scholarly journals Impact of the Association of a High Fructose Diet and Chronic Mild Stress on Metabolic and Affective Disorders in Male Rat

2018 ◽  
Vol 08 (04) ◽  
pp. 157-170
Author(s):  
Y. Chahirou ◽  
M. Lamtai ◽  
A. Mesfioui ◽  
A. Ouichou ◽  
M. Coulibaly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Chronic Mild Stress ◽  
Male Rat ◽  
Mild Stress ◽  
High Fructose Diet ◽  
High Fructose

β-Sitosterol mitigates the development of high-fructose diet-induced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in growing male Sprague–Dawley rats

2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nontobeko M. Gumede ◽  
Busisani W. Lembede ◽  
Pilani Nkomozepi ◽  
Richard L. Brooksbank ◽  
Kennedy H. Erlwanger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Disease ◽  
Fatty Liver ◽  
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease ◽  
Fatty Liver Disease ◽  
Liver Lipid ◽  
Male Rat ◽  
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver ◽  
High Fructose Diet ◽  
Group I ◽  
High Fructose

Fructose contributes to the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). β-Sitosterol (Bst), a naturally occurring phytosterol, has antihyperlipidaemic and hepatoprotective properties. This study interrogated the potential protective effect of β-sitosterol against NAFLD in growing rats fed a high-fructose diet, modelling children fed obesogenic diets. Forty-four 21 day old male rat pups were randomly allocated to and administered the following treatments for 12 weeks: group I, standard rat chow (SRC) + plain drinking water (PW) + plain gelatine cube (PC); group II, SRC + 20% w/v fructose solution (FS) as drinking fluid + PC; group III, SRC + FS + 100 mg/kg fenofibrate in a gelatine cube; group IV, SRC + FS + 20 mg/kg β-sitosterol gelatine cube (Bst); group V, SRC + PW + Bst. Terminally, the livers were dissected out, weighed, total liver lipid content determined, and histological analyses done. Harvested plasma was used to determine the surrogate biomarkers of liver function. The high-fructose diet caused increased (p < 0.05) hepatic lipid (total) accretion (>10% liver mass), micro- and macrovesicular hepatic steatosis, and hepatic inflammation. β-Sitosterol and fenofibrate prevented the high-fructose diet-induced macrovesicular steatosis and prevented the progression of NAFLD to steatohepatitis. β-Sitosterol can prospectively be used to mitigate diet-induced NAFLD.

scholarly journals Targeting on Gut Microbiota-Derived Metabolite Trimethylamine to Protect Adult Male Rat Offspring against Hypertension Programmed by Combined Maternal High-Fructose Intake and Dioxin Exposure

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (15) ◽  
pp. 5488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chien-Ning Hsu ◽  
Julie Y. H. Chan ◽  
Hong-Ren Yu ◽  
Wei-Chia Lee ◽  
Kay L. H. Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gut Microbiota ◽  
Corn Oil ◽  
Male Rat ◽  
Adult Offspring ◽  
Male Adult ◽  
High Fructose Diet ◽  
Fructose Intake ◽  
High Fructose ◽  
Pregnancy And Lactation ◽  
Dioxin Exposure

Gut microbiota-dependent metabolites, in particular trimethylamine (TMA), are linked to hypertension. Maternal 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) exposure or consumption of food high in fructose (HFR) can induce hypertension in adult offspring. We examined whether 3,3-maternal dimethyl-1-butanol (DMB, an inhibitor of TMA formation) therapy can protect adult offspring against hypertension arising from combined HFR and TCDD exposure. Pregnant Sprague–Dawley rats received regular chow or chow supplemented with fructose (60% diet by weight) throughout pregnancy and lactation. Additionally, the pregnant dams received TCDD (200 ng/kg BW orally) or a corn oil vehicle on days 14 and 21 of gestation, and days 7 and 14 after birth. Some mother rats received 1% DMB in their drinking water throughout pregnancy and lactation. Six groups of male offspring were studied (n = 8 for each group): regular chow (CV), high-fructose diet (HFR), regular diet+TCDD exposure (CT), HFR+TCDD exposure (HRT), high-fructose diet+DMB treatment (HRD), and HFR+TCDD+DMB treatment (HRTD). Our data showed that TCDD exacerbates HFR-induced elevation of blood pressure in male adult offspring, which was prevented by maternal DMB administration. We observed that different maternal insults induced distinct enterotypes in adult offspring. The beneficial effects of DMB are related to alterations of gut microbiota, the increase in nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability, the balance of the renin-angiotensin system, and antagonization of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) signaling. Our findings cast new light on the role of early intervention targeting of the gut microbiota-dependent metabolite TMA, which may allow us to prevent the development of hypertension programmed by maternal excessive fructose intake and environmental dioxin exposure.

Role of AMPK/SIRT1-SIRT3 signaling pathway in affective disorders in unpredictable chronic mild stress mice

2020 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 107925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuefeng Yu ◽  
Ying Hu ◽  
Wenkai Huang ◽  
Nuo Ye ◽  
Qizhi Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Signaling Pathway ◽  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Chronic Mild Stress ◽  
Mild Stress ◽  
Unpredictable Chronic Mild Stress

Sodium Butyrate Functions as an Antidepressant and Improves Cognition with Enhanced Neurotrophic Expression in Models of Maternal Deprivation and Chronic Mild Stress

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samira Valvassori ◽  
Roger Varela ◽  
Camila Arent ◽  
Gustavo Dal-Pont ◽  
Tamara Bobsin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Butyrate ◽  
Chronic Mild Stress ◽  
Maternal Deprivation ◽  
Mild Stress

Green Tea Polyphenol Extract Regulates the Expression of Genes Involved in Glucose Uptake and Insulin Signaling in Rats Fed a High Fructose Diet

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (15) ◽  
pp. 6372-6378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heping Cao ◽  
Isabelle Hininger-Favier ◽  
Meghan A. Kelly ◽  
Rachida Benaraba ◽  
Harry D. Dawson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Glucose Uptake ◽  
Green Tea ◽  
Insulin Signaling ◽  
Tea Polyphenol ◽  
High Fructose Diet ◽  
Expression Of Genes ◽  
High Fructose ◽  
Green Tea Polyphenol
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