摘要
Oleanolic acid(OA) is a pentacyclic triterpenoid compound extracted from olea europaeal, a traditional Chinese medicine herb. OA has been used in the clinic as a hepatoprotective medicine in China since 1970 s. In our previous study, we observed that OA could ameliorate hyperlipidemia in animal models. In the present study, we conducted a small-scale clinical trial to evaluate the hypolipidemia effect of OA in hyperlipidemic patients. Hyperlipidemic patients were administrated with OA for four weeks(4 tablets once, three times a day). The blood samples of the patients were collected before and after OA treatment. The biological parameters were measured. Furthermore, three patients' blood samples were studied with DNA microarray. After OA administration, the TC, TG, and HDLC levels in serum decreased significantly. DNA microarray analysis results showed that the expressions of 21 m RNAs were significantly changed after OA treatment. Bioinformatics analysis showed 17 m RNAs were up-regulated and 4 m RNAs were down-regulated significantly after OA treatment. Five m RNAs(CACNA1 B, FCN, STEAP3, AMPH, and NR6 A1) were selected to validate the expression levels by q RT-PCR. Therefore, OA administration differentially regulated the expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism. The data showed a clinical evidence that OA could improve hyperlipidemia and also unveiled a new insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying the pharmacological effect of OA on hyperlipidemia.
Oleanolic acid（OA） is a pentacyclic triterpenoid compound extracted from olea europaeal, a traditional Chinese medicine herb. OA has been used in the clinic as a hepatoprotective medicine in China since 1970 s. In our previous study, we observed that OA could ameliorate hyperlipidemia in animal models. In the present study, we conducted a small-scale clinical trial to evaluate the hypolipidemia effect of OA in hyperlipidemic patients. Hyperlipidemic patients were administrated with OA for four weeks（4 tablets once, three times a day）. The blood samples of the patients were collected before and after OA treatment. The biological parameters were measured. Furthermore, three patients’ blood samples were studied with DNA microarray. After OA administration, the TC, TG, and HDLC levels in serum decreased significantly. DNA microarray analysis results showed that the expressions of 21 m RNAs were significantly changed after OA treatment. Bioinformatics analysis showed 17 m RNAs were up-regulated and 4 m RNAs were down-regulated significantly after OA treatment. Five m RNAs（CACNA1 B, FCN, STEAP3, AMPH, and NR6 A1） were selected to validate the expression levels by q RT-PCR. Therefore, OA administration differentially regulated the expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism. The data showed a clinical evidence that OA could improve hyperlipidemia and also unveiled a new insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying the pharmacological effect of OA on hyperlipidemia.
基金
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81673443,81373303 and 31501182)
by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.26302017ZD05)
