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Supplementation with a Carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) Fruit Extract Attenuates the Cardiometabolic Alterations Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Mice

de la Fuente-Fernandez, Maria; Gonzalez-Hedstrom, Daniel; Amor, Sara; Tejera-Munoz, Antonio; Fernandez, Nuria; Monge, Luis; Almodovar, Paula; Andres-Delgado, Laura; Santamaria, Luis; Prodanov, Marin; Manuel Inarejos-Garcia, Antonio; Luis Garcia-Villalon, A

ANTIOXIDANTS
2020
VL / 9 - BP / - EP /
abstract
The incidence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) is increasing worldwide which makes necessary the finding of new strategies to treat and/or prevent it. The aim of this study was to analyze the possible beneficial effects of a carob fruit extract (CSAT+(R)) on the cardiometabolic alterations associated with MetS in mice. 16-week-old C57BL/6J male mice were fed for 26 weeks either with a standard diet (chow) or with a diet rich in fats and sugars (HFHS), supplemented or not with 4.8% of CSAT+(R). CSAT+(R) supplementation reduced blood glucose, Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) and circulating levels of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (LDL-c), insulin, and interleukin-6 (IL-6). In adipose tissue and skeletal muscle, CSAT+(R) prevented MetS-induced insulin resistance, reduced macrophage infiltration and the expression of pro-inflammatory markers, and up-regulated the mRNA levels of antioxidant markers. Supplementation with CSAT+(R) prevented MetS-induced hypertension and decreased the vascular response of aortic rings to angiotensin II (AngII). Moreover, treatment with CSAT+(R) attenuated endothelial dysfunction and increased vascular sensitivity to insulin. In the heart, CSAT+(R) supplementation reduced cardiomyocyte apoptosis and prevented ischemia-reperfusion-induced decrease in cardiac contractility. The beneficial effects at the cardiovascular level were associated with a lower expression of pro-inflammatory and pro-oxidant markers in aortic and cardiac tissues.

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Gold DOAJ, Green published

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