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. 2018 Aug 1;16(8):263.
doi: 10.3390/md16080263.

The Protective Effects of Clams on Hypercholesterolemia in Late-Stage Triple-Transgenic Alzheimer's Diseased Mice Hearts

You-Liang Hsieh  1   2 , Hsu-Ju Teng  3   4 , Yen-Hung Yeh  5   6 , Cheng-Hong Hsieh  7 , Chih-Yang Huang  8   9   10
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The Protective Effects of Clams on Hypercholesterolemia in Late-Stage Triple-Transgenic Alzheimer's Diseased Mice Hearts

You-Liang Hsieh et al. Mar Drugs. .

Abstract

To investigate a high cholesterol diet in Alzheimer's disease (AD) mice, they were fed with (2% cholesterol) in five groups with a control group, AD mice group, AD mice plus Meretrix lusoria group, AD mice plus Geloina eros group, and, AD mice plus Corbicula fluminea group for three months, and treated with the fatty acid profiles of clams by gas chromatography (GC). The results showed that treatment with clams for three months reduced Fas/L and Caspase-3 in the Meretrix lusoria and Geloina eros groups, but Fas-associated death domain (FADD) and Caspase-8 were strongly reduced in the Geloina eros group. For the mitochondria-dependent apoptotic pathway, the reduction of apoptosis proteins were observed in the hearts of clams-treated AD mice. BAK and Caspase-9 was reduced in the Meretrix lusoria group, but Caspase-3 and Cytochrome-c were reduced in Geloina eros group. Enhancement of survival proteins p-AKT, p-IGF1R, p-PI3K, Bcl-XL, Bcl2, and the longevity SIRT1 signaling proteins, p-AMPK-α, SIRT1, PGC1-α, p-FOXO3 were observed in clams-treated mice and even more strongly enhanced in the Meretrix lusoria, Geloina eros and Corbicula fluminea groups. This study observed that the ingestion of clams caused a reduction of apoptosis proteins and enhancement of survival and SIRT1 signaling proteins in the hearts.

Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease; cardiovascular disease; clam; fatty acid; hypercholesterolemia.

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