Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 28, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules28124641
Keywords
p-coumaric acid; hepatic lipase; lipid droplet; NAFLD; PPAR
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p-coumaric acid (p-CA) is a common plant phenolic acid with multiple bioactivities and a lipid-lowering effect. It has the potential to be used as a therapeutic drug or health care product for hyperlipidemia and fatty liver. However, the mechanism by which it regulates lipid metabolism is still unclear.
p-coumaric acid (p-CA), a common plant phenolic acid with multiple bioactivities, has a lipid-lowering effect. As a dietary polyphenol, its low toxicity, with the advantages of prophylactic and long-term administration, makes it a potential drug for prophylaxis and the treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, the mechanism by which it regulates lipid metabolism is still unclear. In this study, we studied the effect of p-CA on the down-regulation of accumulated lipids in vivo and in vitro. p-CA increased a number of lipase expressions, including hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL), monoacylglycerol lipase (MGL) and hepatic triglyceride lipase (HTGL), as well as the expression of genes related to fatty acid oxidation, including long-chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase 1 (ACSL1), carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 (CPT1), by activating peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor & alpha;, and & gamma; (PPAR & alpha; and & gamma;). Furthermore, p-CA promoted adenosine 5 & PRIME;-monophosphate (AMP)-activated protein kinase (AMPK) phosphorylation and enhanced the expression of the mammalian suppressor of Sec4 (MSS4), a critical protein that can inhibit lipid droplet growth. Thus, p-CA can decrease lipid accumulation and inhibit lipid droplet fusion, which are correlated with the enhancement of liver lipases and genes related to fatty acid oxidation as an activator of PPARs. Therefore, p-CA is capable of regulating lipid metabolism and is a potential therapeutic drug or health care product for hyperlipidemia and fatty liver.
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