title: Hypolipidemic effect of beta, beta'-methyl-substituted hexadecanedioic acid (MEDICA 16) in normal and nephrotic rats.
abstract: Treatment of normal or puromycin aminonucleoside-nephrotic rats, kept on a balanced Purina chow diet, with beta, beta'-tetramethyl-substituted hexadecanedioic acid (MEDICA 16) (Bar-Tana, J., G. Rose-Kahn, and M. Srebnik. 1985. J. Biol. Chem. 260: 8404-8410) resulted in an acute reversible inhibition of liver lipogenesis and cholesterogenesis with a concomitant hypolipidemic effect which was sustained as long as the drug was administered. The hypolipidemic effect in normal and nephrotic rats consisted of 70-80% and 40-60% reduction in plasma VLDL-triacylglycerols and cholesterol, respectively, with a respective increase in the HDL-cholesterol/(VLDL + LDL)-cholesterol ratio. The observed hypolipidemic effect was accompanied by a 10-fold decrease in VLDL-apoC-III content with a concomitant enrichment of the VLDL fraction by VLDL remnants having an increased apoB-100/apoB-48 ratio. The pharmacological reduction of VLDL by MEDICA 16 may offer a treatment mode of choice for selected hyperlipidemic states.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bar-Tana
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rose-Kahn
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Frenkel
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shafer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fainaru
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009401:Nephrosis / Q000097:blood*; D010169:Palmitic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D008074:Lipoproteins; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL; D010169:Palmitic Acids; D014280:Triglycerides; C056166:MEDICA 16; D002784:Cholesterol