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Yoshida-Shimizu, Risa Tokushima University
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Keywords
Adipose
Obesity
Autophagy
Cell biology
Lipid droplets
Dietary factors
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Lipophagy, a form of selective autophagy, degrades lipid droplet (LD) in adipose tissue and the liver. The chemotherapeutic isothiocyanate sulforaphane (SFN) contributes to lipolysis through the activation of hormone-sensitive lipase and the browning of white adipocytes. However, the details concerning the regulation of lipolysis in adipocytes by SFN-mediated autophagy remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the effects of SFN on autophagy in the epididymal fat of mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) or control-fat diet (CFD) and on the molecular mechanisms of autophagy in differentiated 3T3-L1 cells. Western blotting revealed that the protein expression of lipidated LC3 (LC3-II), an autophagic substrate, was induced after 3T3-L1 adipocytes treatment with SFN. In addition, SFN increased the LC3-II protein expression in the epididymal fat of mice fed an HFD. Immunofluorescence showed that the SFN-induced LC3 expression was co-localized with LDs in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and with perilipin, the most abundant adipocyte-specific protein, in adipocytes of mice fed an HFD. Next, we confirmed that SFN activates autophagy flux in differentiated 3T3-L1 cells using the mCherry-EGFP-LC3 and GFP-LC3-RFP-LC3ΔG probe. Furthermore, we examined the induction mechanisms of autophagy by SFN in 3T3-L1 adipocytes using western blotting. ATG5 knockdown partially blocked the SFN-induced release of fatty acids from LDs in mature 3T3-L1 adipocytes. SFN time-dependently elicited the phosphorylation of AMPK, the dephosphorylation of mTOR, and the phosphorylation of ULK1 in differentiated 3T3-L1 cells. Taken together, these results suggest that SFN may provoke lipophagy through AMPK-mTOR-ULK1 pathway signaling, resulting in partial lipolysis of adipocytes.
Journal Title
The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
ISSN
09552863
NCID
AA10748929
AA11533735
Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
106
Start Page
109017
Published Date
2022-04-21
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© 2022. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Medical Sciences