Lugol Increases Lipolysis through Upregulation of PPAR-Gamma and Downregulation of C/EBP-Alpha in Mature 3T3-L1 Adipocytes

Overweight and obesity are defined as excessive and abnormal fat accumulation that is harmful to health. This study analyzes the effect of different concentrations of the lugol solution (molecular iodine dissolved in potassium iodide) on lipolysis in cultured 3T3-L1-differentiated adipocytes. The ma...

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Main Authors: Cuellar-Rufino Sergio, Zepeda Rossana Citlali, Flores-Muñoz Mónica, Santiago-Roque Isela, Arroyo-Helguera Omar
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Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2302795
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author Cuellar-Rufino Sergio
Zepeda Rossana Citlali
Flores-Muñoz Mónica
Santiago-Roque Isela
Arroyo-Helguera Omar
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Flores-Muñoz Mónica
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Arroyo-Helguera Omar
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description Overweight and obesity are defined as excessive and abnormal fat accumulation that is harmful to health. This study analyzes the effect of different concentrations of the lugol solution (molecular iodine dissolved in potassium iodide) on lipolysis in cultured 3T3-L1-differentiated adipocytes. The mature adipocytes were treated with doses from 1 to 100 µm of lugol for 0.5, 6, and 24 h. The results showed that mature adipocytes exposed to lugol decrease their viability and increase caspase-3 activity with a lethal dose (LD50) of 473 µm. In mature adipocytes, lugol decreased the total intracellular lipid content, being significant at doses of 10 and 100 µm after 6 and 24 h of treatment (P<0.01), and the accumulation of intracellular triglycerides decreased after 24 h of exposure to lugol (P<0.05). Lugol treatment significantly increases the release of glycerol to the culture medium (P<0.05). The levels of adipocyte-specific transcription factors C/EBP-α were downregulated and PPAR-γ upregulated after 30 min with lugol. These results indicate a lipolytic effect of lugol dependent on PPAR-γ and C/EBP-α expression in mature 3T3-L1 adipocytes.
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spelling doaj-art-2dddb17f647c4693be414725b1af5dbf2025-08-20T02:24:07ZengWileyJournal of Nutrition and Metabolism2090-07242090-07322020-01-01202010.1155/2020/23027952302795Lugol Increases Lipolysis through Upregulation of PPAR-Gamma and Downregulation of C/EBP-Alpha in Mature 3T3-L1 AdipocytesCuellar-Rufino Sergio0Zepeda Rossana Citlali1Flores-Muñoz Mónica2Santiago-Roque Isela3Arroyo-Helguera Omar4Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Av. Luis Castelazo Ayala S/N, Col. Industrial Ánimas, Xalapa 91190, Veracruz, MexicoCentro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Av. Luis Castelazo Ayala S/N, Col. Industrial Ánimas, Xalapa 91190, Veracruz, MexicoInstituto de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Veracruzana, Av. Luis Castelazo Ayala S/N, Col. Industrial Ánimas, Xalapa 91190, Veracruz, MexicoFacultad de Bioanálisis, Universidad Veracruzana, Odontólogos W/N, U. H. del Bosque, Xalapa 91190, Veracruz, MexicoBiomedicine in Public Health Laboratory, Public Health Institute, Universidad Veracruzana, Av. Luís Castelazo Ayala S/N, Col. Industrial Animas, Xalapa 91190, Veracruz, MexicoOverweight and obesity are defined as excessive and abnormal fat accumulation that is harmful to health. This study analyzes the effect of different concentrations of the lugol solution (molecular iodine dissolved in potassium iodide) on lipolysis in cultured 3T3-L1-differentiated adipocytes. The mature adipocytes were treated with doses from 1 to 100 µm of lugol for 0.5, 6, and 24 h. The results showed that mature adipocytes exposed to lugol decrease their viability and increase caspase-3 activity with a lethal dose (LD50) of 473 µm. In mature adipocytes, lugol decreased the total intracellular lipid content, being significant at doses of 10 and 100 µm after 6 and 24 h of treatment (P<0.01), and the accumulation of intracellular triglycerides decreased after 24 h of exposure to lugol (P<0.05). Lugol treatment significantly increases the release of glycerol to the culture medium (P<0.05). The levels of adipocyte-specific transcription factors C/EBP-α were downregulated and PPAR-γ upregulated after 30 min with lugol. These results indicate a lipolytic effect of lugol dependent on PPAR-γ and C/EBP-α expression in mature 3T3-L1 adipocytes.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2302795
spellingShingle Cuellar-Rufino Sergio
Zepeda Rossana Citlali
Flores-Muñoz Mónica
Santiago-Roque Isela
Arroyo-Helguera Omar
Lugol Increases Lipolysis through Upregulation of PPAR-Gamma and Downregulation of C/EBP-Alpha in Mature 3T3-L1 Adipocytes
Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
title Lugol Increases Lipolysis through Upregulation of PPAR-Gamma and Downregulation of C/EBP-Alpha in Mature 3T3-L1 Adipocytes
title_full Lugol Increases Lipolysis through Upregulation of PPAR-Gamma and Downregulation of C/EBP-Alpha in Mature 3T3-L1 Adipocytes
title_fullStr Lugol Increases Lipolysis through Upregulation of PPAR-Gamma and Downregulation of C/EBP-Alpha in Mature 3T3-L1 Adipocytes
title_full_unstemmed Lugol Increases Lipolysis through Upregulation of PPAR-Gamma and Downregulation of C/EBP-Alpha in Mature 3T3-L1 Adipocytes
title_short Lugol Increases Lipolysis through Upregulation of PPAR-Gamma and Downregulation of C/EBP-Alpha in Mature 3T3-L1 Adipocytes
title_sort lugol increases lipolysis through upregulation of ppar gamma and downregulation of c ebp alpha in mature 3t3 l1 adipocytes
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2302795
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