Lyophilized Maqui (Aristotelia chilensis) Berry Induces Browning in the Subcutaneous White Adipose Tissue and Ameliorates the Insulin Resistance in High Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice

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Title: Lyophilized Maqui (Aristotelia chilensis) Berry Induces Browning in the Subcutaneous White Adipose Tissue and Ameliorates the Insulin Resistance in High Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice
Authors: Viviana Sandoval, Antoni Femenias, Úrsula Martínez-Garza, Hèctor Sanz-Lamora, Juan Manuel Castagnini, Paola Quifer-Rada, Rosa Maria Lamuela-Raventós, Pedro F. Marrero, Diego Haro, Joana Relat
Source: Antioxidants, Vol 8, Iss 9, p 360 (2019)
Publisher Information: MDPI AG, 2019.
Publication Year: 2019
Collection: LCC:Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Subject Terms: anthocyanins, browning, carbohydrate-responsive element binding protein b, delphinidin, fibroblast growth factor 21, high-fat diet, maqui berry, white adipose tissue, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950
More Details: Maqui (Aristotelia Chilensis) berry features a unique profile of anthocyanidins that includes high amounts of delphinidin-3-O-sambubioside-5-O-glucoside and delphinidin-3-O-sambubioside and has shown positive effects on fasting glucose and insulin levels in humans and murine models of type 2 diabetes and obesity. The molecular mechanisms underlying the impact of maqui on the onset and development of the obese phenotype and insulin resistance was investigated in high fat diet-induced obese mice supplemented with a lyophilized maqui berry. Maqui-dietary supplemented animals showed better insulin response and decreased weight gain but also a differential expression of genes involved in de novo lipogenesis, fatty acid oxidation, multilocular lipid droplet formation and thermogenesis in subcutaneous white adipose tissue (scWAT). These changes correlated with an increased expression of the carbohydrate response element binding protein b (Chrebpb), the sterol regulatory binding protein 1c (Srebp1c) and Cellular repressor of adenovirus early region 1A–stimulated genes 1 (Creg1) and an improvement in the fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) signaling. Our evidence suggests that maqui dietary supplementation activates the induction of fuel storage and thermogenesis characteristic of a brown-like phenotype in scWAT and counteracts the unhealthy metabolic impact of an HFD. This induction constitutes a putative strategy to prevent/treat diet-induced obesity and its associated comorbidities.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2076-3921
68188242
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/8/9/360; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-3921
DOI: 10.3390/antiox8090360
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/d8b89f68188242bca10c759893979f63
Accession Number: edsdoj.8b89f68188242bca10c759893979f63
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:20763921
68188242
DOI:10.3390/antiox8090360
Published in:Antioxidants
Language:English