Kaempferol alleviates palmitic acid-induced lipid stores, endoplasmic reticulum stress and pancreatic β-cell dysfunction through AMPK/mTOR-mediated lipophagy

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Ritu VarshneyPartha Roy

Abstract

Kaempferol, a natural flavonoid, has the beneficial effects of preserving pancreatic β-cell mass and function, but its action on β-cell lipid metabolism still remains elusive. Recently, autophagy has been reported to play a major role in lipid metabolism in various cell types, but its role in pancreatic β-cell's lipid metabolism is rarely reported. Here, we investigated the role of kaempferol-induced autophagy in inhibition of lipid stores, ER stress and β-cell dysfunction in palmitic acid-challenged RIN-5F cells and isolated pancreatic islets. The lipid-lowering effect of kaempferol was determined by Oil Red O staining, triglyceride assay, BODIPY labeling, RT-PCR and immunoblot analysis of PLIN2 (the lipid droplet coat protein) expression. Further, the involvement of AMPK/mTOR-mediated lipophagy was established by pharmacological and genetic inhibitors of autophagy and AMPK. The co-localization studies of lipid droplets with autophagosomes/lysosomes by BODIPY-MDC-LysoTracker co-staining, LC3/BODIPY labeling and LC3/PLIN2 double immunolabeling further strengthened the findings. Kaempferol treatment exhibited decreased lipid stores and increased co-localization of lipid droplets with autophagosomes and lysosomes in palmitic acid...Continue Reading

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