ReferenceID 4744

Biochanin A induces a brown-fat phenotype via improvement of mitochondrial biogenesis and activation of AMPK signaling in murine C3H10T1/2 mesenchymal stem cells

Phytother Res

In this study, we investigated the effect of Biochanin A (BioA), an O-methylated isoflavone on the brown-fat phenotype formation and on the associated thermogenic program including mitochondrial biogenesis and lipolysis

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Reference Id
4744
Evidence Id
21334
Core Evidence Id
21334
Source Reference Id
2727
Herb2 Reference Id
HBREF003524
Subject Paper Key
HBIN018523_32840919
Pubmed Id
32840919
Doi
10.1002/ptr.6845
Paper Title
Biochanin A induces a brown-fat phenotype via improvement of mitochondrial biogenesis and activation of AMPK signaling in murine C3H10T1/2 mesenchymal stem cells
Paper Abstract
In this study, we investigated the effect of Biochanin A (BioA), an O-methylated isoflavone on the brown-fat phenotype formation and on the associated thermogenic program including mitochondrial biogenesis and lipolysis in C3H10T1/2 MSCs. Our data demonstrates that Treatment with BioA in an adipogenic differentiation cocktail induced formation of brown-fat-like adipocytes from C3H10T1/2 MSCs without treatment with a known browning inducer (rosiglitazone or T3) at an early stage of differentiation. The formation of brown-fat-like adipocytes by BioA treatment was evidenced by upregulation of key thermogenic markers: Ucp1, Pgc1alpha, Prdm16, and Ppargamma. BioA also increased the expression of beige (Cd137 and Fgf21) and brown (Elovl3 and Zic1)-specific markers. Additionally, BioA treatment promoted mitochondrial biogenesis, judging by the upregulation of genes; Cox8b, Cidea, Dio2, Sirt1, Opa1, and Fis1. BioA treatment increased the amount of mitochondrial DNA and its encoded proteins: oxidative phosphorylation complexes (I-V); this change was associated with high oxygen consumption by C3H10T1/2 MSCs. A small-interfering-RNA-induced gene knockdown and experiments with dorsomorphin-driven competitive inhibition revealed that BioA exerts the thermogenic action via activation of AMPK signaling. Our study shows the mechanism of BioA-induced promotion of a brown-fat phenotype. Nonetheless, clinical research is necessary to validate BioA as a brown-fat-like signature inducer.
Journal
Phytother Res
Publish Year
2021
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Experiment Type
Cell Experiment
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Biochanin A induces a brown-fat phenotype via improvement of mitochondrial biogenesis and activation of AMPK signaling in murine C3H10T1/2 mesenchymal stem cells
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