The effects of different dietary proteins on the progression of a focal atheromatous lesion and on lipoprotein oxidiability were studied in male New Zealand rabbits. Focal lesions were induced on common carotid arteries by applying an electric current, using a bipolar microcoagulator. After surgery, animals were fed for 90 days two different diets, both with 1% cholesterol, 15% saturated fatty acids and 20% protein: the protein source was constituted in one group (SOY) by 16% soy protein isolate plus 4% milk whey proteins, in the other (CASEIN) by 16% casein plus 4% milk whey proteins. Lower levels of plasma cholesterol and triglycerides (-47 and -65%, respectively) (P < 0.05) were detected in the SOY versus the CASEIN group at the end of treatment. Cryosection analyses of the carotids, indicated a highly significant reduction (-39%; P < 0.05) in the focal lesion progression in the SOY versus the CASEIN group. Copper-mediated oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) from rabbits fed the two different diets, performed in vitro by analysis of conjugated diene formation, showed a significantly longer lag phase in the SOY (150 +/- 5 min) versus the CASEIN animals (20 +/- 3 min) (P < 0.05). These data, while confirming the well-known lipid lowering properties of soy proteins, indicate, in this animal model, a remarkable activity on a focal atheromatous lesion, possibly also linked to a powerful antioxidant activity.

Soy proteins reduce progression of a focal lesion and lipoprotein oxidiability in rabbits fed a cholesterol-rich diet / S. Castiglioni, C. Manzoni, A. D'Uva, R. Spiezie, E. Monteggia, G. Chiesa, C. R. Sirtori, M. R. Lovati. - In: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. - ISSN 0021-9150. - 171:2(2003 Dec), pp. 163-170.

Soy proteins reduce progression of a focal lesion and lipoprotein oxidiability in rabbits fed a cholesterol-rich diet

S. Castiglioni;C. Manzoni;G. Chiesa;C. R. Sirtori;M. R. Lovati
2003

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The effects of different dietary proteins on the progression of a focal atheromatous lesion and on lipoprotein oxidiability were studied in male New Zealand rabbits. Focal lesions were induced on common carotid arteries by applying an electric current, using a bipolar microcoagulator. After surgery, animals were fed for 90 days two different diets, both with 1% cholesterol, 15% saturated fatty acids and 20% protein: the protein source was constituted in one group (SOY) by 16% soy protein isolate plus 4% milk whey proteins, in the other (CASEIN) by 16% casein plus 4% milk whey proteins. Lower levels of plasma cholesterol and triglycerides (-47 and -65%, respectively) (P < 0.05) were detected in the SOY versus the CASEIN group at the end of treatment. Cryosection analyses of the carotids, indicated a highly significant reduction (-39%; P < 0.05) in the focal lesion progression in the SOY versus the CASEIN group. Copper-mediated oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) from rabbits fed the two different diets, performed in vitro by analysis of conjugated diene formation, showed a significantly longer lag phase in the SOY (150 +/- 5 min) versus the CASEIN animals (20 +/- 3 min) (P < 0.05). These data, while confirming the well-known lipid lowering properties of soy proteins, indicate, in this animal model, a remarkable activity on a focal atheromatous lesion, possibly also linked to a powerful antioxidant activity.
Sensitivity and Specificity; Probability; Animals; Analysis of Variance; Disease Progression; Disease Models, Animal; Rabbits; Arteriosclerosis; Cholesterol; Biopsy, Needle; Lipid Peroxidation; Endothelium, Vascular; Body Weight; Carotid Arteries; Soybean Proteins; Cholesterol, Dietary; Triglycerides; Vegetable Proteins; Dietary Proteins; Immunohistochemistry; Male
Settore BIO/14 - Farmacologia
dic-2003
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