PMID: 3214468Aug 1, 1988Paper

Cholesterol-lowering effect of N-(alpha-methylbenzyl)linoleamide (melinamide) in cholesterol-fed diabetic rats

Atherosclerosis
K MatsubaraS Tarui

Abstract

Cholesterol loading of diabetic rats is known to induce marked hyperlipoproteinaemia, and we have reported that enhancement of the activity of intestinal acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT), one of the key enzymes involved in cholesterol absorption, might play an important role in the development of hypercholesterolaemia in these animals. In the present study, we have shown that treatment with N-(alpha-methylbenzyl)linoleamide (melinamide), a new hypocholesterolaemic drug, caused a substantial decrease of the enhanced intestinal ACAT activity in diabetic rats, but did not affect intestinal cholesterol esterase activity. Furthermore, marked improvement of hypercholesterolaemia in cholesterol-fed diabetic rats occurred concomitantly with the drug treatment. These results suggest that intestinal ACAT activity is closely related to the serum cholesterol level in diabetic rats, and show that melinamide lowers intestinal ACAT activity.

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