33(12): 940-2, 1995 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8714077

ABSTRACT

Oral administration of alcohol along with nicotine decreased all the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) fractions except hyaluronic acid in aorta and liver of rats. Decreased activity of the enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of precursors of GAG and increased activity of many of GAG hydrolysing enzymes indicate decreased biosynthesis and increased degradation of GAG. Sulphate metabolism in liver was also significantly altered by administration of both alcohol and nicotine showing considerable decrease in the concentration of sulphated GAG.


Subject(s)
Ethanol/pharmacology , Glycosaminoglycans/metabolism , Nicotine/pharmacology , Animals , Drug Synergism , Male , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley
9.
World J Microbiol Biotechnol ; 10(3): 348-9, 1994 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24421026

ABSTRACT

Corn steep liquor, peptone or NH inf4 (sup+) salts increased the yield of glucoamylase from Aspergillus niger growing in a solid-state fermentation on rice bran up to 360 IU/g dry substrate over 96 h at 30°C.

10.
World J Microbiol Biotechnol ; 10(4): 485-6, 1994 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24421106

ABSTRACT

Growth of Aspergillus niger and glucoamylase production correlated well with the water activity of the substrate (wheat bran plus corn flour) in a solid-state fermentation. Both were maximal at an initial water activity of 0.936. Glycoamylase reached 550 units/g dry substrate after 96 h.

11.
Indian J Exp Biol ; 31(3): 270-4, 1993 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8500841

ABSTRACT

Administration of alcohol along with nicotine in rats showed an increase in the concentration of cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids and free fatty acids in serum and various tissues compared to that of alcohol fed rats. The increased cholesterogenesis was evidenced by the increased activity of HMG CoA reductase, increased incorporation of labelled acetate in to cholesterol and decreased hepatic degradation of cholesterol to bile acids. The concentration of cholesterol in HDL lipoprotein fraction decreased, while in LDL + VLDL fraction increased. Administration of nicotine along with alcohol is found to enhance the lipogenic tendency of alcohol in rats.


Subject(s)
Ethanol/toxicity , Lipid Metabolism , Nicotine/toxicity , Animals , Drug Synergism , Ethanol/administration & dosage , Male , Nicotine/administration & dosage , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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