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Gene Downregulation by Natural Products for Alleviating Dyslipidemia

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Last updated: 09 Mar 2025

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Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Abstract

The levels of lipids in our bodies are regulated through regulatory proteins known as sterol regulatory element binding proteins (SREBPs). Dietary triglycerides are transported from the liver and intestine to body tissues by the microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP). The role of the dysregulation of lipid components in metabolic diseases and cancer is reviewed herein. The current survey provides a comprehensive overview of published data spanning from 1997 to 2023, sourced from Scopus, Google Scholar, PubMed, Web of Science, and ScienceDirect, concerning dyslipidemia and the downregulation of SREBP-1, SREBP-2, and MTP gene expression by natural products. Natural products, mainly phenolic compounds such as hesperidin, luteolin, xanthohumol, silymarin, curcumin, and quercetin, triterpenes such as betulin, in addition to alkaloids as berberine, and fatty acids like oleic acid and α-linolenic acid were found to downregulate SREBP-1 and SERBP-2. Taxifolin, piperine, and ellagic acid inhibited MTP gene expression. Natural products regulating triglycerides and cholesterol gene expression could be key lead drugs to new medicines used to treat hyperlipidemia, hypercholesteremia, liver cancer, breast cancer, and metabolic disorders.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2024.292003.9756

Keywords

Cytotoxicity, Gene expression, Herbal Medicines, hyperlipidemia, MTP, SREBP

Authors

First Name

Miral

Last Name

Sabry

MiddleName

O.

Affiliation

Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr El-Ainy Street, Cairo 11562, Egypt

Email

miral.om.mohamed@std.pharma.cu.edu.eg

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Orcid

0000-0002-0712-3578

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Sedeek

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr El-Ainy Street, Cairo 11562, Egypt

Email

mohamed.sedeek@pharma.cu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0001-5612-8546

First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Issa

MiddleName

Y.

Affiliation

Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr El-Ainy Street, Cairo 11562, Egypt

Email

marwa.issa@pharma.cu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-2181-7090

First Name

Soheir

Last Name

Elzalabani

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr El-Ainy Street, Cairo 11562, Egypt

Email

soheir.elzalabani@pharma.cu.edu.eg

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-

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Volume

68

Article Issue

5

Related Issue

54251

Issue Date

2025-05-01

Receive Date

2024-05-23

Publish Date

2025-05-01

Page Start

207

Page End

219

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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444

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Gene Downregulation by Natural Products for Alleviating Dyslipidemia

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Created At

09 Mar 2025