期刊
CELLS
卷 11, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells11061022
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Salvia miltiorrhiza; ATF3; obesity; C/EBP alpha
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- Taipei Medical University Hospital [104TMU-TMUH-10, 111TMUH-MOST-02]
- Ministry of Science and Technology [MOST 108-2314-B-038-048-MY3, MOST 107-2314-B-038-092, MOST 110-2314-B-038-039]
- Wei-Gong Memorial Hospital [WMH-110-002]
Pharmacological studies have shown that Salvia miltiorrhiza extract (SME) and its derivative ST32db have beneficial effects in improving obesity-induced metabolic disorders. These compounds act through the ATF3-mediated C/EBPα and CHOP pathways to reduce obesity and diabetes in mice, suggesting their potential as therapeutic drugs for treating obesity-induced metabolic syndrome.
Pharmacological studies indicate that Salvia miltiorrhiza extract (SME) can improve cardiac and blood vessel function. However, there is limited knowledge regarding the effects (exerted through epigenetic regulation) of SME and newly derived single compounds, with the exception of tanshinone IIA and IB, on obesity-induced metabolic disorders. In this study, we administered SME or dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as controls to male C57BL/J6 mice after they were fed a high-fat diet (HFD) for 4 weeks. SME treatment significantly reduced body weight, fasting plasma glucose, triglyceride levels, insulin resistance, and adipogenesis/lipogenesis gene expression in treated mice compared with controls. Transcriptome array analysis revealed that the expression of numerous transcriptional factors, including activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3) and C/EBP alpha homologous protein (CHOP), was significantly higher in the SME group. ST32db, a novel synthetic derivative similar in structure to compounds from S. miltiorrhiza extract, ameliorates obesity and obesity-induced metabolic syndrome in HFD-fed wild-type mice but not ATF3(- /-) mice. ST32db treatment of 3T3-L1 adipocytes suppresses lipogenesis/adipogenesis through the ATF3 pathway to directly inhibit C/EBP alpha expression and indirectly inhibit the CHOP pathway. Overall, ST32db, a single compound modified from S. miltiorrhiza extract, has anti-obesity effects through ATF3-mediated C/EBP alpha downregulation and the CHOP pathway. Thus, SME and ST32db may reduce obesity and diabetes in mice, indicating the potential of both SME and ST32db as therapeutic drugs for the treatment of obesity-induced metabolic syndrome.
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