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Okra polysaccharides can reverse the metabolic disorder induced by high-fat diet and cognitive function injury in
Tingxu Yan1, Tingting Nian2, Bo Wu1
1School of Functional Food and Wine, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Wenhua Road 103, Shenyang 110016, China.
Abstract:
Epidemiological studies showed that a high-fat diet threatened human health seriously. It can induce various diseases, such as obesity, metabolic disturbance and cognitive dysfunction which also related to insulin signaling. In the present study, Aβ1-42 induced AD model mice and normal mice were given a standard diet and high-fat diet, respectively. Meanwhile, Okra polysaccharides were used to treat AD mice to explore the possible mechanism between Alzheimer's disease and insulin signals. Weight and blood glucose of mice were measured weekly. Through the Morris water maze and the novel object recognition test, the Okra polysaccharides could improve the cognitive impairment of the AD mice. In addition, we also performed the serum chemistry analysis of mice, studied the histopathological changes in the hippocampal CA1 region by HE staining and detected the expressions of AKT, PI3K, ERK1/2, and GSK3β in the hippocampus by western blot. These results suggested that a high-fat diet can aggravate the metabolic disorder in AD mice and Okra polysaccharides can significantly reverse the metabolic disorder induced by high-fat diet and cognitive function injury in AD mice.
