title: Pulicaria jaubertii E. Gamal-Eldin reduces triacylglyceride content and modifies cellular antioxidant pathways in 3T3-L1 adipocytes.
abstract: Levels of obesity in Middle Eastern countries are increasing. Phytochemicals have anti-obesogenic properties as evidenced by prevention of adipocyte differentiation and blocking triacylglyceride (TG) accumulation. In Yemen, Pulicaria jaubertii E. Gamal-Eldin (PJ) is a food additive and a traditional medicine. We tested the hypothesis that phytochemicals present in PJ inhibit adipocytic responses during differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes to adipocytes. Methanolic extracts of PJ did not block expression of fatty acid binding protein 4 (FABP4) a marker of differentiation but did inhibit TG accumulation. Treatment of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes increased NADPH:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1), a suppressor of TG accumulation. Further fractionation of the methanolic PJ extract with hexane and dichloromethane (DCM) demonstrated that bioactivity towards TG reduction and elevated expression of NQO1 and other antioxidant genes (glutamate cysteine ligase catalytic unit, glutathione disulfide reductase, glutathione peroxidase (GPx) 4 resided in the DCM fraction. Activity towards depleting GSH and elevating the expression of catalase and GPx3 were found in the DCM and hexane fractions. Analysis by gas chromatography and liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry demonstrated the presence of catechin-like moieties in the DCM and methanolic fractions and suggest that these components were partially responsible for the bioactivity of these fractions. In summary, our data indicate that fractions derived PJ exhibit anti-adipogenic properties in part through the presence of catechin-like compounds.
authors.affiliation: USDA-ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand Forks, ND 58203, USA.
authors.forename: Ghanya
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Al-Naqeb
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA.
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rousová
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA.
authors.forename: Alena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kubátová
authors.affiliation: USDA-ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand Forks, ND 58203, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA. Electronic address: matthew.picklo@ars.usda.gov.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Picklo
mesh_terms: D041721:3T3-L1 Cells; D017667:Adipocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D005978:Glutathione / Q000032:analysis; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015151:Immunoblotting; D020738:Leptin / Q000032:analysis; D008514:Medicine, Arabic; D051379:Mice; D016660:NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone) / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D052587:Pulicaria / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D020738:Leptin; D010936:Plant Extracts; D014280:Triglycerides; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D016660:NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone); C491732:Nqo1 protein, mouse; D005978:Glutathione
keywords: 3T3-L1; Adipocyte; Carvotanacetone; Catechin; Glutathione; NQO1; Pulicaria jaubertii