Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University of Malaysia, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:976967. doi: 10.1155/2013/976967. Epub 2013 Mar 20.
This study investigated the effects of palm tocotrienol-rich fraction (TRF) on aortic proatherosclerotic changes in rats fed with a high methionine diet. Forty-two male Wistar rats were divided into six groups. The first group was the control (fed with a basal diet). Another five groups were fed with 1% methionine diet for 10 weeks. From week 6 onward, folate (8 mg/kg diet) or palm TRF (30, 60, and 150 mg/kg diets) was added into the diet of the last four rat groups, respectively. The high methionine diet raised the plasma total homocysteine and aortic lipid peroxidation, which were reduced by the palm TRF and folate supplementations. Plasma nitric oxide was reduced in the high methionine group compared to the control (3.72 ± 0.57 versus 6.65 ± 0.53 μ mol/L, P < 0.05), which reduction was reversed by the palm TRF (60 and 150 mg/kg) and folate supplementations. The increased aortic vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 expression in the methionine group (2.58 ± 0.29) was significantly reduced by the folate (1.38 ± 0.18) and palm TRF at 150 mg/kg (1.19 ± 0.23). Palm TRF was comparable to folate in reducing high methionine diet-induced plasma hyperhomocysteinemia, aortic oxidative stress, and inflammatory changes in rats.
本研究旨在探讨富含棕榈三烯酚的馏分(TRF)对高蛋氨酸饮食喂养大鼠主动脉前动脉粥样硬化变化的影响。将 42 只雄性 Wistar 大鼠分为六组。第一组为对照组(给予基础饮食)。另外五组给予 1%蛋氨酸饮食 10 周。从第 6 周开始,叶酸(8mg/kg 饮食)或棕榈 TRF(30、60 和 150mg/kg 饮食)分别添加到后四组大鼠的饮食中。高蛋氨酸饮食导致血浆总同型半胱氨酸和主动脉脂质过氧化升高,而棕榈 TRF 和叶酸补充可降低其含量。与对照组相比,高蛋氨酸组的血浆一氧化氮水平降低(3.72±0.57 对 6.65±0.53μmol/L,P<0.05),而棕榈 TRF(60 和 150mg/kg)和叶酸补充可逆转这种降低。蛋氨酸组主动脉血管细胞黏附分子-1 表达增加(2.58±0.29),叶酸(1.38±0.18)和棕榈 TRF 150mg/kg(1.19±0.23)可显著降低其表达。棕榈 TRF 在降低高蛋氨酸饮食诱导的血浆高同型半胱氨酸血症、主动脉氧化应激和炎症变化方面与叶酸相当。