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Anti-hyperlipidemic effect of Agaricus brasiliensis fruiting bodies in rats fed with high cholesterol diet

고콜레스테롤 식이의 급여에 의해 고지혈증이 유도된 흰쥐의 신령버섯 자실체의 항고지혈증 효과

  • Jin, Ga-Heon (Department of Ophthalmic Optics, Shinhan University) ;
  • Lee, TaeSoo (Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University Incheon)
  • 진가헌 (신한대학교 바이오생태보건대학 안경공학과) ;
  • 이태수 (인천대학교 생명과학부)
  • Received : 2018.05.18
  • Accepted : 2018.07.02
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with fruiting body of Agaricus brasiliensis (AB) mushroom on the lipid profiles of serum and histological patterns of liver of high cholesterol-fed rats. Five-week-old, female Sprague-Dawley albino rats were divided into three groups of 8 rats each, including a normal control-diet (NC) group, a high-cholesterol diet (HC) group, and a group fed high-cholesterol diet supplemented with 5 % powder of Agaricus brasiliensis fruiting bodies (HC+AB). Total serum cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL), and triglyceride (TG) concentrations in the HC+AB group were significantly reduced when compared with those in the HC group. Body weight in the HC+AB group was significantly lower than that in the HC group, whereas no adverse effects were observed on the levels of plasma albumin, creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, uric acid, glucose, and total protein. In the HC+AB group, liver enzyme activities related to liver function, such as GOT and GPT, presented values lower than those in the HC group and were very similar to the ones in the NC group. Excretion of total lipid and cholesterol in feces in the HC+AB group was significantly higher than that in the NC and HC groups, indicating that mushroom feeding inhibits the absorption of lipid cholesterol in the intestine. Liver histopathological analyses revealed that rats fed with HC diet developed fat liver disease, whereas only small amounts of fat were deposited in the livers of the HC+AB group. In conclusion, the results suggest that fruiting body powder of A. brasiliensis provides health benefits to high-cholesterol-fed rats by lowering body weight and the risk of atherogenic lipid profile.

신령버섯의 자실체가 고콜레스테롤을 급여한 Sprague Dawley계 암컷 흰쥐의 지질대사와 생리활성에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위해 생후 5주령의 흰쥐에 표준식이를 급여한 정상 식이군(NC), 정상 식이에 10%의 대두유와 1%의 콜레스테롤을 첨가하여 급여한 고콜레스테롤 식이군(HC), 고콜레스테롤 식이에 신령버섯 자실체 분말을 5% 첨가하여 급여한 군(HC+AB) 등 3개의 실험군으로 나누어 6주간 실험을 수행하였다. 실험동물의 체중증가와 식이효율은 HC에 비해 HC+AB가 유의하게 감소하여 NC와 유사한 수준을 나타냈다. 식이섭취량은 NC에 비해 HC와 HC+AB가 유의하게 낮았다. 혈청의 총콜레스테롤(TC), LDL-콜레스테롤(LDL-C), 중성지방(TG)의 농도는 HC에 비해 NC와 HC+AB가 유의하게 낮았으며 심혈관계 질환의 위험도를 나타내는 동맥경화지수(AI)와 LDL-C/HDL-C의 비율도 HC에 비해 NC와 HC+AB가 유의하게 낮았다. 혈청의 알부민, 크레아티닌, 요산 및 총단백질의 농도도 NC와 HC+AB가 HC에 비해 조금 낮았다. 간기능의 척도를 나타내는 혈청의 GOT와 GPT 효소의 활성은 NC와 HC+AB가 HC에 비해 낮았지만 유의성을 없었고, ALP의 농도는 HC에 비해 NC와 HC+AB가 유의하게 낮아서 신령버섯 자실체 분말의 급여가 흰쥐의 ALP 농도를 낮추는 효과가 있었다. 실험 5-6주 사이에 배출된 변을 채취하여 분석한 총지질과 총콜레스테롤의 양은 HC+AB가 NC와 HC에 비해 유의하게 높아 식이로 섭취한 일부의 지방과 콜레스테롤이 장에서 흡수되지 않고 변으로 배출되는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 고콜레스테롤 식이에 신령버섯의 자실체 분말을 5% 수준으로 첨가하여 6주간 급여한 흰쥐의 체중, 혈청의 TC, LDL-C 및 TG의 농도와 동맥경화 수치(AI)가 정상 수준을 유지하고 지방간의 발생도 억제되는 효과가 현저히 나타나 고지방과 고콜레스테롤의 섭취에 의해 발생할 수 있는 심혈관계 질환의 예방과 개선에 신령버섯의 자실체가 효과를 나타내는 것으로 사료된다.

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