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ArticleJournal of lipid research2013

Butein is a novel anti-adipogenic compound.

No-Joon Song, Hyang-Jin Yoon, Ki Hyun Kim, So-Ra Jung, Woo-Seok Jang, Cho-Rong Seo, Young Min Lee, Dae-Hyuk Kweon, Joung-Woo Hong, Jeong-Soo Lee and 3 more

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Article in Journal of lipid research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

No-Joon SongDepartment of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea.
Hyang-Jin Yoon
Ki Hyun Kim
So-Ra Jung
Woo-Seok Jang
Cho-Rong Seo
Young Min Lee
Dae-Hyuk Kweon
Joung-Woo Hong
Jeong-Soo Lee
Ki-Moon Park
Kang Ro Lee
Kye Won Park
Sungkyunkwan University · KRKorea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology · KRKyung Hee University · KRNational Academy of Agricultural Science · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rhus verniciflua Stokes (RVS) has been used as a traditional herbal medicine for its various biological activities including anti-adipogenic effects. Activity-guided separation led to the identification of the anti-adipogenic functions of butein. Butein, a novel anti-adipogenic compound, robustly suppressed lipid accumulation and inhibited expression of adipogenic markers. Molecular studies showed that activated transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and suppressed signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling pathways were mediated by butein. Analysis of the temporal expression profiles suggests that TGF-β signaling precedes the STAT3 in the butein-mediated anti-adipogenic cascade. Small interfering RNA-mediated silencing of STAT3 or SMAD2/3 blunted the inhibitory effects of butein on adipogenesis indicating that an interaction between two signaling pathways is required for the action of butein. Upon butein treatments, stimulation of TGF-β signaling was still preserved in STAT3 silenced cells, whereas regulation of STAT3 signaling by butein was significantly impaired in SMAD2/3 silenced cells, further showing that TGF-β acts upstream of STAT3 in the butein-mediated anti-adipogenesis. Taken together, the present study shows that butein, a novel anti-adipogenic compound from RVS, inhibits adipocyte differentiation through the TGF-β pathway followed by STAT3 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ signaling, further implicating potential roles of butein in TGF-β- and STAT3-dysregulated diseases.

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Adipose Tissue3T3-L1 CellsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineChalconesGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMiceMice, KnockoutObesityPhosphorylationRhusSignal TransductionSmad2 ProteinSmad3 ProteinSTAT3 Transcription FactorbuteinChalconesSmad2 ProteinSmad2 protein, mouseSmad3 ProteinSmad3 protein, mouseStat3 protein, mouseSTAT3 Transcription FactorTransforming Growth Factor beta

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PMID23468131
PMCPMC3622332
OpenAlexW2127194133

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