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Xiang-Li, Bo-Xing, Xin-Liu, Jiang XW, Lu HY, Xu ZH, Yue-Yang, Qiong-Wu, Dong-Yao, Zhang YS, Zhao QC. Network pharmacology-based research uncovers cold resistance and thermogenesis mechanism of Cinnamomum cassia. Fitoterapia 2021; 149:104824. [PMID: 33388379 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2020.104824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Revised: 12/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Cinnamomum cassia (L.) J.Presl (Cinnamon) was known as a kind of hot herb, improved circulation and warmed the body. However, the active components and mechanisms of dispelling cold remain unknown. METHODS The effects of several Chinses herbs on thermogenesis were evaluated on body temperature and activation of brown adipose tissue. After confirming the effect, the components of cinnamon were identified using HPLC-Q-TOF/MS and screened with databases. The targets of components were obtained with TCMSP, SymMap, Swiss and STITCH databases. Thermogenesis genes were predicted with DisGeNET and GeneCards databases. The protein-protein interaction network was constructed with Cytoscape 3.7.1 software. GO enrichment analysis was accomplished with STRING databases. KEGG pathway analysis was established with Omicshare tools. The top 20 targets for four compounds were obtained according to the number of edges of PPI network. In addition, the network results were verified with experimental research for the effects of extracts and major compounds. RESULTS Cinnamon extract significantly upregulated the body temperature during cold exposure.121 components were identified in HPLC-Q-TOF/MS. Among them, 60 compounds were included in the databases. 116 targets were obtained for the compounds, and 41 genes were related to thermogenesis. The network results revealed that 27 active ingredients and 39 target genes. Through the KEGG analysis, the top 3 pathways were PPAR signaling pathway, AMPK signaling pathway, thermogenesis pathway. The thermogenic protein PPARγ, UCP1 and PGC1-α was included in the critical targets of four major compounds. The three major compounds increased the lipid consumption and activated the brown adipocyte. They also upregulated the expression of UCP1, PGC1-α and pHSL, especially 2-methoxycinnamaldehyde was confirmed the effect for the first time. Furthermore, cinnamaldehyde and cinnamon extract activated the expression of TRPA1 on DRG cells. CONCLUSION The mechanisms of cinnamon on cold resistance were investigated with network pharmacology and experiment validation. This work provided research direction to support the traditional applications of thermogenesis.
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- Xiang-Li
- Department of Life Science and Biochemistry, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China; Department of Pharmacy, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang 110840, China
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- Department of Life Science and Biochemistry, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Life Science and Biochemistry, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Life Science and Biochemistry, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Life Science and Biochemistry, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Life Science and Biochemistry, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Life Science and Biochemistry, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Life Science and Biochemistry, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang 110840, China
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- Department of Life Science and Biochemistry, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Life Science and Biochemistry, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China; Department of Pharmacy, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang 110840, China.
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Ushakov RE, Skvortsova EV, Vitte MA, Vassilieva IO, Shatrova AN, Kotova AV, Kenis VM, Burova EB. Chondrogenic differentiation followed IGFBP3 loss in human endometrial mesenchymal stem cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2020; 531:133-139. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.07.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Oyama K, Gotoh M, Hosaka Y, Oyama TG, Kubonoya A, Suzuki Y, Arai T, Tsukamoto S, Kawamura Y, Itoh H, Shintani SA, Yamazawa T, Taguchi M, Ishiwata S, Fukuda N. Single-cell temperature mapping with fluorescent thermometer nanosheets. J Gen Physiol 2020; 152:151786. [PMID: 32421782 PMCID: PMC7398143 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201912469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Recent studies using intracellular thermometers have shown that the temperature inside cultured single cells varies heterogeneously on the order of 1°C. However, the reliability of intracellular thermometry has been challenged both experimentally and theoretically because it is, in principle, exceedingly difficult to exclude the effects of nonthermal factors on the thermometers. To accurately measure cellular temperatures from outside of cells, we developed novel thermometry with fluorescent thermometer nanosheets, allowing for noninvasive global temperature mapping of cultured single cells. Various types of cells, i.e., HeLa/HEK293 cells, brown adipocytes, cardiomyocytes, and neurons, were cultured on nanosheets containing the temperature-sensitive fluorescent dye europium (III) thenoyltrifluoroacetonate trihydrate. First, we found that the difference in temperature on the nanosheet between nonexcitable HeLa/HEK293 cells and the culture medium was less than 0.2°C. The expression of mutated type 1 ryanodine receptors (R164C or Y523S) in HEK293 cells that cause Ca2+ leak from the endoplasmic reticulum did not change the cellular temperature greater than 0.1°C. Yet intracellular thermometry detected an increase in temperature of greater than ∼2°C at the endoplasmic reticulum in HeLa cells upon ionomycin-induced intracellular Ca2+ burst; global cellular temperature remained nearly constant within ±0.2°C. When rat neonatal cardiomyocytes or brown adipocytes were stimulated by a mitochondrial uncoupling reagent, the temperature was nearly unchanged within ±0.1°C. In cardiomyocytes, the temperature was stable within ±0.01°C during contractions when electrically stimulated at 2 Hz. Similarly, when rat hippocampal neurons were electrically stimulated at 0.25 Hz, the temperature was stable within ±0.03°C. The present findings with nonexcitable and excitable cells demonstrate that heat produced upon activation in single cells does not uniformly increase cellular temperature on a global basis, but merely forms a local temperature gradient on the order of ∼1°C just proximal to a heat source, such as the endoplasmic/sarcoplasmic reticulum ATPase.
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- Kotaro Oyama
- Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Gunma, Japan.,Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan.,Department of Cell Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Physics, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Physics, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Gunma, Japan
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- Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Gunma, Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Physics, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.,Epithelial Biology Laboratory, Institute of Medical Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Gunma, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Haywood NJ, Slater TA, Matthews CJ, Wheatcroft SB. The insulin like growth factor and binding protein family: Novel therapeutic targets in obesity & diabetes. Mol Metab 2018; 19:86-96. [PMID: 30392760 PMCID: PMC6323188 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2018.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Revised: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background Recent changes in nutrition and lifestyle have provoked an unprecedented increase in the prevalence of obesity and metabolic disorders. Recognition of the adverse effects on health has prompted intense efforts to understand the molecular determinants of insulin sensitivity and dysglycemia. In many respects, actions of insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) mirror those of insulin in metabolic regulation. Unlike insulin, however, the bioactivity of IGFs is regulated by a family of seven high-affinity binding proteins (IGFBPs) which confer temporospatial modulation with implications for metabolic homeostasis. In addition, evidence is accumulating that IGF-independent actions of certain of the IGFBPs can directly modulate insulin sensitivity. Scope of review In this review, we discuss the experimental data indicating a critical role for IGF/IGFBP axis in metabolic regulation. We highlight key discoveries through which IGFBPs have emerged as biomarkers or putative therapeutic targets in obesity and diabetes. Major conclusions Growing evidence suggests that several components of the IGF-IGFBP system could be explored for therapeutic potential in metabolic disorders. Both IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-2 have been favorably linked with insulin sensitivity in humans and preclinical data implicate direct involvement in the molecular regulation of insulin signaling and adiposity respectively. Further studies are warranted to evaluate clinical translation of these findings.
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- Natalie J Haywood
- Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research, Leeds Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research, Leeds Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research, Leeds Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research, Leeds Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
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Xu YXZ, Ande SR, Mishra S. Gonadectomy in Mito-Ob mice revealed a sex-dimorphic relationship between prohibitin and sex steroids in adipose tissue biology and glucose homeostasis. Biol Sex Differ 2018; 9:37. [PMID: 30157935 PMCID: PMC6114179 DOI: 10.1186/s13293-018-0196-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Background Recently, we have developed a novel transgenic mouse model by overexpressing prohibitin (PHB) in adipocytes, which developed obesity due to upregulation of mitochondrial biogenesis in adipocytes, hence named “Mito-Ob.” Interestingly, only male Mito-Ob mice developed obesity-related impaired glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity, whereas female Mito-Ob mice did not. The observed sex differences in metabolic dysregulation suggest a potential involvement of sex steroids. Thus, the main aim of this study is to investigate the role of sex steroids on the overall phenotype of Mito-Ob mice through gonadectomy, as well as direct effect of sex steroids on adipocytes from Mito-Ob mice in vitro. Methods Mito-Ob mice and wild-type CD-1 mice were gonadectomized at 12 weeks of age. Age- and sex-matched sham-operated mice were used as controls. Body weight, white adipose tissue, glucose tolerance, and insulin sensitivity were analyzed 3 months post-surgery. Differentiation of adipocytes isolated from female and male Mito-Ob mice were studied with and without sex steroids. Results Gonadectomy significantly reduced body weight in Mito-Ob mice compared with sham-operated mice, whereas the opposite trend was observed in wild-type mice. These changes occurred independent of food intake. A corresponding decrease in adipose tissue weight was found in gonadectomized Mito-Ob mice, but depot-specific differences were observed in male and female. Gonadectomy improved glucose tolerance in male wild-type and Mito-Ob mice, but the effect was more pronounced in wild-type mice. Gonadectomy did not alter insulin sensitivity in male Mito-Ob mice, but it was improved in male wild-type mice. In primary cell cultures, testosterone inhibited adipocyte differentiation to a lesser extent in male Mito-Ob preadipocytes compared with the wild-type mice. On the other hand, preadipocytes from female wild-type mice showed better differentiation potential than those from female Mito-Ob mice in the presence of 17β-estradiol. Conclusions PHB requires sex steroids for the development of obese phenotype in Mito-Ob mice, which differentially affect glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity in male and female. It appears that PHB plays sex- and adipose depot-specific roles and involves additional factors. In vitro studies suggested that PHB differently influenced adipocyte differentiation in the presence and absence of sex steroids. Overall, this study along with available information in the literature indicated that a multifaceted relationship exists between PHB and sex steroids, which may work in a cell/tissue type- and sex-specific manner.
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- Yang Xin Zi Xu
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Rm. 843 JBRC/715 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 3P4, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Rm. 843 JBRC/715 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 3P4, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Rm. 843 JBRC/715 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 3P4, Canada. .,Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Rm. 843 JBRC/715 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 3P4, Canada.
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Clemmons DR. Role of IGF-binding proteins in regulating IGF responses to changes in metabolism. J Mol Endocrinol 2018; 61:T139-T169. [PMID: 29563157 DOI: 10.1530/jme-18-0016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
The IGF-binding protein family contains six members that share significant structural homology. Their principal function is to regulate the actions of IGF1 and IGF2. These proteins are present in plasma and extracellular fluids and regulate access of both IGF1 and II to the type I IGF receptor. Additionally, they have functions that are independent of their ability to bind IGFs. Each protein is regulated independently of IGF1 and IGF2, and this provides an important mechanism by which other hormones and physiologic variables can regulate IGF actions indirectly. Several members of the family are sensitive to changes in intermediary metabolism. Specifically the presence of obesity/insulin resistance can significantly alter the expression of these proteins. Similarly changes in nutrition or catabolism can alter their synthesis and degradation. Multiple hormones such as glucocorticoids, androgens, estrogen and insulin regulate IGFBP synthesis and bioavailability. In addition to their ability to regulate IGF access to receptors these proteins can bind to distinct cell surface proteins or proteins in extracellular matrix and several cellular functions are influenced by these interactions. IGFBPs can be transported intracellularly and interact with nuclear proteins to alter cellular physiology. In pathophysiologic states, there is significant dysregulation between the changes in IGFBP synthesis and bioavailability and changes in IGF1 and IGF2. These discordant changes can lead to marked alterations in IGF action. Although binding protein physiology and pathophysiology are complex, experimental results have provided an important avenue for understanding how IGF actions are regulated in a variety of physiologic and pathophysiologic conditions.
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- David R Clemmons
- Department of MedicineUNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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