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BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
Volume 106, Issue 7, Pages 1013-1022Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511001322
Keywords
Oligonol; Type 2 diabetes; Oxidative stress; Dyslipidaemia; Steatosis
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan [19500661]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19500661] Funding Source: KAKEN
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We have identified the effects of oligonol, a low-molecular polyphenol derived from lychee fruit, on oxidative stress and lipid metabolism in a type 2 diabetic model. Oligonol was orally administered at 10 or 20 mg per kg body weight per d for 8 weeks to db/db mice, and its effects were compared with those of the vehicle in db/db and m/m mice. Serum and hepatic biochemical factors, and protein and mRNA expression related to lipid metabolism were measured. In the oligonol-administered group, there were significant reductions of reactive oxygen species (ROS), lipid peroxidation, and the TAG and total cholesterol concentrations in both the serum and liver. Additionally, oligonol attenuated oxidative stress through the inhibition of advanced glycation endproduct formation and its receptor expression. Furthermore, augmented expressions of NF-kappa Bp65 and inducible NO synthase were down-regulated to the levels of m/m mice in the group treated with oligonol at 20 mg/kg. Regarding lipid metabolism, lower hepatic lipid resulted from the down-regulation of sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1 and its target gene of lipogenic enzymes in the liver of db/db mice. The present results suggest that oligonol has protective effects against ROS-related inflammation and excess lipid deposition in the type 2 diabetic liver.
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