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Effects of Fruits and Stems of Opuntia ficus-indica on Blood Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Streptozotocin-induced Diabetic Rats

손바닥선인장의 열매와 줄기가 Streptozotocin으로 유발된 당뇨 쥐의 혈당 및 지질대사에 미치는 영향

  • Yoon, Jin-A (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Baewha Women's College) ;
  • Son, Yong-Suk (Division of Bioscience and Technology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University)
  • 윤진아 (배화여자대학 식품영양과) ;
  • 손용석 (고려대학교 생명과학대학 생명공학부)
  • Published : 2009.02.28
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Abstract

This study was conducted to examine the effects of fruits and stems of Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten Makino on water intake, feed intake, body weight, blood glucose level and glucose tolerance in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Forty Sprague-Dawley male rats were divided into non-diabetic control (NC), diabetic control (DC), 8% Opuntia fruit (DOF), 5% Opuntia stem (DO-5) and 10% Opuntia stem (DO-10) groups. Fruits and stems of Opuntia ficus-indica were freeze-dried and ground before use in the experiment. Animals were fed experimental diet for 3 weeks. DOF, DO-5 and DO-10 groups showed lower water and feed intake as well as less body weight loss than DC group. The fasting blood glucose levels were 100 mg/dL for NC and 379 mg/dL for DC. Fasting glucose level of DOF was a significantly low level of 28% (p<0.05), whereas DO-5 and DO-10 had a decrease of 5% and 9% compared to DC. As for the glucose tolerance test, the highest blood glucose levels for NC and DC-10 group were observed at 30 minutes after glucose injection while those of DOF and DO-5 groups were after 60 minutes. DOF and DO-5 plasma insulin level improved. Plasma total cholesterol, triglyceride, non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) and LDL-cholesterol concentrations were also lower in DOF, DO-5 and DO-10 groups, although HDL-cholesterol level was only slightly affected by experimental diets compared to DC. These results suggest that the feeding of Opuntia ficus-indica fruits and stems improved blood glucose and lipid metabolism in STZ-induced diabetic rats.

손바닥선인장의 항당뇨 효과와 기작을 알아보기 위한 연구의 일환으로, 손바닥선인장의 열매 및 줄기의 급여가 STZ으로 당뇨가 유발된 8주령 수컷 흰쥐의 음수량, 식이섭취량, 체중, 공복혈당, 당내성에 미치는 효과와 당뇨의 합병증인 고지혈증(중성지방, 유리지방산, 총콜레스테롤, LDL-콜레스테롤, HDL-콜레스테롤)을 조사하였다. 손바닥선인장의 열매 및 줄기는 동결건조 후 분쇄하여 분말사료에 8%(열매) 및 5%와 10%(줄기) 수준으로 첨가하여 3주간 자유채식 시켰다. 실험군은 정상군(NC), 당뇨대조군(DC), 열매급여군 (DOF), 줄기5%급여군(DO-5), 줄기10%급여군(DO-10)으로 구분하였으며, 음수량은 1일, 식이섭취량은 2일 간격, 체중 및 혈당은 1주 간격으로 측정하였는데, 혈당은 12시간 절식 후 꼬리정맥에서 측정하였다. 당 내성은 공복 시 혈당을 측정한 후 포도당(50 mg/체중 1 kg)을 복강에 주사한 다음, 30, 60, 90, 120분 경과하였을 때 혈당과 동일한 방법으로 측정하였다. 수분함량은 열매가 94.5%, 줄기가 92.3%였고, 조회분, 조단백, 조지방, 조섬유 등의 농도는 줄기가 열매에 비해 높았고, NFE는 열매가 줄기에 비해 높았다. 체중변화는 DC에 비해 DOF에서 체중이 적게 감소했다. 음수량과 사료섭취량은 NC에 비해 DC가 각각 7.5배 및 1.5배 이상 증가하였고, 처리군들은 음수량 및 식이섭취량이 DC에 비해 낮았다. NC의 공복혈당은 평균 100 mg/dL이었고 DC는 379 mg/dL이었으며, DOF는 DC에 비해 28%의 혈당 감소를 보인 반면(P<0.05), DO-5는 5%와 DO-10은 9% 감소하여 유의적 차이를 보이지 않았다. 당 내성 실험에서 NC와 DO-5는 급여한지 30분 후에, 다른 처리군은 60분 후에 최고 혈당을 나타내었다. 혈장 인슐린 함량도 당뇨대조군과 비교해 DOF, DO-5와 DO-10에서 유의적(p<0.05)인 증가를 보였다. 이로써 손바닥선인장의 열매가 STZ으로 당뇨가 유발된 쥐에서 당뇨의 개선효과가 있는 것으로 판단된다. 또한 손바닥선인장의 열매 및 줄기 모두 당뇨의 합병증인 지질대사에서 혈장의 중성지방, 유리지방산, 총 콜레스테롤 그리고 LDL-콜레스테롤을 모두 DC와 비교해 DOF, DO-5와 DO-10에서 유의적인 감소를 보였다(p<0.05). 이상의 결과에서 볼 때, 손바닥선인장의 열매는 항당뇨효능이 있었고, 또 당뇨 합병증인 지질대사의 이상도 개선하는 것으로 관찰되었으며, 그 줄기는 통계적으로 유의한 혈당감소 효과를 보이지는 않았지만 당뇨의 합병증인 고지혈증을 개선시키는 것으로 나타나, 보다 구체적인 작용기작을 추가적 연구를 통해 확인할 필요가 있다고 사료된다.

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