Objective To study the existence and significance of cholesterol-intestinal hepatic circulation in rabbits by establishing a model of enterohepatic circulation and blocking enterohepatic circulation. Methods In this experiment, the experimental group and the control group were set up to conduct high-cholesterol diets and ordinary diets for differential feeding. By establishing a model of enterohepatic circulation and blocking enterohepatic circulation, cholesterol oxidase method was used to measure serum cholesterol concentration in the experimental group and the control group respectively. Based on the statistical analysis of the data for 6 months, the phenomenon of enterohepatic circulation of cholesterol was studied. Results Based on the data of 6 months, the serum cholesterol concentrations of rabbits in groups Aand Cwere gradually increased. After two months, the hypercholesterolemia was significant in the rabbits in group C. The increase degree of serum cholesterol concentration in the rabbits in group Awas weaker than that in group C. Hypercholesterolemia had no obvious effect. There was statistically significant difference between group Aand group C (P＜0. 05); serum cholesterol concentration in rabbits in group Dwas increased slightly, but the increase was not significant. The increase of serum cholesterol concentration in group Bwas more significant than that of group D. There was a statistically significant difference between group Band group D (P＜0. 05). The serum TC-time line graph was plotted with the serum cholesterol concentration in each group as the ordinate and the time as the abscissa. Compared with group A, the serum cholesterol was increased significantly in group C. Compared with group D, the serum cholesterol in group Bwas increased significantly. Conclusion This experiment shows that the cholesterol enterohepatic circulation phenomenon exists in rabbits. By blocking the enterohepatic circulation in rabbits, it has a certain effect on lowering the content of serum cholesterol in rabbits. This will provide a theoretical basis for further studying the role of blocking enterohepatic circulation in reducing cholesterol levels in the body. It provides new ideas for the clinical treatment of hypercholesterolemia by blocking the cholesterol enterohepatic circulation in clinical practice and points a direction for drug development.

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to explore the association between obesity and depression and the role of systemic inflammation in older adults. METHODS: Adults ≥ 65 years old ( n = 1,973) were interviewed at baseline in 2018 and 1,459 were followed up in 2021. General and abdominal obesity were assessed, and serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were measured at baseline. Depression status was assessed at baseline and at follow-up. Logistic regression was used to analyze the relationship between obesity and the incidence of depression and worsening of depressive symptoms, as well as the relationship between obesity and CRP levels. The associations of CRP levels with the geriatric depression scale, as well as with its three dimensions, were investigated using multiple linear regressions. RESULTS: General obesity was associated with worsening depression symptoms and incident depression, with an odds ratio ( OR) [95% confidence interval ( CI)] of 1.53 (1.13-2.12) and 1.80 (1.23-2.63), especially among old male subjects, with OR (95% CI) of 2.12 (1.25-3.58) and 2.24 (1.22-4.11), respectively; however, no significant relationship was observed between abdominal obesity and depression. In addition, general obesity was associated with high levels of CRP, with OR (95% CI) of 2.58 (1.75-3.81), especially in subjects free of depression at baseline, with OR (95% CI) of 3.15 (1.97-5.04), and CRP levels were positively correlated with a score of specific dimension (life satisfaction) of depression, P < 0.05. CONCLUSION General obesity, rather than abdominal obesity, was associated with worsening depressive symptoms and incident depression, which can be partly explained by the systemic inflammatory response, and the impact of obesity on depression should be taken more seriously in the older male population.
Humans ; Male ; Aged ; Depression/etiology* ; C-Reactive Protein/metabolism* ; Obesity, Abdominal/epidemiology* ; Longitudinal Studies ; Inflammation/epidemiology* ; Obesity/complications*