Artemisia Iwayomogi Extract Attenuates High-Fat Diet-Induced Hypertriglyceridemia in Mice: Potential Involvement of the Adiponectin-AMPK Pathway and Very Low Density Lipoprotein Assembly in the Liver
- Authors
- Lee, Jinhui; Narayan, Vikram P.; Hong, Eun Young; Whang, Wan Kyunn; Park, Taesun
- Issue Date
- Aug-2017
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Keywords
- Artemisia iwayomogi; hypertriglyceridemia; adiponectin; lipogenesis; fatty acid oxidation; very low density lipoprotein synthesis
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, v.18, no.8
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
- Volume
- 18
- Number
- 8
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/4183
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijms18081762
- ISSN
- 1422-0067
1422-0067
- Abstract
- This study aimed to examine the protective effect of Artemisia iwayomogi extract (AI) against hypertriglyceridemia induced by a high-fat diet (HFD) in mice and to uncover the underlying molecular mechanisms. C57BL/6N mice were fed chow, HFD, HFD + 0.1% AI, HFD + 0.25% AI, or HFD + 0.5% AI for 10 weeks. The addition of 0.25% and 0.5% AI resulted in dose-dependent improvements in the major parameters of hypertriglyceridemia, including plasma triglyceride, free fatty acids, apolipoprotein B, and lipoprotein lipase, with parallel reductions in body weight gain, hepatic lipid accumulation, and insulin resistance. These beneficial effects were accompanied by the activation of adiponectin-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) mediated signaling cascades in the liver, which downregulated molecules involved in lipogenesis and concurrently upregulated molecules related to fatty acid oxidation. The downregulation of molecules involved in very low density lipoprotein assembly, which was associated with improved hepatic insulin signaling, also appeared to contribute to the AI-induced attenuation of hypertriglyceridemia.
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