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Hepatic Steatosis Alleviated in Diabetic Mice upon Dietary Exposure to Fibroin via Transgenic Rice: Potential STAMP2 Involvement in Hepatocytes

  • Park, Ji-Eun (Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University) ;
  • Jeong, Yeon Jae (Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University) ;
  • Kim, Hye Young (Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University) ;
  • Yoo, Young Hyun (Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University) ;
  • Lee, Kwang Sik (College of Life Sciences and Natural Resources, Dong-A University) ;
  • Yang, Won Tae (College of Life Sciences and Natural Resources, Dong-A University) ;
  • Kim, Doh Hoon (College of Life Sciences and Natural Resources, Dong-A University) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Min (Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University)
  • Received : 2020.08.20
  • Accepted : 2020.09.20
  • Published : 2020.09.30
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Abstract

Many benefits of silk protein fibroin (SPF) have been suggested in biomedical applications; and notably, significant SPF effects have been observed for metabolic syndromes that are directly linked to insulin resistance, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Based on our previous findings, we believe that SPF from spiders exhibits outstanding glucose-lowering effects in diabetic BKS.Cg-m+/+Leprdb mice. In order to evaluate the dietary effects of SPF in diabetic animals, we generated several lines of transgenic rice (TR) that expresses SPF, and the feeding of TR-SPF to diabetic animals decreased blood glucose levels, but did not change insulin levels. Western blot analyses of hepatic proteins showed that AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) expression and phosphorylation both decreased in TR-SPF-fed groups, compared with controls. This finding suggests that the glucose-lowering effects in this diabetic animal model might be AMPK-independent. In contrast, six-transmembrane protein of prostate 2 (STAMP2) was upregulated after TR-SPF exposure. Together with STAMP2, the Akt protein phosphorylation increased after TR-SPF exposure, which indicates that STAMP2 leads to Akt phosphorylation and thus increases insulin sensitivity in hepatocytes. Importantly, the hepatic steatosis that was seen in the liver of diabetic mice was remarkably alleviated in TR-SPF-fed mice. Hepatocytes that were immunopositive for STAMP2 were overwhelmingly observed in hepatic tissues from TR-SPF-fed mice compared to the control. Taken together, these results suggest that feeding diabetic mice with TR-SPF upregulates STAMP2 expression and increases Akt phosphorylation in hepatic tissues and thus potentially alleviates insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis.

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