姜黄素通过抑制CD-1小鼠的胆固醇吸收和合成来预防双酚A诱导的肝脂肪变性。
Curcumin protects against bisphenol A-induced hepatic steatosis by inhibiting cholesterol absorption and synthesis in CD-1 mice.
作者信息
Hong Ting, Zou Jun, Yang Jie, Liu Hao, Cao Zhuo, He Youming, Feng Dan
机构信息
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou China.
Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health Risk Assessment, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou China.
出版信息
Food Sci Nutr. 2023 Jun 1;11(9):5091-5101. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.3468. eCollection 2023 Sep.
Curcumin is a polyphenol extracted from the rhizome of turmeric, and our previous research showed that curcumin inhibited cholesterol absorption and had cholesterol-lowering effect. Bisphenol A (BPA), a common plasticizer, is widely used in the manufacture of food packaging and is associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). We hypothesized that curcumin could protect against BPA-induced hepatic steatosis by inhibiting cholesterol absorption and synthesis. Male CD-1 mice fed BPA-contaminated diet with or without curcumin for 24 weeks were used to test our hypothesis. We found that chronic low-dose BPA exposure significantly increased the levels of serum triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and the contents of liver TG and TC, resulting in liver fat accumulation and hepatic steatosis while curcumin supplementation could alleviate BPA-induced dyslipidemia and hepatic steatosis. Moreover, the anti-steatosis and cholesterol-lowering effects of curcumin against BPA coincided with a significant reduction in intestinal cholesterol absorption and liver cholesterol synthesis, which was modulated by suppressing the expression of sterol regulatory element-binding protein-2 (SREBP-2), Niemann-Pick C1-like 1 (NPC1L1), and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR) in the small intestine and liver. In addition, the expression levels of liver lipogenic genes such as liver X receptor alpha (LXRα), SREBP-1c, acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 (ACC1), and ACC2 were also markedly down-regulated by curcumin. Overall, our findings indicated that curcumin inhibited BPA-induced intestinal cholesterol absorption and liver cholesterol synthesis by suppressing SREBP-2, NPC1L1, and HMGCR expression, subsequently reducing liver cholesterol accumulation and fat synthesis, thereby preventing hepatic steatosis and NAFLD.
姜黄素是从姜黄根茎中提取的一种多酚,我们之前的研究表明姜黄素可抑制胆固醇吸收并具有降胆固醇作用。双酚A(BPA)是一种常见的增塑剂,广泛用于食品包装制造,且与非酒精性脂肪性肝病(NAFLD)有关。我们假设姜黄素可通过抑制胆固醇吸收和合成来预防BPA诱导的肝脂肪变性。将雄性CD-1小鼠喂食含或不含姜黄素的受BPA污染的饮食24周来验证我们的假设。我们发现,长期低剂量暴露于BPA会显著增加血清甘油三酯(TG)、总胆固醇(TC)和低密度脂蛋白胆固醇水平以及肝脏TG和TC含量,导致肝脏脂肪堆积和肝脂肪变性,而补充姜黄素可减轻BPA诱导的血脂异常和肝脂肪变性。此外,姜黄素对BPA的抗脂肪变性和降胆固醇作用与肠道胆固醇吸收和肝脏胆固醇合成的显著降低相一致,这是通过抑制小肠和肝脏中固醇调节元件结合蛋白-2(SREBP-2)、尼曼-匹克C1样1蛋白(NPC1L1)和3-羟基-3-甲基戊二酰辅酶A还原酶(HMGCR)的表达来调节的。此外,姜黄素还显著下调了肝脏生脂基因如肝脏X受体α(LXRα)、SREBP-1c、乙酰辅酶A羧化酶1(ACC1)和ACC2的表达水平。总体而言,我们的研究结果表明,姜黄素通过抑制SREBP-2、NPC1L1和HMGCR的表达来抑制BPA诱导的肠道胆固醇吸收和肝脏胆固醇合成,随后减少肝脏胆固醇积累和脂肪合成,从而预防肝脂肪变性和NAFLD。