Kim Min Jung, Park Jong-Heum, Kwon Dae Young, Yang Hye Jeong, Kim Da Sol, Kang Suna, Shin Bae Keun, Moon Na Rang, Song Beom-Seok, Kim Jae-Hun, Park Sunmin
Division of Metabolism and Functionality Research, Korean Food Research Institutes, Sungnam 463-746, South Korea.
Biotechnology Application Research Division, Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Jeongeup 305-353, South Korea.
Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2015 Apr;240(4):477-87. doi: 10.1177/1535370214551693. Epub 2014 Sep 25.
Since Korean mistletoe (Viscum album) has been used for alleviating metabolic diseases, it may also prevent the impairment of energy, glucose, lipid, and bone metabolisms in an estrogen-deficient animal model. We determined that long-term consumption of Korean mistletoe water extract (KME) can alleviate menopausal symptoms such as hot flush, increased abdominal fat mass, dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia, and decreased bone mineral density in ovariectomized (OVX) rats fed a high-fat diet, and explored the mechanisms of the effects. OVX rats were divided into four groups and fed high-fat diets supplemented with either 0.6% dextrin (control), 0.2% lyophilized KME + 0.4% dextrin (KME-L), or 0.6% lyophilized KME (KME-H). Sham rats were fed with the high-fat diets with 0.6% dextrin as a normal-control without estrogen deficiency. After eight weeks, OVX rats exhibited impaired energy, glucose and lipid metabolism, and decreased uterine and bone masses. KME-L did not alleviate energy dysfunction. However, KME-H lowered serum levels of total-, LDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides and elevated serum HDL-cholesterol levels in OVX rats with dyslipidemia, to similar levels as normal-control rats. Furthermore, KME-H improved HOMA-IR, an indicator of insulin resistance, in OVX rats. Surprisingly, KME-H fed rats had greater lean mass in the abdomen and leg without differences in fat mass but neither dosage of KME altered bone mineral density in the lumbar spine and femur. The increased lean mass was related to greater phosphorylation of mTOR and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1) in the quadriceps muscles. Hepatic triglyceride contents were lowered with KME-H in OVX rats by increasing carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 (CPT-1) expression and decreasing fatty acid synthase (FAS) and sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) expression. In conclusion, KME may be useful for preventing some menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes, dyslipidemia, hepatic steatosis, and loss of muscle mass in post-menopausal women.
由于韩国槲寄生(白果槲寄生)已被用于缓解代谢性疾病,它也可能预防雌激素缺乏动物模型中的能量、葡萄糖、脂质和骨代谢受损。我们确定,长期食用韩国槲寄生水提取物(KME)可以缓解高脂饮食喂养的去卵巢(OVX)大鼠的潮热、腹部脂肪量增加、血脂异常、高血糖和骨密度降低等更年期症状,并探究了其作用机制。将OVX大鼠分为四组,分别喂食补充0.6%糊精(对照组)、0.2%冻干KME + 0.4%糊精(KME-L)或0.6%冻干KME(KME-H)的高脂饮食。假手术大鼠喂食含0.6%糊精的高脂饮食作为无雌激素缺乏的正常对照。八周后,OVX大鼠出现能量、葡萄糖和脂质代谢受损,子宫和骨质量下降。KME-L并未缓解能量功能障碍。然而,KME-H降低了血脂异常的OVX大鼠的血清总胆固醇、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇和甘油三酯水平,并提高了血清高密度脂蛋白胆固醇水平,使其与正常对照大鼠相似。此外,KME-H改善了OVX大鼠的胰岛素抵抗指标HOMA-IR。令人惊讶的是,喂食KME-H的大鼠腹部和腿部的瘦体重更大,脂肪量无差异,但两种剂量的KME均未改变腰椎和股骨的骨密度。瘦体重增加与股四头肌中mTOR和真核翻译起始因子4E结合蛋白1(4E-BP1)的磷酸化增加有关。KME-H通过增加肉碱棕榈酰转移酶-1(CPT-1)表达并降低脂肪酸合酶(FAS)和固醇调节元件结合蛋白-1c(SREBP-1c)表达,降低了OVX大鼠肝脏中的甘油三酯含量。总之,KME可能有助于预防绝经后女性的一些更年期症状,如潮热、血脂异常、肝脂肪变性和肌肉量减少。