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BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
卷 54, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
ASSOC BRAS DIVULG CIENTIFICA
DOI: 10.1590/1414-431X2021e11391
关键词
alpha,beta-Amyrin; High-fat diet; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Hepatosteatosis; Signaling pathways; Lipid metabolism
资金
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) [307760/2017-0]
- Cearense Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development (FUNCAP) [DEP-0164-00038.01.00/19]
- Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) [88881.141952/2017-01]
The study showed that α, β-amyrin could alleviate hepatic steatosis and inflammation in NAFLD mice by modulating the AMPK-mTORC1-SREBP1 signaling pathway.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), characterized by hepatosteatosis and steatohepatitis, is intrinsically related to obesity. Our previous study reported on the anti-obese activity of alpha,beta-amyrin (AMY), a pentacyclic triterpene isolated from Protium heptaphyllum. This study investigated its ability to prevent fatty liver and the underlying mechanism using the mouse model of NAFLD. NAFLD was induced in male Swiss mice fed a high fat diet (HFD) for 15 weeks. The controls were fed a normal chow diet (ND). The mice were simultaneously treated with AMY at 10 and 20 mg/kg or fenofibrate at 50 mg/kg. Lipid levels along with metabolic and inflammatory parameters were assessed in liver and serum. The liver sections were histologically examined using H&E staining. RT-qPCR and western blotting assays were performed to analyze signaling mechanisms. Mice fed HFD developed severe hepatic steatosis with elevated triglycerides and lipid droplets compared with ND controls. This was associated with a decrease in AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activity, an increase of mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) signaling, and enhanced sterol regulatory element binding protein 1 (SREBP1) expression, which have roles in lipogenesis, inhibition of lipolysis, and inflammatory response. AMY treatment reversed these signaling activities and decreased the severity of hepatic steatosis and inflammatory response, evidenced by serum and liver parameters as well as histological findings. AMY-induced reduction in hepatic steatosis seemed to involve AMPK-mTORC1-SREBP1 signaling pathways, which supported its beneficial role in the prevention and treatment of NAFLD.
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