Modulation by geraniol of gene expression involved in lipid metabolism leading to a reduction of serum-cholesterol and triglyceride levels
Background: Geraniol (G) is a natural isoprenoid present in the essential oils of several aromatic plants, with various biochemical and pharmacologic properties. Nevertheless, the mechanisms of action of G on cellular metabolism are largely unknown. Hypothesis/Purpose: We propose that G could be a...
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Biología Ciencias Médicas Geraniol Hypolipemia Lipogenesis HMGCR ACACA |
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Biología Ciencias Médicas Geraniol Hypolipemia Lipogenesis HMGCR ACACA Galle, Marianela Rodenak Kladniew, Boris Emilio Castro, María Agustina Montero Villegas, Sandra Lacunza, Ezequiel Polo, Mónica Patricia García de Bravo, Margarita María Crespo, Rosana Modulation by geraniol of gene expression involved in lipid metabolism leading to a reduction of serum-cholesterol and triglyceride levels |
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Biología Ciencias Médicas Geraniol Hypolipemia Lipogenesis HMGCR ACACA |
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Background: Geraniol (G) is a natural isoprenoid present in the essential oils of several aromatic plants, with various biochemical and pharmacologic properties. Nevertheless, the mechanisms of action of G on cellular metabolism are largely unknown.
Hypothesis/Purpose: We propose that G could be a potential agent for the treatment of hyperlipidemia that could contribute to the prevention of cardiovascular disease. The aim of the present study was to advance our understanding of its mechanism of action on cholesterol and TG metabolism.
Study Design/Methods: NIH mice received supplemented diets containing 25, 50, and 75 mmol G/kg chow. After a 3-week treatment, serum total-cholesterol and triglyceride levels were measured by commercial kits and lipid biosynthesis determined by the [14C] acetate incorporated into fatty acids plus nonsaponifiable and total hepatic lipids of the mice. The activity of the mRNA encoding HMGCR—the rate-limiting step in cholesterol biosynthesis—along with the enzyme levels and catalysis were assessed by real-time RT-PCR, Western blotting, and HMG-CoA-conversion assays, respectively. In-silico analysis of several genes involved in lipid metabolism and regulated by G in cultured cells was also performed. Finally, the mRNA levels encoded by the genes for the low-density-lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), the sterol-regulatory-element-binding transcription factor (SREBF2), the very-low-density-lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR), and the acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACACA) were determined by real-time RT-PCR.
Results: Plasma total-cholesterol and triglyceride levels plus hepatic fatty-acid, total-lipid, and nonsaponifiable-lipid biosynthesis were significantly reduced by feeding with G. Even though an up-regulation of the mRNA encoding HMGCR occurred in the G treated mouse livers, the protein levels and specific activity of the enzyme were both inhibited. G also enhanced the mRNAs encoding the LDL and VLDL receptors and reduced ACACA mRNA, without altering the transcription of the mRNA encoding the SREBF2.
Conclusions: The following mechanisms may have mediated the decrease in plasma lipids levels in mice: a down-regulation of hepatocyte-cholesterol synthesis occurred as a result of decreased HMGCR protein levels and catalytic activity; the levels of LDLR mRNA became elevated, thus suggesting an increase in the uptake of serum LDL, especially by the liver; and TG synthesis became reduced very likely because of a decrease in fatty-acid synthesis. |
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Articulo Preprint |
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Galle, Marianela Rodenak Kladniew, Boris Emilio Castro, María Agustina Montero Villegas, Sandra Lacunza, Ezequiel Polo, Mónica Patricia García de Bravo, Margarita María Crespo, Rosana |
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Galle, Marianela Rodenak Kladniew, Boris Emilio Castro, María Agustina Montero Villegas, Sandra Lacunza, Ezequiel Polo, Mónica Patricia García de Bravo, Margarita María Crespo, Rosana |
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Galle, Marianela |
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Modulation by geraniol of gene expression involved in lipid metabolism leading to a reduction of serum-cholesterol and triglyceride levels |
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Modulation by geraniol of gene expression involved in lipid metabolism leading to a reduction of serum-cholesterol and triglyceride levels |
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Modulation by geraniol of gene expression involved in lipid metabolism leading to a reduction of serum-cholesterol and triglyceride levels |
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Modulation by geraniol of gene expression involved in lipid metabolism leading to a reduction of serum-cholesterol and triglyceride levels |
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Modulation by geraniol of gene expression involved in lipid metabolism leading to a reduction of serum-cholesterol and triglyceride levels |
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modulation by geraniol of gene expression involved in lipid metabolism leading to a reduction of serum-cholesterol and triglyceride levels |
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2015 |
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http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/99601 https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/48735 |
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