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Effect of bean intake on biliary lipid secretion and on hepatic cholesterol metabolism in the rat

A Rigotti, MP Marzolo, N Ulloa, O Gonzalez and F Nervi
Departamento de Gastroenterologia, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.

We studied the effect of a bean diet on biliary lipid secretion, serum cholesterol concentration, and hepatic cholesterol metabolism in the rat. Rats fed a bean diet for 10-12 days had increased biliary cholesterol output and molar percentage by 300% and 200%, respectively, compared to rats fed an isocaloric and isoprotein casein diet. Biliary phospholipid output increased 180%. Bile flow and biliary bile salt output remained in the normal range. Total serum and VLDL cholesterol concentration significantly decreased 27% and 50%, respectively, in the rats fed the bean diet. Hepatic cholesterogenesis was increased 170% in the bean-fed animals. The relative contribution of newly synthesized hepatic cholesterol to total biliary cholesterol increased 200%, and that of endogenous origin only 50%. These results suggested that newly synthesized hepatic cholesterol was preferentially channelled to the biliary cholesterol secretory pathway in bean-fed rats. Although hepatic cholesteryl ester concentration increased 240%, the incorporation of [14C]oleate into hepatic cholesteryl esters was significantly decreased by 30% in isolated hepatocytes of bean-fed animals. These results were consistent with the possibility that the availability of hepatic free cholesterol for biliary secretion was increased in the bean-fed animals. This study demonstrates that bean intake has a profound effect on the metabolic channelling and compartmentalization of hepatic cholesterol, resulting in a significant decrease in total serum and very low density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations and a high biliary cholesterol output.
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