• Biochim. Biophys. Acta · Jan 2014

    Genistein stimulates fatty acid oxidation in a leptin receptor-independent manner through the JAK2-mediated phosphorylation and activation of AMPK in skeletal muscle.

    • Berenice Palacios-González, Angel Zarain-Herzberg, Isabel Flores-Galicia, Lilia G Noriega, Gabriela Alemán-Escondrillas, Teresa Zariñan, Alfredo Ulloa-Aguirre, Nimbe Torres, and Armando R Tovar.
    • Posgrado Ciencias Bioquímicas, Facultad de Química, UNAM, México, D.F. 04510, Mexico; Departamento de Fisiología de la Nutrición, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, D.F. 14000, Mexico.
    • Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 2014 Jan 1; 1841 (1): 132-40.

    AbstractObesity is a public health problem that contributes to the development of insulin resistance, which is associated with an excessive accumulation of lipids in skeletal muscle tissue. There is evidence that soy protein can decrease the ectopic accumulation of lipids and improves insulin sensitivity; however, it is unknown whether soy isoflavones, particularly genistein, can stimulate fatty acid oxidation in the skeletal muscle. Thus, we studied the mechanism by which genistein stimulates fatty acid oxidation in the skeletal muscle. We showed that genistein induced the expression of genes of fatty acid oxidation in the skeletal muscle of Zucker fa/fa rats and in leptin receptor (ObR)-silenced C2C12 myotubes through AMPK phosphorylation. Furthermore, the genistein-mediated AMPK phosphorylation occurred via JAK2, which was possibly activated through a mechanism that involved cAMP. Additionally, the genistein-mediated induction of fatty acid oxidation genes involved PGC1α and PPARδ. As a result, we observed that genistein increased fatty acid oxidation in both the control and silenced C2C12 myotubes, as well as a decrease in the RER in mice, suggesting that genistein can be used in strategies to decrease lipid accumulation in the skeletal muscle. © 2013.

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