Lipin1-Mediated Repression of Adipogenesis by Rutin
Abstract
Rutin, also called rutoside or quercetin-3-O-rutinoside and sophorin, is a glycoside between the flavonol quercetin and the disaccharide rutinose. Although many effects of rutin have been reported in vitro and in vivo, the anti-adipogenic effects of rutin have not been fully reported. The aim of this study was to confirm how rutin regulates adipocyte related factors. In this study, rutin decreased the expressions of adipogenesis-related genes, including peroxisome proliferators, activated receptor γγ (PPARγ), CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein α (C/EBPα), fatty acid synthase, adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein, and lipoprotein lipase in 3T3-L1 cells. Rutin also repressed the expression of lipin1, which is an upstream regulator that controls PPARγ and C/EBPα. In addition, when 3T3-L1 was transfected with lipin1 siRNA to block lipin1 function, rutin did not affect the expressions of PPARγ and C/EBPα. These results suggest that rutin has an anti-adipogenic effect that acts through the suppression of lipin1, as well as PPARγ and C/EBPα.
