Wang Mei-Lin, Lin Shyh-Hsiang, Hou Yuan-Yu, Chen Yue-Hwa
School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
Department of Food and Beverage Management, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
Int J Mol Sci. 2016 Aug 3;17(8):1256. doi: 10.3390/ijms17081256.
This study investigated the effects of indole-3-carbinol (I3C) on adipogenesis- and angiogenesis-associated factors in mature adipocytes. The cross-talk between mature adipocytes and endothelial cells (ECs) was also explored by cultivating ECs in a conditioned medium (CM) by using I3C-treated adipocytes. The results revealed that I3C significantly inhibited triglyceride accumulation in mature adipocytes in association with significantly increased expression of AhR and CYP1B1 proteins as well as slightly decreased nuclear factor erythroid-derived factor 2-related factor 2, hormone-sensitive lipase, and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase expression by mature adipocytes. Furthermore, I3C inhibited CM-stimulated endothelial tube formation, which was accompanied by the modulated secretion of angiogenic factors in adipocytes, including vascular endothelial growth factor, interleukin-6, matrix metalloproteinases, and nitric oxide. In conclusion, I3C reduced lipid droplet accumulation in adipocytes and suppressed adipocyte-stimulated angiogenesis in ECs, suggesting that I3C is a potential therapeutic agent for treating obesity and obesity-associated disorders.
本研究调查了吲哚 - 3 - 甲醇(I3C)对成熟脂肪细胞中与脂肪生成和血管生成相关因子的影响。通过使用经I3C处理的脂肪细胞的条件培养基(CM)培养内皮细胞(ECs),还探讨了成熟脂肪细胞与内皮细胞之间的相互作用。结果显示,I3C显著抑制成熟脂肪细胞中的甘油三酯积累,同时AhR和CYP1B1蛋白表达显著增加,并且成熟脂肪细胞中核因子红细胞衍生因子2相关因子2、激素敏感性脂肪酶和甘油 - 3 - 磷酸脱氢酶的表达略有下降。此外,I3C抑制CM刺激的内皮管形成,这伴随着脂肪细胞中血管生成因子分泌的调节,包括血管内皮生长因子、白细胞介素 - 6、基质金属蛋白酶和一氧化氮。总之,I3C减少了脂肪细胞中脂滴的积累,并抑制了脂肪细胞刺激的ECs血管生成,表明I3C是治疗肥胖症和肥胖相关疾病的潜在治疗剂。