Berberine activates thermogenesis in white and brown adipose tissue.

Abstract:

:Obesity develops when energy intake exceeds energy expenditure. Promoting brown adipose tissue formation and function increases energy expenditure and hence may counteract obesity. Berberine (BBR) is a compound derived from the Chinese medicinal plant Coptis chinensis. Here we show that BBR increases energy expenditure, limits weight gain, improves cold tolerance and enhances brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity in obese db/db mice. BBR markedly induces the development of brown-like adipocytes in inguinal, but not epididymal adipose depots. BBR also increases expression of UCP1 and other thermogenic genes in white and BAT and primary adipocytes via a mechanism involving AMPK and PGC-1α. BBR treatment also inhibits AMPK activity in the hypothalamus, but genetic activation of AMPK in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus does not prevent BBR-induced weight loss and activation of the thermogenic programme. Our findings establish a role for BBR in regulating organismal energy balance, which may have potential therapeutic implications for the treatment of obesity.

journal_name

Nat Commun

journal_title

Nature communications

authors

Zhang Z,Zhang H,Li B,Meng X,Wang J,Zhang Y,Yao S,Ma Q,Jin L,Yang J,Wang W,Ning G

doi

10.1038/ncomms6493

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-11-25 00:00:00

pages

5493

issn

2041-1723

pii

ncomms6493

journal_volume

5

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