ArticleJournal of diabetes investigation2020
Safflower yellow improves insulin sensitivity in high-fat diet-induced obese mice by promoting peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ2 expression in subcutaneous adipose tissue.
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- Emerging natural product development strategies drive the therapeutic potential exploration and clinical translation of hydroxysafflor yellow A.Journal of pharmaceutical analysis · 2026Review
- PPARγ: a key orchestrator of epidermal barrier, immune responses, and lipid metabolism in atopic dermatitis pathogenesis and therapy.Frontiers in allergy · 2026Review
- Pharmacological actions and applications of safflower flavonoids.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Phytochemical composition and antidiabetic, anti-obesity, antioxidant, and cytotoxic activities of Carthamus tinctorius seed oil.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Hydroxy-Safflower Yellow A Mitigates Vascular Remodeling in Rat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.Drug design, development and therapy · 2024Article
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- Intragastric safflower yellow and its main component HSYA improve leptin sensitivity before body weight change in diet-induced obese mice.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2022Article
- Pharmacological Activities of Safflower Yellow and Its Clinical Applications.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
- The Repression of the HMGB1-TLR4-NF-κB Signaling Pathway by Safflower Yellow May Improve Spinal Cord Injury.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Review
- Pharmacological Actions, Molecular Mechanisms, Pharmacokinetic Progressions, and Clinical Applications of Hydroxysafflor Yellow A in Antidiabetic Research.Journal of immunology research · 2021Review
- Bu-Shen-Huo-Xue Decoction Ameliorates Diabetic Nephropathy by Inhibiting Rac1/PAK1/p38MAPK Signaling Pathway in High-Fat Diet/Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2020Article
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introductionSafflower yellow (SY) and its main component, hydroxysafflor yellow A, have been demonstrated to show anti-obesity effects. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ2 (PPARγ2) is a critical transcription factor in adipose tissue metabolism. The aim of the present study was to explore the effects of SY in high-fat diet-induced obese mice, and further investigate the mechanism involving PPARγ2.
methodsHigh-fat diet-induced obese mice were given 120 mg/kg/day SY for 8 weeks. Glucose and insulin tolerance tests were carried out. Fat mass and serum levels of glucose and insulin were measured. The expression of insulin signaling pathway-related genes and PPARγ2 in the adipose tissue was measured. In vitro, the effects of SY (0-500 mg/L) and hydroxysafflor yellow A (0-100 mg/L) on PPARγ2 promoter activities and PPARγ2 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) levels in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes or adipocytes were also detected.
resultsSafflower yellow reduced fat mass, decreased glucose levels and improved insulin sensitivity in obese mice. SY also increased the mRNA levels of insulin signaling pathway-related genes, and increased PPARγ2 mRNA levels by 39.1% in subcutaneous adipose tissue (P < 0.05). In vitro, SY and hydroxysafflor yellow A significantly enhanced PPARγ2 promoter activities by 1.3-2.1-fold, and increased PPARγ2 mRNA levels by 1.2-1.6-fold in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes or adipocytes (P < 0.05).
conclusionsSY could reduce fat mass, decrease glucose levels and improve insulin sensitivity in high-fat diet-induced obese mice. The probable mechanism is to increase PPARγ2 expression by stimulating PPARγ2 promoter activities, further increasing the expression of insulin signaling pathway-related genes in subcutaneous adipose tissue.
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