Abstract
Screening of wild vegetable extracts led to isolation of Sedum kamtschaticum, Lythrum anceps, and Astilbe chinensis var. davidii as putative anti-adipogenic herbal extracts. Cell viability, lipid accumulation, and adipocyte marker expression were determined to validate the effects of the selected extracts on adipogenesis. All extracts suppressed lipid accumulation in C3H10T1/2 cells, primary mouse embryonic fibroblasts, and 3T3-L1 cells in a dose-dependent manner. These extracts inhibited mRNA expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) and its downstream target genes such as adipocyte protein 2 (aP2), lipoprotein lipase, adiponectin, and CD36. Treatment with these extracts also consistently suppressed PPARγ and aP2 protein expressions. Additionally, these extracts generated from different parts and/or various harvest periods similarly inhibited adipocyte differentiation. Results showed the extracts have potential beneficial roles in obesity and related metabolic syndromes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 625-631 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of the Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistry |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2012 |
Keywords
- adipocyte differentiation
- natural products
- obesity
- peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma