Dietary taurine potentiates polychlorinated biphenyl-induced hypercholesterolemia in rats
Dietary taurine potentiates polychlorinated biphenyl-induced hypercholesterolemia in rats
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DOI:
10.1016/s0955-2863(00)00145-5
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发表时间:
2001-02-01
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Yokogoshi, H
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作者:
Mochizuki, H;Oda, H;Yokogoshi, H
The effect of dietary taurine on cholesterol metabolism and the distribution of lipoprotein-cholesterol in serum of rats fed a diet containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) was examined. Young male Wistar rats (60 g) were fed diets containing 0.2 g/kg diet of PCB and/or 30 g/kg diet of taurine for 15 days. The experiment was performed as the 2 (PCB) X 2 (taurine) factorial design. The addition of PCB elevated serum levels of total- and HDL-cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-I, which is a major apolipoprotein of HDL. Simultaneous supplementation of taurine with PCB amplified the increase of the serum level of total- and HDL-cholesterol. Hepatic concentrations of cholesterol and total lipids were significantly elevated by the supplementation of PCB, and taurine significantly amplified these increases caused by PCB. PCB suppressed hepatic cholesterol 7 alpha -hydroxylase (CYP7A1) gene expression, and taurine induced CYP7A1 gene expression. Taurine also enhanced PCB-induced elevation of malic enzyme mRNA in the liver. These results suggest that taurine enhanced PCB-induced hyper-a-cholesterolemia and that taurine has a role in increasing HDL-cholesterol. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.