Novel mouse model of combined hyperlipidemia associated with steatosis and liver injury by a single-dose intragastric administration of schisandrin B/cholesterol/bile salts mixture

J Pharmacol Sci. 2013;123(2):110-9. doi: 10.1254/jphs.13087fp. Epub 2013 Oct 4.

Abstract

Hyperlipidemia is referred to as hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, or both in combined hyperlipidemia. Here, a novel mouse model of combined hyperlipidemia is described. Mice were orally given a single dose of a modeling agent (MA) made of a mixture of schisandrin B/cholesterol/bile salts (1/2/0.5 g/kg) suspended in olive oil. MA treatment increased serum triglycerides (TG) and total cholesterol (TC) (up to 422% and 100% at 12 - 96 h post-treatment, respectively) and hepatic TG and TC (up to 220% and 26%, respectively) in a time- and dose-dependent manner, associated with elevation of high-density lipoprotein and low-density lipoprotein levels. Serum alanine/aspartate aminotransferase activities, indicators of liver cell damage, were also elevated (up to 198%) at 48 and 72 h post-MA treatment. Fenofibrate blocks MA-induced hyperlipidemia, lipid accumulation in the liver, as well as liver injury. Oral administration of a mixture of schisandrin B, cholesterol, and bile salt could generate an interesting mouse model of combined hyperlipidemia associated with hepatic steatosis and steatohepatitis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Animals
  • Bile Acids and Salts* / administration & dosage
  • Bile Acids and Salts* / adverse effects
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury* / etiology
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury* / prevention & control
  • Cholesterol* / administration & dosage
  • Cholesterol* / adverse effects
  • Cyclooctanes / administration & dosage
  • Cyclooctanes / adverse effects
  • Disease Models, Animal*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Fatty Liver* / chemically induced
  • Fatty Liver* / prevention & control
  • Fenofibrate / pharmacology
  • Fenofibrate / therapeutic use
  • Hyperlipidemias* / blood
  • Hyperlipidemias* / chemically induced
  • Hyperlipidemias* / prevention & control
  • Lignans* / administration & dosage
  • Lignans* / adverse effects
  • Lipoproteins / blood
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred ICR
  • Polycyclic Compounds* / administration & dosage
  • Polycyclic Compounds* / adverse effects
  • Time Factors
  • Triglycerides / blood

Substances

  • Bile Acids and Salts
  • Cyclooctanes
  • Lignans
  • Lipoproteins
  • Polycyclic Compounds
  • Triglycerides
  • schizandrin B
  • Cholesterol
  • Fenofibrate