Anti-Obesity Effect of Standardized Extract of Microalga Phaeodactylum tricornutum Containing Fucoxanthin
- Title
- Anti-Obesity Effect of Standardized Extract of Microalga Phaeodactylum tricornutum Containing Fucoxanthin
- Authors
- 강경수; 판철호; 구송이; 김상민; 황지현; 양승훈; 엄재인; 홍광원; 황금택
- Keywords
- anti-obesity; Phaeodactylum tricornutum; fucoxanthin; Phaeodactylum extract; microalgae
- Issue Date
- 2019-05
- Publisher
- MARINE DRUGS
- Citation
- VOL 17-326
- Abstract
- Fucoxanthin (FX), a marine carotenoid found in macroalgae and microalgae, exhibits several
beneficial eects to health. The anti-obesity activity of FX is well documented, but FX has not been mass-produced or applied extensively or commercially because of limited availability of raw materials and complex extraction techniques. In this study, weinvestigated the anti-obesity eect of standardized FX powder (Phaeodactylum extract (PE)) developed from microalga Phaeodactylum tricornutum as a commercial functional food. The eects of PE on adipogenesis inhibition in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and anti-obesity in high-fat diet (HFD)-fed C57BL/6J mice were evaluated. PE and FX dose-dependently decreased intracellular lipid contents in adipocytes without cytotoxicity. In HFD-fed obese mice, PE supplementation for six weeks decreased body weight, organ weight, and adipocyte size. In the serum parameter analysis, the PE-treated groups showed attenuation of lipid metabolism dysfunction and liver damage induced by HFD. In the liver, uncoupling protein-1 (UCP1) upregulation and peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) downregulation were detected in the PE-treated groups. Additionally, micro computed tomography revealed lower fat accumulation in PE-treated groups compared to that in the HFD group. These results indicate that PE exerts anti-obesity eects by inhibiting adipocytic lipogenesis, inducing fat mass reduction and decreasing intracellular lipid content, adipocyte size, and adipose weight.
- URI
- https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/69426
- ISSN
- 1660-3397
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