Journal
CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 147-153Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1042/CBI20110047
Keywords
3T3-L1; (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG); forkhead box class O1 (FoxO1); MEK/ERK; phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt); reactive oxygen species (ROS)
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- Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture of Japan [20580095]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [20580095] Funding Source: KAKEN
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EGCG [(-)-epigallocatechin gallate], tea catechin, is one of the compounds that has been reported to act against obesity and diabetes. To determine the effect of EGCG on adipocyte differentiation, we treated 3T3-L1 preadipocytes with different catechins. Oil Red 0 staining showed significantly reduced intracellular lipid accumulation, especially with EGCG. Cell cycle analysis showed that EGCG inhibited cell proliferation by disturbing the cell cycle during the clonal expansion of 3T3-L1. RT-PCR (real-time PCR) demonstrated that EGCG noticeably reduced mRNA expression of PPAR gamma (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma), C/EBP alpha (CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha) and FoxO1 (forkhead box class 01). EGCG also caused a significant decrease in the transcription of FoxO1 - the forkhead transcription factor class 01 involved in adipocyte differentiation - via the PI3K (phosphoinositide 3-kinase)/Akt and MEK [MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase)/ERK (extracellular-signal-regulated kinase) kinase] pathways. These results suggest that EGCG suppresses the clonal expansion of adipocytes by inactivating FoxO1 via insulin signalling and stress-dependent MAPK pathways.
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