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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
Volume 54, Issue 3, Pages 377-389Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-014-0717-9
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High-fat diet; Unfolded protein response; Polyphenols; Protein degradation; Oxidative stress
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- Chaire Delhaize of the Fondation Louvain (Belgium)
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We tested the hypothesis that polyphenol-rich extracts can reduce endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress induced by a high-fat diet (HFD) in skeletal muscle of mice. Mice were randomly assigned to four groups receiving during 20 weeks either a standard chow control (CTRL), or a HFD supplemented, or not, with pomegranate (HFD + P) or green tea (HFD + GT) extracts. After the nutritional intervention, mice were killed and gastrocnemius muscles were taken. Proteins and mRNA were measured by Western blot and RT-qPCR, respectively. Body weight gain and visceral fat were higher in HFD, HFD + P and HFD + GT than in CTRL. The markers of the unfolded protein response BiP, XBP1u, XBP1s and ATF4 were higher only in HFD. In HFD + P and HFD + GT, this increase was not observed except for CHOP, which was elevated in all HFD groups. HFD increased also markers of ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, autophagy and oxidative stress, which were kept low in HFD + P and HFD + GT groups. Our data provide evidence for a protective effect of pomegranate and green tea extracts against ER stress, oxidative stress and protein degradation induced by HFD in skeletal muscle. They give arguments for a usefulness of these natural nutritional compounds to fight against cellular dysfunctions related to fat excess.
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