Catalpol improves non-alcoholic fatty liver and lipid-lowering mechanism through endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated PERK-eIF2α signaling pathway
10.3760/cma.j.cn311282-20210730-00481
- VernacularTitle:梓醇基于内质网应激介导的PERK-eIF2α信号通路改善非酒精性脂肪肝和降脂机制的研究
- Author:
Lu LIU
1
;
Chongxiao LIU
;
Qingyang LENG
;
Yi ZHU
;
Hongli ZHANG
;
Xiaohua LI
Author Information
1. 上海中医药大学附属第七人民医院内分泌科 200137
- Keywords:
Endoplasmic reticulum stress;
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease;
PERK-eIF2α signaling pathway;
Catalpol
- From:
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
2022;38(3):231-238
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate effect and underlying lipid-lowering mechanisms of catalpol in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD).Methods:In vivo model of NAFLD was established with high-fat diet-fed ICR mice for 8 weeks. Low(50 mg/kg), medium(150 mg/kg), and high(300 mg/kg) doses of catalpol were administered, and the body weight, liver weight, hepatic index, and biochemical parameters of the mice were analyzed. Free fatty acid-induced LO2 in human hepatocytes to establish NAFLD cell model. Quantitative realtime PCR reaction to detect fatty acid synthesis-related gene levels. Western blotting assay was adopted to analyze proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum stress(ERS)-mediated protein kinase RNA-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase(PERK)-eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α(eIF2α) signaling pathway. Results:Compared with model mice, body weight [(39.43±1.84)g, (34.01±1.83)g, (32.28±1.11)g vs(42.17±1.37)g, all P<0.001], liver weight [(1.03±0.06)g, (0.79±0.05)g, (0.64±0.04)g vs(1.30±0.13)g, P<0.01 or P<0.001], and liver index [(2.60±0.09)%, (2.32±0.09)%, (1.99±0.11)% vs(3.07±0.30)%, P<0.05 or P<0.001] were reduced in low, medium, and high doses of catapol model. Medium and high doses of catalpol diminished total cholesterol, triglyceride, low density lipoprotein-cholesterol, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase( P<0.01 or P<0.001), increased high density lipoprotein-cholesterol( P<0.01 or P<0.001). In the cell model, elevated levels of both fatty acid synthesis genes and PERK-eIF2α pathway proteins were attenuated by catalase, and this attenuation was reversed by signaling pathway agonists. Conclusion:The Chinese herb catalpol may play a role in improving NALFD by regulating the ERS-mediated PERK-eIF2α signaling pathway.
