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Dietary Blueberry Attenuates Whole-Body Insulin Resistance in High Fat-Fed Mice by Reducing Adipocyte Death and Its Inflammatory Sequelae1–3
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- American Society for Nutrition, 2009.
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Abstract
- Adipose tissue (AT) inflammation promotes insulin resistance (IR) and other obesity complications. AT inflammation and IR are associated with oxidative stress, adipocyte death, and the scavenging of dead adipocytes by proinflammatory CD11c+ AT macrophages (ATMPhi). We tested the hypothesis that supplementation of an obesitogenic (high-fat) diet with whole blueberry (BB) powder protects against AT inflammation and IR. Male C57Bl/6j mice were maintained for 8 wk on 1 of 3 diets: low-fat (10% of energy) diet (LFD), high-fat (60% of energy) diet (HFD) or the HFD containing 4% (wt:wt) whole BB powder (1:1 Vaccinium ashei and V. corymbosum) (HFD+B). BB supplementation (2.7% of total energy) did not affect HFD-associated alterations in energy intake, metabolic rate, body weight, or adiposity. We observed an emerging pattern of gene expression in AT of HFD mice indicating a shift toward global upregulation of inflammatory genes (tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-6, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, inducible nitric oxide synthase), increased M1-polarized ATMPhi (CD11c+), and increased oxidative stress (reduced glutathione peroxidase 3). This shift was attenuated or nonexistent in HFD+B-fed mice. Furthermore, mice fed the HFD+B were protected from IR and hyperglycemia coincident with reductions in adipocyte death. Salutary effects of BB on adipocyte physiology and ATMPhi gene expression may reflect the ability of BB anthocyanins to alter mitogen-activated protein kinase and nuclear factor-kappaB stress signaling pathways, which regulate cell fate and inflammatory genes. These results suggest that cytoprotective and antiinflammatory actions of dietary BB can provide metabolic benefits to combat obesity-associated pathology.
- Subjects :
- Male
Glutathione Peroxidase
Nutrition and Disease
Cell Death
Interleukin-6
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
Macrophages
Blueberry Plants
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Gene Expression
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
Dietary Fats
Diet
Anthocyanins
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice
Fruit
Hyperglycemia
Adipocytes
Animals
Plant Preparations
Insulin Resistance
Chemokine CCL2
Adiposity
Signal Transduction
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........3b7603b85be65991b9d1be77bcc3d9ea