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Ginsenoside Rd Ameliorates High Fat Diet-Induced Obesity by Enhancing Adaptive Thermogenesis in a cAMP-Dependent Manner
- Source :
- Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)References. 28(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Objective With the discovery of thermogenic adipocytes in humans, it has been hypothesized that enhancing adaptive thermogenesis may improve obesity. Although many studies have found that ginseng can improve obesity, the beneficial effects of ginsenoside Rd on obesity and its mechanisms have not been studied. Methods High-fat diet-induced obese mice were used as the study subjects, with intraperitoneal injection of Rd daily at a dose of 15 mg/kg. Body weight and energy metabolism were observed. The effects of Rd on glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity, and cold tolerance were tested. The expression of genes associated with thermogenesis was analyzed. Finally, the mechanisms by which Rd regulates adaptive thermogenesis were studied. Results Rd ameliorated obesity and insulin resistance. Rd increased cold tolerance through enhancing thermogenic gene expression in brown adipose tissue and increased the browning of white adipose tissue induced by cold stress. Rd increased intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) content. Decreasing intracellular cAMP levels by an inhibitor of adenylyl cyclase SQ22536 abolished the promoting effects of Rd on the expression of thermogenic genes. Conclusions Rd improves obesity and insulin resistance. The upregulation of thermogenesis by Rd is dependent on the cAMP/protein kinase A signaling pathway.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Ginsenosides
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Panax
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
White adipose tissue
Biology
Diet, High-Fat
Adenylyl cyclase
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
Mice
0302 clinical medicine
Endocrinology
Insulin resistance
Downregulation and upregulation
Internal medicine
Brown adipose tissue
medicine
Animals
Humans
Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
030212 general & internal medicine
Obesity
Protein kinase A signaling
Nutrition and Dietetics
Thermogenesis
medicine.disease
Disease Models, Animal
medicine.anatomical_structure
chemistry
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1930739X
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)References
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d34f322dc935f9acd647225ad568675f