1. Resveratrol improves adipose insulin signaling and reduces the inflammatory response in adipose tissue of rhesus monkeys on high-fat, high-sugar diet.
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Jimenez-Gomez Y, Mattison JA, Pearson KJ, Martin-Montalvo A, Palacios HH, Sossong AM, Ward TM, Younts CM, Lewis K, Allard JS, Longo DL, Belman JP, Malagon MM, Navas P, Sanghvi M, Moaddel R, Tilmont EM, Herbert RL, Morrell CH, Egan JM, Baur JA, Ferrucci L, Bogan JS, Bernier M, and de Cabo R
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- Adipocytes cytology, Adipocytes drug effects, Adipocytes metabolism, Adipose Tissue, White metabolism, Animals, Carbohydrates, Cell Line, Inflammation metabolism, Insulin blood, Insulin metabolism, Macaca mulatta metabolism, Male, Mice, NF-kappa B metabolism, Obesity etiology, Obesity metabolism, Resveratrol, Sirtuin 1 metabolism, Transcriptome, Viscera metabolism, Viscera pathology, Adipose Tissue, White drug effects, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal pharmacology, Diet, High-Fat, Signal Transduction drug effects, Stilbenes pharmacology
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Obesity is associated with a chronic, low-grade, systemic inflammation that may contribute to the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Resveratrol, a natural compound with anti-inflammatory properties, is shown to improve glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity in obese mice and humans. Here, we tested the effect of a 2-year resveratrol administration on proinflammatory profile and insulin resistance caused by a high-fat, high-sugar (HFS) diet in white adipose tissue (WAT) from rhesus monkeys. Resveratrol supplementation (80 and 480 mg/day for the first and second year, respectively) decreased adipocyte size, increased sirtuin 1 expression, decreased NF-κB activation, and improved insulin sensitivity in visceral, but not subcutaneous, WAT from HFS-fed animals. These effects were reproduced in 3T3-L1 adipocytes cultured in media supplemented with serum from monkeys fed HFS ± resveratrol diets. In conclusion, chronic administration of resveratrol exerts beneficial metabolic and inflammatory adaptations in visceral WAT from diet-induced obese monkeys., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2013
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