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Antidiabetic Activity of a Chloroform Fraction of Vigna nakashimae in db/db mice

db/db 마우스 동물모델에서 Vigna nakashimae 클로로포름층 분획물의 항당뇨 효능

  • Nam, Jeong-Su (School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Ha, Tae Joung (Department of Functional Crops, National Institute of Crop Science, RDA) ;
  • Park, Jae Hong (School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Jung, Myeong Ho (School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University)
  • 남정수 (부산대학교 양산캠퍼스 한의학전문대학원) ;
  • 하태정 (국립식량과학원 기능성작물부) ;
  • 박재홍 (부산대학교 양산캠퍼스 한의학전문대학원) ;
  • 정명호 (부산대학교 양산캠퍼스 한의학전문대학원)
  • Received : 2013.02.19
  • Accepted : 2013.04.09
  • Published : 2013.04.30
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Abstract

In this study, we evaluated the antidiabetic effect of a chloroform fraction of a methanol extract of Vigna nakashimae (designated VN) and compared it with that of a water fraction. Both fractions were administrated to eight-week old db/db mice for two weeks, after which the plasma glucose, triglyceride, and total cholesterol levels were measured. The chloroform fraction (VN-C) lowered the fasting glucose and blood glycated hemoglobin in the db/db mice more effectively than those of the water fraction (VN-W). VN-C also improved the glucose tolerance and led to a significant decrease in the plasma levels of free fatty acids and triglycerides. VN-C enhanced the phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and increased the expression of carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 (CPT-1) in HepG2 and C2C12 cells more significantly than VN-W. Consistent with AMPK activation, VN-C inhibited cAMP/Dex-stimulated expression of gluconeogenic genes and increased glucose uptake in C2C12. Collectively, these results suggest that VN-C has an antidiabetic effect, which is exerted via AMPK activation, and that this effect is stronger than that of VN-W.

최근 식생활의 변화에 따라 당뇨병, 비만 등의 만성대사질환의 발병률이 증가함에 따라 예방과 치료를 위한 물질연구가 많이 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 선행 연구에서 항당뇨 효능이 확인된 Vigna nakashimae (VN) 메탄올 추출물로부터 VN 클로로포름층 분획물과 물층 분획물을 얻어 각 분획물의 항당뇨 효능과 분자적 기전을 살펴보았다. 각각의 VN 분획물을 제 2형 당뇨병질환모델인 db/db 마우스에 경구투여하여 VN 분획물의 혈당 및 지질 대사 변화 등을 측정하였다. VN 클로로포름층 분획물은 공복 혈당과 당화혈색소를 물층 분획물보다 더 효과적으로 감소시켰다. 또한 내당능도 개선하였으며, 혈중 지방산과 중성지방도 감소시켰다. VN 클로로포름층 분획물은 HepG2와 C2C12세포에서 인산화된 AMPK와 AMPK 하위 유전자인 CPT-1의 유전자 발현을 증가시켰다. VN 클로로포름층 분획물은 AMPK의 활성화와 일치하게 HepG2에서 당 생성 효소인 PEPCK와 G-6Pase의 발현을 감소시켰으며, C2C12에서는 당 유입을 증가시켰다. 이상의 결과는 VN 클로로포름층 분획물은 AMPK의 활성화를 통해 공복혈당을 감소시켰으며, 이러한 효과는 물층 분획물보다 더 효과적이었다.

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