Berberine inhibits 3T3-L1 adipocyte differentiation through the PPARγ pathway

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作者
Huang, Cheng [1 ]
Zhang, Yuebo [1 ]
Gong, Zhenwei [1 ]
Sheng, Xiaoyan [1 ]
Li, Zongmeng [1 ]
Zhang, Wei [1 ]
Qin, Ying [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Shanghai Inst Biol Sci, Inst Nutr Sci, Shanghai 200031, Peoples R China
关键词
berberine; 3T3-L1; PPAR gamma; adipocyte differentiation; obesity; diabetes;
D O I
10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.07.095
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Berberine (BBR), a compound purified from Cortidis rhizoma, reduces serum cholesterol, triglycerides, and LDL-cholesterol of hyper-cholesterolemic patients and high fat diet fed animals, and increases hepatic LDLR mRNA and protein levels through a post-transcriptional mechanism. BBR also enhances the hypoglycemic action of insulin in diabetic animal models. Here, we show that BBR inhibits the differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes induced by DM and suppresses the mitotic clonal expansion of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes in a time-and dose-dependent manner. Gene expression analysis and Western blot analysis reveal that the BBR inhibits the mRNA and protein levels of adipogenesis related transcription factors PPAR gamma and C/EBP alpha and their upstream regulator, C/EBP beta. Reporter gene assays demonstrate that the full-length PPAR gamma and alpha transcription activities are inhibited by BBR. Using real-time PCR, we have also found that the PPAR target genes that are involved in adipocyte differentiation, such as aP2, CD36, ACO, LPL, and other adipocyte markers, are suppressed by BBR. These studies suggest that BBR works on multiple molecular targets as an inhibitor of PPAR gamma and alpha, and is a potential weight reducing, hypolipidemic, and hypoglycemic drug. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:571 / 578
页数:8
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