PRICKLY PEAR (OPUNTIA SP) PECTIN REVERSES LOW-DENSITY-LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR SUPPRESSION INDUCED BY A HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC DIET IN GUINEA-PIGS
PRICKLY PEAR (OPUNTIA SP) PECTIN REVERSES LOW-DENSITY-LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR SUPPRESSION INDUCED BY A HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC DIET IN GUINEA-PIGS
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DOI:
10.1093/jn/122.12.2330
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发表时间:
1992-12-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
MCNAMARA, DJ
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作者:
FERNANDEZ, ML;LIN, ECK;MCNAMARA, DJ
The effects of prickly pear pectin on plasma LDL metabolism were investigated by feeding guinea pigs either a diet containing 15 g/100 g lard and 0.25 g/100 g cholesterol (LC diet) or the LC diet in which cellulose was partially replaced (2.5 g/100 g) by prickly pear pectin (LC-P diet). The LC-P diet lowered plasma LDL cholesterol concentrations by 33% (P < 0.001). Low density lipoprotein composition was modified by intake of prickly pear pectin; the relative percentages of free and esterified cholesterol were lower and triglycerides were higher in LDL from animals fed the LC-P diet (P < 0.05). Intake of prickly pear pectin did not affect hepatic 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase activity; however, hepatic free and esterified cholesterol concentrations were lowered by 46 and 64%, respectively. Hepatic apolipoprotein B/E receptor expression (B(max)) was 60% higher in animals fed the LCP diet (P < 0.01). Similar to the in vitro data, receptor-mediated LDL fractional catabolic rates were 190% higher in animals fed the LC-P diet (P < 0.05), whereas apolipoprotein LDL flux rates were not affected. Apolipoprotein LDL pool size and fractional catabolic rates exhibited a significant correlation (r = -0.52, P < 0.01). These data indicate that an increase in apolipoprotein B/E receptor expression is a major metabolic response by which intake of prickly pear pectin decreases plasma LDL concentrations.