Syzygium cumini Leaf Extract Reverts Hypertriglyceridemia via Downregulation of the Hepatic XBP-1s/PDI/MTP Axis in Monosodium L-Glutamate-Induced Obese Rats

• Published in: Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity Vol. 2019; no. 2019; pp. 1 - 14
• Main Authors: Paes, Antonio Marcus de Andrade, Laurindo, Francisco R. M., Lima, Thais Martins de, Debbas, Victor, Chagas, Vinicyus Teles, Souza, Ivana Letícia Santos, Freitas, Larissa Nara Costa, Coêlho, Caio Fernando Ferreira, França, Lucas Martins, Souza, Heraldo P. de
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2019; Hindawi; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Adipose Tissue - metabolism; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Antioxidants; Aprotinin; Carrier Proteins - metabolism; Diabetes; Down-Regulation - drug effects; Endoplasmic reticulum; Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress - drug effects; Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; Fatty acids; Fatty Liver - blood; Fatty Liver - drug therapy; Fatty Liver - physiopathology; Glutamate; Glycolipids - blood; Herbal medicine; Homeostasis; Hyperlipidemia; Hypertriglyceridemia - blood; Hypertriglyceridemia - drug therapy; Hypertriglyceridemia - physiopathology; Kinases; Lipids; Lipoproteins, VLDL - blood; Liver; Liver - drug effects; Liver - metabolism; Liver - pathology; Liver - physiopathology; Low density lipoproteins; Male; Medicine, Botanic; Medicine, Herbal; Metabolism; Nutrition; Obesity; Obesity - blood; Obesity - drug therapy; Obesity - metabolism; Plant Extracts - administration & dosage; Plant Extracts - pharmacology; Plant Extracts - therapeutic use; Plant Leaves - chemistry; Polyphenols; Polyphenols - chemistry; Protein binding; Protein Disulfide-Isomerases - metabolism; Proteins; Rats, Wistar; Rodents; Signal Transduction - drug effects; Sodium Glutamate; Syzygium - chemistry; Transcription factors; Triglycerides; Triglycerides - blood; X-Box Binding Protein 1 - metabolism; Brazil
• ISSN: 1942-0900; 1942-0994
• DOI: 10.1155/2019/9417498

Syzygium cumini is used worldwide for the treatment of metabolic syndrome-associated outcomes. Previously, we described the antihypertriglyceridemic effect of the hydroethanolic extract of S. cumini leaf (HESc) in monosodium L-glutamate- (MSG-) induced obese rats. This study sought to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the antihypertriglyceridemic effect of HESc in MSG-obese rats. Newborn male Wistar rats were injected subcutaneously with MSG (4.0 g/kg/day, obese group) or saline 1.25% (1.0 mL/kg/day, lean group), from 2nd through 10th postnatal day. At 8 weeks old, obese rats started to be orally treated with HESc (0.5 or 1.0 g/kg/day, n=7) or saline 0.9% (1 mL/kg/day, n=7). Lean rats received saline solution (1 mL/kg/day, n=7). Upon 8-week treatment, animals were euthanized for blood and tissue collection. Another set of adult nonobese Wistar rats was used for the assessment of HESc acute effects on Triton WR1339-induced hypertriglyceridemia. HESc reduced weight gain, as well as adipose tissue fat pads, without altering food intake of obese rats. HESc restored fasting serum glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, and free fatty acids, as well as insulin sensitivity, to levels similar to lean rats. Additionally, HESc halved the triglyceride content into very low-density lipoprotein particles, as well as healed liver steatosis, in obese rats. Hepatic protein expression of the endoplasmic reticulum chaperone GRP94 was decreased by HESc, which also downregulated the hepatic triglyceride secretion pathway by reducing the splicing of X-box binding protein 1 (XBP-1s), as well as protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) and microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) translational levels. This action was further corroborated by the acute inhibitory effect of HESc on triglyceride accumulation on Triton WR1339-treated rats. Our data support the downregulation of the XBP-1s/PDI/MTP axis in the liver of MSG-obese rats as a novel feasible mechanism for the antihypertriglyceridemic effect promoted by the polyphenolic phytocomplex present in S. cumini leaf.