Effects of Nuciferine on Mice with Hyperlipidemia and Its Mechanisms / 医药导报

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effects of nuciferine on hyperlipidemia in mice and to clarify the molecular mechanism. Methods Mice were divided into three groups according to the diet: normal control group ( n=10 ) , model control group (n=10), and the intervention group (n=10). The normal control group was treated with common diet (ANI-76A feed:12. 4% fat, 68. 8% carbohydrate, 18. 8% protein). The model control group was induced with high fat diet (37. 1% fat, 42. 4% carbohydrate, 20. 5% protein). The intervention group was supplemented with 0. 5% nuciferine based on high fat diet. The mice were allowed free access to food and water for a total of 10 weeks. Several indices were analyzed in the 3 groups, including the body weight, serum lipid, lipid metabolism key enzyme, oxidative stress and metabolic pathway. Results Our results suggested that the high-fat diet-induced animal models developed obesity and dyslipidemia (P0.05).Theactivityofhepaticlipidmetabolismkeyenzymes[(4.15±1.26) U·mL-1vs.(9.01±1.34) U·mL-1] andthe activity of hepatic lipase and lipoprotein lipase[(8.12±3.07) U·mL-1 vs.(13.48±3.75) U·mL-1] were elevated.Oxidative stress was also affected by nuciferine (P<0. 05). Mechanism study suggested that lipid synthesis genes (like SREBP-1c, FAS, SCD-1 and PPAR gamma mRNA) were up-regulated by high fat diet (P<0. 05), and the lipid oxidation metabolism genes, PPARαand CPT-1a mRNA, were down-regulated (P<0. 05), while the intervention group treatment reversed these changes (P<0. 05). Conclusion Nuciferine can improve hyperlipidemia, which might be related to the regulation of enzyme activity, oxidative stress and the changes of lipid synthesis and oxidative metabolism.