Campest-5-en-3-one, an oxidized derivative of campesterol, activates PPARalpha, promotes energy consumption and reduces visceral fat deposition in rats.
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.
Ikeda
Ikuo
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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
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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*
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