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  2. Wuliangye Baijiu but not ethanol reduces cardiovascular disease risks in a zebrafish thrombosis model

Wuliangye Baijiu but not ethanol reduces cardiovascular disease risks in a zebrafish thrombosis model

  • NPJ Sci Food. 2022 Dec 5;6(1):55. doi: 10.1038/s41538-022-00170-2.
Hui Zhu # 1 2 3 Chaohua Lan # 3 Dong Zhao 4 Ning Wang 3 Di Du 5 Huibo Luo 6 Huiqiang Lu 7 Zhifu Peng 2 Yumeng Wang 8 Zongwei Qiao 2 Yong Huang 7 Baoguo Sun 9
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology and Business University, 100048, Beijing, China.
  • 2 Technology Research Center, Wuliangye Yibin Co., Ltd., 644007, Yibin, China.
  • 3 School of Bioengineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, 643000, Zigong, China.
  • 4 Technology Research Center, Wuliangye Yibin Co., Ltd., 644007, Yibin, China. DongZhaoWLY@outlook.com.
  • 5 Energy Sciences, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ, USA.
  • 6 School of Bioengineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, 643000, Zigong, China. susehbluo@163.com.
  • 7 Center for Drug Screening and Research, School of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Gannan Normal University, 341000, Ganzhou, China.
  • 8 Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, 08540, USA.
  • 9 Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology and Business University, 100048, Beijing, China. sunbg@btbu.edu.cn.
  • # Contributed equally.
Abstract

Understanding how Baijiu facilitates blood circulation and prevents blood stasis is crucial for revealing the mechanism of Baijiu for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) risk reduction. Here we established a zebrafish thrombosis model induced using arachidonic acid (AA) to quantitatively evaluate the antithrombotic effect of Wuliangye Baijiu. The prevention and reduction effects of aspirin, Wuliangye, and ethanol on thrombosis were compared using imaging and molecular characterization. Wuliangye Baijiu reduces thrombotic risks and oxidative stress in the AA-treated zebrafish, while ethanol with the same concentration has no similar effect. The prevention and reduction effects of Wuliangye on thrombosis are attributed to the change in the metabolic and signaling pathways related to platelet aggregation and adhesion, oxidative stress and inflammatory response.

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