Perilla Oil Reduces Fatty Streak Formation at Aortic Sinus via Attenuation of Plasma Lipids and Regulation of Nitric Oxide Synthase in ApoE KO Mice

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• 作者：Sun Hee Hong ; Mijeong Kim ; Jeong Sook Noh ; Yeong Ok Song
• 关键词：n ; 3 Fatty acids ; Hyperlipidemia ; Atherosclerosis ; Plasma lipids ; Inflammation
• 刊名：Lipids
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：51
• 期：10
• 页码：1161-1170
• 全文大小：865 KB
• 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences
  Biochemistry
  Medicinal Chemistry
  Microbial Genetics and Genomics
  Nutrition
  Bioorganic Chemistry
  Medical Biochemistry
  
• 出版者：Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
• ISSN：1558-9307
• 卷排序：51

文摘

Consumption of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) is associated with a reduced incidence of atherosclerosis. Perilla oil (PO) is a vegetable oil rich in α-linolenic acid (ALA), an n-3 PUFA. In this study, antiatherogenic effects and related mechanisms of PO were investigated in atherosclerotic mice. Apolipoprotein E knockout (ApoE KO) mice (male, n = 27) were fed high-cholesterol and high-fat diets containing 10 % w/w lard (LD), PO, or sunflower oil (SO) for 10 weeks. Plasma triglyceride, total cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations reduced in the PO and SO groups compared to the concentrations in the LD group (P < 0.05). The PO group showed reduced fatty streak lesion size at the aortic sinus (P < 0.05) compared to the sizes in the LD and SO groups. A morphometric analysis showed enhancement of endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression and reduction of inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in the PO group compared to that in the LD group (P < 0.05). Furthermore, aortic protein expression of intercellular cell adhesion molecule 1 and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 was diminished in the PO group compared to that in the LD and SO groups (P < 0.05). These findings suggested that PO inhibited the development of aortic atherosclerosis by improving the plasma lipid profile, regulating nitric oxide synthase, and suppressing the vascular inflammatory response in the aorta of ApoE KO mice.