Resveratrol induces brown-like adipocyte formation in white fat through activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) ?1.
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ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Development of brown-like/beige adipocytes in white adipose tissue (WAT) helps to reduce obesity. Thus we investigated the effects of resveratrol, a dietary polyphenol capable of preventing obesity and related complications in humans and animal models, on brown-like adipocyte formation in inguinal WAT (iWAT). METHODS:CD1 female mice (5-month old) were fed a high-fat diet with/without 0.1% resveratrol. In addition, primary stromal vascular cells separated from iWAT were subjected to resveratrol treatment. Markers of brown-like (beige) adipogenesis were measured and the involvement of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) ?1 was assessed using conditional knockout. RESULTS:Resveratrol significantly increased mRNA and/or protein expression of brown adipocyte markers, including uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), PR domain-containing 16, cell death-inducing DFFA-like effector A, elongation of very long-chain fatty acids protein 3, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-? coactivator 1?, cytochrome c and pyruvate dehydrogenase, in differentiated iWAT stromal vascular cells (SVCs), suggesting that resveratrol induced brown-like adipocyte formation in vitro. Concomitantly, resveratrol markedly enhanced AMPK?1 phosphorylation and differentiated SVC oxygen consumption. Such changes were absent in cells lacking AMPK?1, showing that AMPK?1 is a critical mediator of resveratrol action. Resveratrol also induced beige adipogenesis in vivo along with the appearance of multiocular adipocytes, increased UCP1 expression and enhanced fatty acid oxidation. CONCLUSIONS:Resveratrol induces brown-like adipocyte formation in iWAT via AMPK?1 activation and suggest that its beneficial antiobesity effects may be partly due to the browning of WAT and, as a consequence, increased oxygen consumption.
SUBMITTER: Wang S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4575949 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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