title: Yamabushitake mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) improved lipid metabolism in mice fed a high-fat diet.
abstract: The effects of dietary Yamabushitake mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) on lipid metabolism were examined. C57BL/6J mice were fed a high-fat diet containing hot-water extract (HW-E) and an ethanol extract (EtOH-E) of Yamabushitake mushroom. Administration of HW-E or EtOH-E with a high-fat diet for 28 d resulted in a significant decrease in body weight gain, fat weight, and serum and hepatic triacylglycerol levels. Our in vitro experiments indicated that EtOH-E acts as an agonist of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha). Quantitative analyses of hepatic mRNA levels revealed that EtOH-E administration resulted in up-regulation of mRNA for a number of PPARalpha-regulating genes in spite of the fact that the gene expression of PPARalpha did not change. These results suggest that EtOH-E improves lipid metabolism in mice fed a high-fat diet, and that these effects were mediated by modulation of lipid metabolic gene expression, at least in part via activation of PPARalpha.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Nutrition, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University.
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiwatashi
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kosaka
authors.forename: Nao
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Keishi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mukaiyama
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shirakawa
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Komai
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000737:chemistry*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D008024:Ligands; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D047493:PPAR alpha / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D008024:Ligands; D047493:PPAR alpha; D012333:RNA, Messenger