title: Dual action of eicosapentaenoic acid in hepatoma cells: up-regulation of metabolic action of insulin and inhibition of cell proliferation.
abstract: Exogenous administration of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) improves insulin sensitivity, but its precise mechanism remains unknown. Here we show that EPA stimulates the intracellular insulin signaling pathway in hepatoma cells. Exposure of these cells to EPA caused up-regulation of several insulin-induced activities including tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate-1, insulin receptor substrate-1-associated phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, and its downstream target Akt kinase activity as well as down-regulation of gluconeogenesis. In contrast, EPA decreased mitogen-activated protein kinase activity and inhibited cell proliferation. These findings raise the possibility that EPA up-regulates metabolic action of insulin and inhibits cell growth in humans.
authors.affiliation: Third Division, Department of Medicine, and Department of Basic Allied Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan. muratam@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaji
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chihara
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology; D002455:Cell Division; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; D005944:Glucosamine / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000502:physiology; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011506:Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000502:physiology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; C495948:GRB2 protein, human; C526292:IRS1 protein, human; D007328:Insulin; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011506:Proteins; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014443:Tyrosine; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D005947:Glucose; D005944:Glucosamine