Journal
LIPIDS
Volume 53, Issue 1, Pages 53-63Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/lipd.12023
Keywords
Curcumin; Lipid metabolism; Liver injury; LPS piglets; m(6)A RNA methylation
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31472129]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20161446]
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N-6-methyladenosine (m(6)A) regulates gene expression and affects cellular metabolism. In this study, we checked whether the regulation of lipid metabolism by curcumin is associated with m(6)A RNA methylation. We investigated the effects of dietary curcumin supplementation on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced liver injury and lipid metabolism disorder, and on m(6)A RNA methylation in weaned piglets. A total of 24 Duroc x Large White x Landrace piglets were randomly assigned to control, LPS, and CurL (LPS challenge and 200mg/kg dietary curcumin) groups (n = 8/group). The results showed that curcumin reduced the increase in relative liver weight as well as the concentrations of aspartate aminotransferase and lactate dehydrogenase induced by LPS injection in the plasma and liver of weaning piglets (p < 0.05). The amounts of total cholesterol and triacylglycerols were decreased by curcumin compared to that by the LPS injection (p < 0.05). Additionally, curcumin reduced the expression of Bcl-2 and Bax mRNA, whereas it increased the p53 mRNA level in the liver (p < 0.05). Curcumin inhibited the enhancement of SREBP-1c and SCD-1 mRNA levels induced by LPS in the liver. Notably, dietary curcumin affected the expression of METTL3, METTL14, ALKBH5, FTO, and YTHDF2 mRNA, and increased the abundance of m(6)A in the liver of piglets. In conclusion, the protective effect of curcumin in LPS-induced liver injury and hepatic lipid metabolism disruption might be due to the increase in m(6)A RNA methylation. Our study provides mechanistic insights into the effect of curcumin in protecting against hepatic injury during inflammation and metabolic diseases.
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