Biological activity of 2α,3β,23-trihydroxyolean-12-ene on glucose homeostasis.

European Journal of Pharmacology
Allisson Jhonatan Gomes CastroFátima Regina Mena Barreto Silva

Abstract

We studied the effect and the mechanisms of action of 2α,3β,23-trihydroxyolean-12-ene (THO), from Croton heterodoxus Baill. (Euphorbiaceae), in glucose uptake in hyperglycemic rats. The effect of in vivo pretreatment with THO in hyperglycemic rats was analyzed. The in vitro effects of THO were observed in adipocytes and in adipose tissue. THO reduced glycemia, in part by increasing serum insulin and augmenting the disposal of glucose as glycogen in hepatocytes but did not change the serum concentration of glucagon-like peptide-1. THO increased glucose uptake in adipocytes and in adipose tissue by a mechanism dependent on phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase vesicular traffic and on the process of vesicle fusion at the plasma membrane in regions containing cholesterol, indicating the involvement of glucose transporter-4 (GLUT4). This triterpene may act solely via the activation and translocation of GLUT4 (rather than via nuclear actions, such as upregulation of GLUT4 synthesis), since THO did not alter the amount of GLUT4 mRNA or the content of GLUT4. Consistent with these data, the stimulatory effect of this triterpene on the quantity of GLUT4 in the membrane fraction was dependent upon p38 phosphorylation. In this experimental model,...Continue Reading

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