Dietary Supplementation with Dunaliella Tertiolecta Prevents Whitening of Brown Fat and Controls Diet-Induced Obesity at Thermoneutrality in Mice

We investigated the effect of evodiamine-containing microalga Dunaliella tertiolecta (DT) on the prevention of diet-induced obesity in a thermoneutral C57BL/6J male (30 °C). It attenuates the activity of brown adipose tissue (BAT), which accelerates diet-induced obesity. Nine-week-old mice were fed a high-fat diet supplemented with 10 g (Low group) or 25 g (High group) DT powder per kg food for 12 weeks. Compared to control mice without DT supplementation, body weight gain was significantly reduced in the High group with no difference in food intake. Tissue analyses indicated maintenance of multilocular morphology in BAT and reduced fat deposition in liver in DT-supplemented mice. Molecular analysis showed a significant decrease in mammalian target of rapamycin−ribosomal S6 protein kinase signaling pathway in white adipose tissue and upregulation in mRNA expression of brown fat-associated genes including fibroblast growth factor-21 (Fgf21) and uncoupling protein 1 (Ucp1) in BAT in the High group compared to the control. In the experiments using C3H10T1/2 adipocytes, DT extract upregulated mRNA expression of brown fat-associated genes in dose-dependent and time-dependent manners, accompanied by a significant increase in secreted FGF21 levels. Our data show the ability of DT as a nutraceutical to prevent brown fat attenuation and diet-induced obesity in vivo. View Full-Text

Keywords: brown fat; fibroblast growth factor-21; microalga; obesity; thermoneutrality; uncoupling protein 1

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Yamashita, Y.; Takeuchi, T.; Endo, Y.; Goto, A.; Sakaki, S.; Yamaguchi, Y.; Takenaka, H.; Yamashita, H. Dietary Supplementation with Dunaliella Tertiolecta Prevents Whitening of Brown Fat and Controls Diet-Induced Obesity at Thermoneutrality in Mice. Nutrients 2020, 12, 1686. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061686

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Yamashita Y, Takeuchi T, Endo Y, Goto A, Sakaki S, Yamaguchi Y, Takenaka H, Yamashita H. Dietary Supplementation with Dunaliella Tertiolecta Prevents Whitening of Brown Fat and Controls Diet-Induced Obesity at Thermoneutrality in Mice. Nutrients. 2020; 12(6):1686. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061686

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Yamashita, Yukari, Tamaki Takeuchi, Yuki Endo, Ayumi Goto, Setsuko Sakaki, Yuji Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Takenaka, and Hitoshi Yamashita. 2020. "Dietary Supplementation with Dunaliella Tertiolecta Prevents Whitening of Brown Fat and Controls Diet-Induced Obesity at Thermoneutrality in Mice" Nutrients 12, no. 6: 1686. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061686

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