Grape juice concentrate modulates p16 expression in high fat diet-induced liver steatosis in Wistar rats.
OBJECTIVE
The goal of this study was to investigate whether subchronic treatment with grape juice concentrate is able to protect the liver from high fat diet injury in rats. The effects of grape juice concentrate treatment on histopathological changes, and immunohistochemistry for p53, p16 and p21 were evaluated.


METHODS
Male Wistar rats (n = 18) were distributed into three groups: group 1: negative control; group 2: cholesterol at 1% (w/w) in their diet, treated during 5 weeks; and group 3: cholesterol at 1% in their chow during 5 weeks, and grape juice concentrate at 222 mg per day in their drinking-water in the last week only.


RESULTS
The results pointed out that treatment with grape juice concentrate did not show remarkable differences regarding liver tissue in the cholesterol-exposed group when compared to group 2. However, grape juice concentrate was able to modulate p16 immunoexpression when compared to high fat diet group. p53 and p21 did not show any significant statistical differences among groups.


CONCLUSIONS
Taken together, our results suggest that subchronic grape juice concentrate administration was able to modulate cell cycle control by downregulation of p16 immunoexpression in high fat diet-induced liver steatosis in rats.
Department of Biosciencies, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Santos, Brazil.
Andressa Orlandeli
AO
Ferreira
Andréa Pittelli Boiago
AP
Gollücke
Juliana
J
Noguti
Victor Hugo Pereira
VH
da Silva
Elsa Tiemi Hojo
ET
Yamamura
Daniel Araki
DA
Ribeiro
D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D001628:Beverages; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16 / Q000378:metabolism*; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21 / Q000378:metabolism; D059305:Diet, High-Fat; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D005638:Fruit; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013997:Time Factors; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism; D027843:Vitis
D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D010936:Plant Extracts; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53