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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 578, Issue 2-3, Pages 159-170Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.09.036
Keywords
puerarin glycoside; low-density lipoprotein receptor; HMG-CoA reductase; antioxidant
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- National Research Foundation of Korea [과C6B2301, 과C6A2206] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Puerarin is an isoflavone derived from Kudzu roots and has antioxidant and hypocholesterolemic effects; however, its insolubility often limits its biological availability in vivo. Using a novel transglycosylation process, the solubility of puerarin glycosides was increased > 100-fold, but it was not known whether these modified puerarin glycosides maintained biological activities. We found that water-soluble puerarin glycosides fully maintained antioxidani activities compared with puerarin assessed by radical scavenging activity, reducing power assay, superoxide dismutase activity, and non-site-specific hydroxyl radical scavenging activity. Both puerarin and its glycosides also significantly reduced low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation. Mice fed with puerarin glycosides (0.1% w/w) showed significantly reduced plasma total cholesterol levels, thus, we further investigated their hypocholesterolemic mechanisms by assessing several key gene expressions both it? vitro and in vivo. Puerarin and its glycosides induced multiple changes in hepatic cholesterol metabolism. The LDL receptor promoter activity was increased dose-dependently in puerarin glycosides-treated HepG2 cells. Accordingly, the expression of LDL receptor mRNA and protein were also significantly increased in HepG2 cells and mouse livers. The transcription and translation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase were down-regulated both in vitro and in vivo. The cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) mRNA levels were not affected in vitro but significantly up-regulated in the mouse livers. Collectively, our results show that puerarin and its,glycosides are biologically fully active isoflavone and have antioxidant and hypocholesterolemic effects in HepG2 cells and in C57BL/6J mice.,In the livers, hypocholesterolemic effects of puerarin glycoside may be achieved by multiple mechanisms including increasing LDL uptake, reducing cholesterol biosynthesis, and possibly enhancing cholesterol degradation. (C) 2007 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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