β-Sitosterol Circumvents Obesity Induced Inflammation and Insulin Resistance by down-Regulating IKKβ/NF-κB and JNK Signaling Pathway in Adipocytes of Type 2 Diabetic Rats
β-sitosterol (SIT), the most abundant bioactive component of vegetable oil and other plants, is a highly potent antidiabetic drug. Our previous studies show that SIT controls hyperglycemia and insulin resistance by activating insulin receptor and glucose transporter 4 (GLUT-4) in the adipocytes of o...
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| author | Selvaraj Jayaraman Nalini Devarajan Ponnulakshmi Rajagopal Shyamaladevi Babu Senthil Kumar Ganesan Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan Chella Perumal Palanisamy Bo Cui Vijayalakshmi Periyasamy Kirubhanand Chandrasekar |
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| description | β-sitosterol (SIT), the most abundant bioactive component of vegetable oil and other plants, is a highly potent antidiabetic drug. Our previous studies show that SIT controls hyperglycemia and insulin resistance by activating insulin receptor and glucose transporter 4 (GLUT-4) in the adipocytes of obesity induced type 2 diabetic rats. The current research was undertaken to investigate if SIT could also exert its antidiabetic effects by circumventing adipocyte induced inflammation, a key driving factor for insulin resistance in obese individuals. Effective dose of SIT (20 mg/kg b.wt) was administered orally for 30 days to high fat diet and sucrose induced type-2 diabetic rats. Metformin, the conventionally used antidiabetic drug was used as a positive control. Interestingly, SIT treatment restores the elevated serum levels of proinflammatory cytokines including leptin, resistin, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) to normalcy and increases anti-inflammatory adipocytokines including adiponectin in type 2 diabetic rats. Furthermore, SIT decreases sterol regulatory element binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) and enhances Peroxisome Proliferator–activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) gene expression in adipocytes of diabetic rats. The gene and protein expression of c-Jun-N-terminal kinase-1 (JNK1), inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit beta (IKKβ) and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) were also significantly attenuated in SIT treated groups. More importantly, SIT acts very effectively as metformin to circumvent inflammation and insulin resistance in diabetic rats. Our results clearly show that SIT inhibits obesity induced insulin resistance by ameliorating the inflammatory events in the adipose tissue through the downregulation of IKKβ/NF-κB and c-Jun-N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8f9f934881247de86f983621835e5272023-11-21T14:25:57ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492021-04-01267210110.3390/molecules26072101β-Sitosterol Circumvents Obesity Induced Inflammation and Insulin Resistance by down-Regulating IKKβ/NF-κB and JNK Signaling Pathway in Adipocytes of Type 2 Diabetic RatsSelvaraj Jayaraman0Nalini Devarajan1Ponnulakshmi Rajagopal2Shyamaladevi Babu3Senthil Kumar Ganesan4Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan5Chella Perumal Palanisamy6Bo Cui7Vijayalakshmi Periyasamy8Kirubhanand Chandrasekar9Department of Biochemistry, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600077, IndiaCentral Research Laboratory, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College, Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, Maduravoyal, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600095, IndiaCentral Research Laboratory, Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600078, IndiaDepartment of Biochemistry, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600077, IndiaStructural Biology & Bioinformatics Division, TRUE Campus, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata 700032, IndiaDepartment of Biochemistry, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600077, IndiaState Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials and Green Papermaking, College of Food Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Science, Jinan 250353, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials and Green Papermaking, College of Food Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Science, Jinan 250353, ChinaDepartment of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Holy Cross College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu 620002, IndiaDepartment of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440025, Indiaβ-sitosterol (SIT), the most abundant bioactive component of vegetable oil and other plants, is a highly potent antidiabetic drug. Our previous studies show that SIT controls hyperglycemia and insulin resistance by activating insulin receptor and glucose transporter 4 (GLUT-4) in the adipocytes of obesity induced type 2 diabetic rats. The current research was undertaken to investigate if SIT could also exert its antidiabetic effects by circumventing adipocyte induced inflammation, a key driving factor for insulin resistance in obese individuals. Effective dose of SIT (20 mg/kg b.wt) was administered orally for 30 days to high fat diet and sucrose induced type-2 diabetic rats. Metformin, the conventionally used antidiabetic drug was used as a positive control. Interestingly, SIT treatment restores the elevated serum levels of proinflammatory cytokines including leptin, resistin, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) to normalcy and increases anti-inflammatory adipocytokines including adiponectin in type 2 diabetic rats. Furthermore, SIT decreases sterol regulatory element binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) and enhances Peroxisome Proliferator–activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) gene expression in adipocytes of diabetic rats. The gene and protein expression of c-Jun-N-terminal kinase-1 (JNK1), inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit beta (IKKβ) and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) were also significantly attenuated in SIT treated groups. More importantly, SIT acts very effectively as metformin to circumvent inflammation and insulin resistance in diabetic rats. Our results clearly show that SIT inhibits obesity induced insulin resistance by ameliorating the inflammatory events in the adipose tissue through the downregulation of IKKβ/NF-κB and c-Jun-N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway.https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/7/2101adipokinesadipose tissueinflammationobesitysignaling pathwaystype-2 diabetes |
| spellingShingle | Selvaraj Jayaraman Nalini Devarajan Ponnulakshmi Rajagopal Shyamaladevi Babu Senthil Kumar Ganesan Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan Chella Perumal Palanisamy Bo Cui Vijayalakshmi Periyasamy Kirubhanand Chandrasekar β-Sitosterol Circumvents Obesity Induced Inflammation and Insulin Resistance by down-Regulating IKKβ/NF-κB and JNK Signaling Pathway in Adipocytes of Type 2 Diabetic Rats Molecules adipokines adipose tissue inflammation obesity signaling pathways type-2 diabetes |
| title | β-Sitosterol Circumvents Obesity Induced Inflammation and Insulin Resistance by down-Regulating IKKβ/NF-κB and JNK Signaling Pathway in Adipocytes of Type 2 Diabetic Rats |
| title_full | β-Sitosterol Circumvents Obesity Induced Inflammation and Insulin Resistance by down-Regulating IKKβ/NF-κB and JNK Signaling Pathway in Adipocytes of Type 2 Diabetic Rats |
| title_fullStr | β-Sitosterol Circumvents Obesity Induced Inflammation and Insulin Resistance by down-Regulating IKKβ/NF-κB and JNK Signaling Pathway in Adipocytes of Type 2 Diabetic Rats |
| title_full_unstemmed | β-Sitosterol Circumvents Obesity Induced Inflammation and Insulin Resistance by down-Regulating IKKβ/NF-κB and JNK Signaling Pathway in Adipocytes of Type 2 Diabetic Rats |
| title_short | β-Sitosterol Circumvents Obesity Induced Inflammation and Insulin Resistance by down-Regulating IKKβ/NF-κB and JNK Signaling Pathway in Adipocytes of Type 2 Diabetic Rats |
| title_sort | β sitosterol circumvents obesity induced inflammation and insulin resistance by down regulating ikkβ nf κb and jnk signaling pathway in adipocytes of type 2 diabetic rats |
| topic | adipokines adipose tissue inflammation obesity signaling pathways type-2 diabetes |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/7/2101 |
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