Erythrocyte osmotic fragility and general health status of adolescent Sprague Dawley rats supplemented with Hibiscus sabdariffa aqueous calyx extracts as neonates followed by a high-fructose diet post-weaning

2017 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. G. Ibrahim ◽  
B. W. Lembede ◽  
E. Chivandi ◽  
K. Erlwanger
2009 ◽  
Vol 327 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 247-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad M. Abdullah ◽  
Natalie N. Riediger ◽  
Qilin Chen ◽  
Zhaohui Zhao ◽  
Nazila Azordegan ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 1665 ◽  
pp. 012007
Author(s):  
Dian Handayani ◽  
Ahmad Ramadhan ◽  
Risma Debby Anindyanti ◽  
Alma Maghfirotun Innayah ◽  
Etik Sulistyowati ◽  
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Author(s):  
Masiline Mapfumo ◽  
Busisani W. Lembede ◽  
Ashwell R. Ndhlala ◽  
Eliton Chivandi

AbstractBackgroundMoringa oleifera seed has anti-diabetic and anti-obesogenic properties. This study interrogated the effect of crude hydroethanolic M. oleifera seed extract on the blood markers of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in high-fructose diet fed growing Sprague-Dawley rats.MethodsSixty 21-day old female and male Sprague-Dawley rat pups were randomly allocated to and administered one of the following treatment regimens daily for twelve weeks: group I – plain drinking water (PW)+plain gelatine cube (PC), group II – 20% (w/v) fructose solution (FS)+PC, group III – FS+100 mg/kg body mass fenofibrate in gelatine cube (FN), group IV – FS+low dose (50 mg/kg body mass) of M. oleifera in gelatine cube (LMol) and group V – FS+high dose (500 mg/kg body mass) of M. oleifera in gelatine cube (HMol). The rats in each treatment regimen had ad libitum access to a standard rat chow. After the 12-week trial, the rats were subjected to an oral glucose tolerance test and then euthanised 48 h later. Blood was collected. Plasma triglyceride, cholesterol and insulin concentration were determined. HOMA-IR was then computed.ResultsThe high-fructose diet increased (p<0.05) plasma insulin concentration and HOMA-IR in female rats only. It increased plasma triglyceride concentration in both female and male rats and plasma cholesterol concentration in male rats only. The crude hydroethanolic M. oleifera seed extract prevented the high-fructose diet-induced metabolic derangements in male and female rats.ConclusionCrude hydroethanolic M. oleifera seed extract can potentially be used as a prophylactic intervention for diet-induced MetS in children.


Hypertension ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Henson ◽  
Gustavo Ares ◽  
Mohammed Haque ◽  
Pablo Ortiz

Consumption of fructose as a sweetener has increased in the past three decades. A high-fructose diet has been implicated in the epidemic of diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. A third of the US population consumes 20-40% of their caloric intake from added sugars, with half of those calories from fructose. Little is known about the role of high fructose intake in renal salt handling and blood pressure regulation during high salt intake. In genetic models of salt-sensitive hypertension, the Na/K/2Cl cotransporter NKCC2 plays an important role by reabsorbing NaCl in the thick ascending limb (TAL). We hypothesized that 20% fructose in drinking water stimulates NKCC2 and sensitizes normal rats to high salt induced hypertension. Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were given 20% fructose or 20% glucose in drinking water for 1 week after which a high salt diet (4% Na in chow) was started. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) was measured every other day by tail cuff after 2 weeks of training. After one week of fructose or glucose alone, SBP did not change. In rats fed fructose, adding a 4% NaCl diet increased SBP to 128±6 mmHg by day 2 (p<0.01 vs glucose) and continued to increase up to 144±18 mmHg after 2 weeks on high salt (p<0.01 vs baseline; p<0.01 vs glucose). In glucose-fed rats high salt did not increase SBP (from 122±6 to 116±9 mmHg). 20% fructose alone for 3 weeks, or high salt alone did not change SBP. NKCC2 phosphorylation at Thr96,101 is associated with enhanced TAL NaCl reabsorption. We found that NKCC2 phosphorylation at Thr96,101 (normalized to total NKCC2) was higher in TALs isolated from rats fed fructose plus salt for 2 weeks compared to high salt alone (high-salt: 100%; fructose + high-salt: 250±40%, p<0.05). We concluded that a high fructose but not high glucose diet induces salt-sensitive hypertension in Sprague Dawley rats. This effect occurs within 1 week of a high fructose diet. In addition, a high fructose diet may stimulate NKCC2 activity by enhancing its phosphorylation. These data suggest that high fructose intake may increase blood pressure by preventing appropriate renal NaCl excretion during high dietary salt intake.


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