Reyes-Farias, M., Vasquez, K., Fuentes, F., Ovalle-Marin, A., Parra-Ruiz, C., Zamora, O., Pino, M.T., Quitral, V., Jimenez, P., Garcia, L., and Garcia-Diaz, D.F.
Obesity-associated insulin-resistance is set by a chronic inflammatory state established in the adipose tissue. Chilean native fruits calafate (CA) and maqui (MA) berries present remarkable anti-inflammatory features. Here, we evaluated antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and insulin-sensitizer effects of these fruits in an in vitro inflammatory setting. Differentiated 3T3-L1 cells exposed to conditioned media (CM) from activated macrophages were treated with CA and MA extracts. MA increased metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 activity on day 3, and both CA and MA modulated MMP-9 activity on day 10 of differentiation. In differentiated CM-treated 3T3-L1, extracts increased GSH levels and GSH/GSSG ratio, CA and MA prevented caspase-3 induction, and MA decreased MCP-1, while CA increased IL-6 gene expressions. Finally, MA reverted CM specific IRS-1 phosphorylation, and CA improved insulin-stimulated glucose uptake. Thus, treatments with extracts of Chilean native fruits were able to block the development of oxidative stress, inflammation and insulin-resistance in vitro . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]