Fucoxanthin and its metabolite, fucoxanthinol, suppress adipocyte differentiation in 3T3-L1 cells

  • Authors:
    • Hayato Maeda
    • Masashi Hosokawa
    • Tokutake Sashima
    • Nobuyuki Takahashi
    • Teruo Kawada
    • Kazuo Miyashita
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  • Published online on: July 1, 2006     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.18.1.147
  • Pages: 147-152
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Abstract

Fucoxanthin is a major carotenoid found in edible seaweed such as Undaria pinnatifida and Hijikia fusiformis. We investigated the suppressive effects of fucoxanthin and its metabolite, fucoxanthinol, on the differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes to adipocytes. Fucoxanthin inhibited intercellular lipid accumulation during adipocyte differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells. Furthermore, fucoxanthin was converted to fucoxanthinol in 3T3-L1 cells. Fucoxanthinol also exhibited suppressive effects on lipid accumulation and decreased glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity, an indicator of adipocyte differentiation. The suppressive effect of fucoxanthinol was stronger than that of fucoxanthin. In addition, in 3T3-L1 cells treated with fucoxanthin and fucoxanthinol, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ), which regulates adipogenic gene expression, was down-regulated in a dose-dependent manner. These results suggest that fucoxanthin and fucoxanthinol inhibit the adipocyte differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells through down-regulation of PPARγ. Fucoxanthinol had stronger suppressive effects than fucoxanthin on adipocyte differentiation in 3T3-L1 cells.

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July 2006
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Maeda H, Hosokawa M, Sashima T, Takahashi N, Kawada T and Miyashita K: Fucoxanthin and its metabolite, fucoxanthinol, suppress adipocyte differentiation in 3T3-L1 cells. Int J Mol Med 18: 147-152, 2006
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Maeda, H., Hosokawa, M., Sashima, T., Takahashi, N., Kawada, T., & Miyashita, K. (2006). Fucoxanthin and its metabolite, fucoxanthinol, suppress adipocyte differentiation in 3T3-L1 cells. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 18, 147-152. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.18.1.147
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Maeda, H., Hosokawa, M., Sashima, T., Takahashi, N., Kawada, T., Miyashita, K."Fucoxanthin and its metabolite, fucoxanthinol, suppress adipocyte differentiation in 3T3-L1 cells". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 18.1 (2006): 147-152.
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Maeda, H., Hosokawa, M., Sashima, T., Takahashi, N., Kawada, T., Miyashita, K."Fucoxanthin and its metabolite, fucoxanthinol, suppress adipocyte differentiation in 3T3-L1 cells". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 18, no. 1 (2006): 147-152. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.18.1.147