{"title":"Disruption of redox homeostasis in liver function and activation of apoptosis on consumption of aspartame in folate deficient rat model","authors":"Ashok Iyaswamy , Dapkupar Wankhar , Sundareswaran Loganathan , Sambantham Shanmugam , Ravindran Rajan , Sheeladevi Rathinasamy","doi":"10.1016/j.jnim.2017.06.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnim.2017.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study assesses the effect of long-term intake of aspartame on liver function and apoptosis signaling pathway in the Wistar albino rats. Several reports have suggested that methanol is one of the major metabolites of Aspartame. Non-primate animals are usually resistant to methanol-induced metabolic acidosis due to high levels of hepatic folate content; hence a folate deficiency model was induced by treating animals with methotrexate (MTX) prior to aspartame exposure. The aspartame treated MTX animals exhibited a marked significant increase in hepatic alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and lactic acid dehydrogenase (LDH) activity compared to controls. Aspartame treated MTX animals additionally exhibited down-regulation of genes namely B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl2) expression and up-regulation of Bcl-2-associated X protein (Bax), Fas-associated protein with death domain (FADD) and Caspase 3, 9 genes and apoptotic protein expression, indicating the augmentation of hepatic apoptosis. Nuclear condensation, micro vacuole formation in the cytoplasm and necrosis were observed in the liver of the aspartame treated animals on histopathology evaluation. Additionally, Immunohistochemical analysis revealed a significant increase in positive cells expressing Fas, FADD, Bax and Caspase 9 protein, indicating an increase in apoptotic protein expression in the liver. Thus, Aspartame may act as a chemical stressor which alters the functional status of liver, leading to hepatotoxicity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":91757,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nutrition & intermediary metabolism","volume":"8 ","pages":"Pages 41-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jnim.2017.06.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121784990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of storage conditions and growing season on the anthocyanin content of sweet cherry varieties","authors":"M.L. Blackhall, R. Berry, J.T. Walls","doi":"10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.082","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.082","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91757,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nutrition & intermediary metabolism","volume":"8 ","pages":"Pages 82-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.082","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130150199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of red and processed meat and refined grains on insulin sensitivity in insulin resistant subjects","authors":"Y.A. Kim, J.B. Keogh, P.M. Clifton","doi":"10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.037","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.037","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91757,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nutrition & intermediary metabolism","volume":"8 ","pages":"Page 71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.037","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125811475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M.L. West, D.G. Liem, K.J. Campbell, A.O. Booth, C. Nowson, C. Grimes
{"title":"Salt preference of commercially available products among school children aged 8–10 years","authors":"M.L. West, D.G. Liem, K.J. Campbell, A.O. Booth, C. Nowson, C. Grimes","doi":"10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.019","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91757,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nutrition & intermediary metabolism","volume":"8 ","pages":"Page 66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.019","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132881367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L.C. Blekkenhorst , R.L. Prince , J.R. Lewis , A. Devine , R.J. Woodman , C.P. Bondonno , J.M. Hodgson
{"title":"Quantity, type and variety of vegetable intake and atherosclerotic vascular disease mortality: A prospective cohort study","authors":"L.C. Blekkenhorst , R.L. Prince , J.R. Lewis , A. Devine , R.J. Woodman , C.P. Bondonno , J.M. Hodgson","doi":"10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.068","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.068","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91757,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nutrition & intermediary metabolism","volume":"8 ","pages":"Page 79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.068","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122647154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K.J. Smith , M.C. Breslin , S.A. McNaughton , S.L. Gall , L. Blizzard , A.J. Venn
{"title":"Skipping breakfast in youth: Prevalence & correlates from the 2011-12 national nutrition & physical activity survey","authors":"K.J. Smith , M.C. Breslin , S.A. McNaughton , S.L. Gall , L. Blizzard , A.J. Venn","doi":"10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91757,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nutrition & intermediary metabolism","volume":"8 ","pages":"Pages 66-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134182776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H.H. Sung , A.J. Sinclair , P.J. Meikle , N. Mellett , P.A. Lewandowski , X.Q. Su
{"title":"Lipidomic profiles after a 30-day krill oil supplementation compared with fish oil in healthy women","authors":"H.H. Sung , A.J. Sinclair , P.J. Meikle , N. Mellett , P.A. Lewandowski , X.Q. Su","doi":"10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.086","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.086","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91757,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nutrition & intermediary metabolism","volume":"8 ","pages":"Pages 83-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.086","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121418802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}