Journal
MARINE DRUGS
Volume 19, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/md19060318
Keywords
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; inflammasome; pyroptosis; Ecklonia cava extract; dieckol
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- Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Republic of Korea [20170285]
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The study showed that ECE or DK attenuated NAFLD by reducing the NLRP3 inflammasome and pyroptosis. High-fat diet induced activation of NLRP3 inflammasome in the liver, which was significantly reduced with the administration of ECE or DK.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which promotes serious health problems, is related to the increase in the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome and pyroptosis by a high-fat diet (HFD). Whether dieckol (DK), a component of Ecklonia cava extracts (ECE), attenuated NAFLD in an HFD-induced NAFLD animal model was evaluated. The expression of high mobility group box 1/Toll-like receptor 4/nuclear factor-kappa B, which initiated the NLRP3 inflammasome, was increased in the liver of HFD-fed animals and significantly decreased with ECE or DK administration. The expression of NLRP3/ASC/caspase-1, which are components of the NLRP3 inflammasome, and the number of pyroptotic cells were increased by HFD and decreased with ECE or DK administration. The accumulation of triglycerides and free fatty acids in the liver was increased by HFD and decreased with ECE or DK administration. The histological NAFLD score was increased by HFD and decreased with ECE or DK administration. The expression of lipogenic genes (FASN, SREBP-2, PPAR gamma, and FABP4) increased and that of lipolytic genes (PPAR alpha, CPT1A, ATGL, and HSL) was decreased by HFD and attenuated with ECE or DK administration. In conclusion, ECE or DK attenuated NAFLD by decreasing the NLRP3 inflammasome and pyroptosis.
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