Journal of Nutrition and Health

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Effects of an aqueous extract of purple sweet potato on nonalcoholic fatty liver in high fat/cholesterol-fed mice

고지방/고콜레스테롤 식이를 섭취한 마우스에서 자색고구마 열수추출물 보충이 지방간 저항성에 미치는 영향

  • Lee, You Jin (Department of Nutritional Science and Food Management, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Yang, Yoon Kyoung (Department of Nutritional Science and Food Management, Soongeui Women's College) ;
  • Kim, You Jin (Department of Nutritional Science and Food Management, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Kwon, Oran (Department of Nutritional Science and Food Management, Ewha Womans University)
  • 이유진 (이화여자대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 양윤경 (숭의여자대학교 식품영양과) ;
  • 김유진 (이화여자대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 권오란 (이화여자대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Received : 2014.11.12
  • Accepted : 2015.01.28
  • Published : 2015.02.28
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Abstract

Purpose: Anthocyanins from purple sweet potato (PSP) have been investigated in vitro and in animals and found to have a protective effect against oxidative hepatic damage. In this study, we investigated that aqueous extract of PSP can ameliorate the dysfunction of lipid metabolism in mice fed a high fat/cholesterol diet. Methods: Forty C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into 5 groups (n = 8) and fed one of the following diets for 8 weeks; normal fat (NF) diet; high fat/cholesterol (HFC) diet; HFC with 1.25% PSP (HFPL) diet; HFC with 2.5% PSP (HFPM) diet; HFC with 5% PSP (HFPH) diet. Results: Non-alcoholic fatty liver was manifested in the HFC group by showing increased levels in plasma alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activity, total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), increased level of TC and presence of many large lipid droplets in the liver, and increased fat cell size in the HFC group compared with the NF group. However, administration of HFC induced a significant decrease in food intake, resulting in decrease in fat mass. Co-administration of PSP did not lead to reversal of body weight changes, ALT activity, and lipid levels in plasma and the liver, but suppressed excess enlargement of the fat cell size through increasing carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 (CPT-1) gene expression in the liver. Accordingly, the number of fat droplets in the liver was reduced in PSP administered groups. Conclusion: Taken together, these results suggest that PSP may have a protective effect on the dysfunction of lipid metabolism. Conduct of further studies on the coordinated regulation of PSP for lipid metabolic homeostasis at the liver-adipose tissue axis is needed.

자색고구마 열수추출물의 간 보호 기능을 확인하기 위해 C57BL/6 마우스를 사용하여 시험하였다. 지방간 유도를 위해 8주간 고지방/콜레스테롤 식이를 급여하였으며, 자색고구마 열수추출물은 1.25, 2.5, 5%의 수준으로 식이에 함께 넣어 같은 기간 동안 제공하였다. 간 조직의 병리학적 분석, 혈장 ALT 활성도, 간 및 혈장의 TC 수준을 바탕으로 비알콜성 지방간 모델이 형성되었음을 확인하였다. 고지방/콜레스테롤 식이의 급여는 식이섭취량을 감소시켜 총 에너지 섭취량은 시험군간 차이가 없었으나, 포화지방을 급원으로 하였을 때 지방세포의 비대와 혈장 TC, 간 TC, 간의 지방구를 증가시키는 것으로 관찰되었다. 한편 자색고구마 열수추출물을 고지방/콜레스테롤 식이와 함께 섭취시킨 결과, 고지방/콜레스테롤 식이로 인한 지질대사 이상을 유의하게 변화시키지 못해 혈액 및 간 손상 지표를 개선시키지 못하였으나, 지방조직의 크기는 작게 유지하고 간의 지방구 형성은 억제하는 것으로 관찰되었다. 이상의 결과로 자색고구마 열수추출물은 지질대사 개선을 통해 간 보호 효과를 갖음을 알 수 있었다. 향후에는 자색고구마 열수추출물이 지방세포-간의 상호 지질대사에 미치는 영향을 추가적으로 연구해야 할 것으로 사료된다.

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