Effect of Dietary Inclusion of Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 43121 on Cholesterol Metabolism in Rats

  • Park, Yoo-Heon (Biochemical Nutrition Lab., Division of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Gun (Biochemical Nutrition Lab., Division of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University) ;
  • Shin, Yong-Won (Biochemical Nutrition Lab., Division of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University) ;
  • Kim, Sae-Hun (Division of Food Science, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University) ;
  • Whang, Kwang-Youn (Biochemical Nutrition Lab., Division of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University)
  • Published : 2007.04.30

Abstract

This study examined the effects of Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 43121 (LAB) on cholesterol metabolism in hypercholesterolemia-induced rats. Four treatment groups of rats (n=9) were fed experimental diets: normal diet, normal $diet+LAB(2{\times}10^6\;CFU/day)$, hypercholesterol diet (0.5% cholesterol, w/w), and hypercholesterol diet+LAB. Body weight, feed intake, and feed efficiency did not differ among the four groups. Supplementation with LAB reduced total serum cholesterol (25%) and VLDL+IDL+LDL cholesterol (42%) in hypercholesterol diet groups, although hepatic tissue cholesterol and lipid contents were not changed. In the normal diet group, cholesterol synthesis (HMG-CoA reductase expression), absorption (LDL receptor expression), and excretion via bile acids (cholesterol $7{\alpha}-hydroxylase$ expression) were increased by supplementation with LAB, and increased cholesterol absorption and decreased excretion were found in the hypercholesterol diet group. Total fecal acid sterols excretion was increased by supplementation with LAB. With proportional changes in both normal and hypercholesterol diet groups, primary bile acids (cholic and chenodeoxycholic acids) were reduced, and secondary bile acids (deoxycholic and lithocholic acids) were increased. Fecal neutral sterol excretion was not changed by LAB. In this experiment, the increase in insoluble bile acid (lithocholic acid) reduced blood cholesterol level in rats fed hypercholesterol diets supplemented with LAB. Thus, in the rat, L. acidophilus ATCC 43121 is more likely to affect deconjugation and dehydroxylation during cholesterol metabolism than the assimilation of cholesterol into cell membranes.

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