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Baicalin promotes the activation of brown and white adipose tissue through AMPK/PGC1α pathway

Eur J Pharmacol

Obesity occurs when energy intake overtops energy expenditure. Promoting activation of brown adipose tissue (BAT) and white adipose tissue (WAT) has been proven a promising therapeutic strategy for obesity. Baicalin (BAI

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Reference Id
4646
Evidence Id
21236
Core Evidence Id
21236
Source Reference Id
2561
Herb2 Reference Id
HBREF003358
Subject Paper Key
HBIN017516_35337814
Pubmed Id
35337814
Doi
10.1016/j.ejphar.2022.174913
Paper Title
Baicalin promotes the activation of brown and white adipose tissue through AMPK/PGC1α pathway
Paper Abstract
Obesity occurs when energy intake overtops energy expenditure. Promoting activation of brown adipose tissue (BAT) and white adipose tissue (WAT) has been proven a promising therapeutic strategy for obesity. Baicalin (BAI) has been shown to be protective for various animal models of cardiovascular diseases, such as pulmonary hypertension, atherosclerosis and myocardial hypertrophy. However, whether BAI could stimulate activation of BAT or browning of WAT remains unknown. Here we show that BAI limits weight gaining, ameliorates glucose tolerance, improves cold tolerance and promotes brown-like tissue formation in diet induced obesity mice model. BAI increases the mitochondrial copy number as judged by mtDNA detection. BAI also increases the expression of UCP1 and other classical browning-specific genes in BAT and WAT and cultured C3H10T1/2 adipocytes through a mechanism involving AMPK/PGC1α pathway. Collectively, our study established a role for BAI in regulating energy metabolism, which will provide new idea and theoretical basis for the treatment of obesity.
Journal
Eur J Pharmacol
Publish Year
2022
Experiment Subject
mouse; cultured c3h10t1/2 adipocytes
Experiment Type
Animal Experiment
Phenotype Related
Obesity; Myocardial Hypertrophy; Cardiovascular Diseases; Atherosclerosis; Pulmonary Hypertension
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Paper Title En
Baicalin promotes the activation of brown and white adipose tissue through AMPK/PGC1α pathway
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