Effects of Electroacupuncture on PGC-1α Expression in Brown Adipose Tissue.

Autor:	Hongyin Du, Cuisong Zhou, Hui Wu, Tianyue Shan, Zhenjue Wu, Bin Xu, Yubin Zhang
Předmět:	OBESITY treatment ADIPOSE tissues ANIMAL experimentation ANTHROPOMETRY COMPARATIVE studies ELECTROACUPUNCTURE ENERGY metabolism GENE expression INGESTION MUSCLES POLYMERASE chain reaction PROTEINS RATS RESEARCH funding T-test (Statistics) WESTERN immunoblotting GENE expression profiling DESCRIPTIVE statistics PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of radiation EQUIPMENT & supplies
Zdroj:	Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM); 2013, Vol. 2013, p1-7, 7p, 1 Color Photograph, 1 Chart, 5 Graphs
Abstrakt:	The inducible coactivator PGC-lα plays master regulator in mitochondrial biogenesis and thermogenesis in brown adipose tissues (BATs). BAT is a natural antiobesity organ which dissipates chemical energy in the form of heat through specialized mitochondrial protein UCP-1. Eletroacupuncture (EA) has been widely used as an alternative treatment for obesity and its related disorders such as type 2 diabetes. The molecular mechanism of electroacupuncture on treatment of obesity is still unclear. We hypothesized that electroacupuncture induced PGC-lα expression to increase the energy expenditure in BAT. Rats were randomly divided into control group and electroacupuncture treatment group. We investigated the effects of electroacupuncture at Zusanli (ST36) acupoint on the expressions of PGC-lα and its associated genes in the BAT of rats using real-time PCR and western blotting. We found that electroacupuncture effectively induces the expression of PGC-lα and UCP-1 by 4-fold and 5-fold in the BAT of rats, respectively. Our results indicated that the molecular mechanism of electroacupuncture for the treatment of obesity may be, or at least partially, through induction of both PGC-lα and UCP-1 expressions to increase energy expenditure in BAT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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