Fig. 4.

Effect of fucoxanthin on mRNA expression of enzymes related to cholesterol synthesis in the liver of rats. Total RNA was isolated using TRI-reagenet and cDNA was synthesized using 3 µg of total RNA with SuperScript II reverse transcriptase. Realtime PCR was performed using SYBR green and standard procedures to assess the mRNA expression of primer in liver samples obtained from each group. An Applied Biosystem StepOne softwere v2.1 was used. Each bar represents the mean ± SD of three independent experiments. Different letters above each bar indicate significant differences among groups at α = 0.05 as determined by Duncan's multiple range test. HMG-CoA, Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A; ACAT, Acyl-CoA cholesterol acyltransferase; LCAT, lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase.