title: Campest-5-en-3-one, an oxidized derivative of campesterol, activates PPARalpha, promotes energy consumption and reduces visceral fat deposition in rats.
abstract: Dietary campest-5-en-3-one (campestenone), an oxidized derivative of campesterol, significantly reduced visceral fat weight and the concentration of triacylglycerol in serum and liver of rats. Dietary campestenone dramatically increased the activities and the mRNA expressions of mitochondrial and peroxisomal enzymes involved in beta-oxidation in the liver. Campestenone activated human peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) alpha as determined using the novel GAL4 ligand-binding domain chimera assay system with coactivator coexpression. In contrast, dietary campestenone reduced the activities and the mRNA expressions of enzymes involved in fatty acid synthesis, except for the malic enzyme. Dietary campestenone decreased the sterol regulatory element binding protein-1 (SREBP-1) mRNA level. Energy expenditure was significantly higher in the feeding of campestenone in rats. Dietary campestenone reduced hepatic cholesterol concentration and increased fecal excretion of neutral steroids originated from cholesterol. Lymphatic absorption of cholesterol was reduced by the coadministration of campestenone in rats cannulated in the thoracic duct. These observations suggest a possibility that campestenone has an ability to prevent coronary heart disease by improving obesity and abnormality of lipid metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Food and Biomolecular Science, Department of Food Function and Health, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amemiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan. iikeda@biochem.tohuku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ide
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Teruo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawada
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: Nao
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Teruyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yanagita
authors.forename: Tadateru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: Yae
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morinaga
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomoyori
authors.forename: Katsumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imaizumi
authors.forename: Kunio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat / Q000187:drug effects*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D047493:PPAR alpha / Q000819:agonists*; D010840:Phytosterols / Q000737:chemistry; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013256:Steroids / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D047493:PPAR alpha; D010840:Phytosterols; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C497389:Srebf1 protein, rat; D013256:Steroids; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1; C413894:campest-5-en-3-one; C021273:campesterol; D002784:Cholesterol; D010088:Oxidoreductases