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MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH
卷 57, 期 1, 页码 20-33出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201200522
关键词
Adipose tissue; Metabolic syndrome; Natural compounds; Nuclear receptors; Obesity
资金
- Research and Development Projects for Application in Promoting New Policies Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Japan
- Research and Development Program for New Bio-industry Initiatives, Japan
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan [22228001, 22380075, 24688015]
Obesity causes excess fat accumulation in various tissues, most notoriously in the adipose tissue, along with other insulin-responsive organs such as skeletal muscle and the liver, which predisposes an individual to the development of metabolic abnormalities. The molecular mechanisms underlying obesity-induced metabolic abnormalities have not been completely elucidated; however, in recent years, the search for therapies to prevent the development of obesity and obesity-associated metabolic disorders has increased. It is known that several nuclear receptors, when activated by specific ligands, regulate carbohydrate and lipid metabolism at the transcriptional level. The expression of lipid metabolism-related enzymes is directly regulated by the activity of various nuclear receptors via their interaction with specific response elements in promoters of those genes. Many natural compounds act as ligands of nuclear receptors and regulate carbohydrate and lipid metabolism by regulating the activities of these nuclear receptors. In this review, we describe our current knowledge of obesity, the role of lipid-sensing nuclear receptors in energy metabolism, and several examples of food factors that act as agonists or antagonists of nuclear receptors, which may be useful for the management of obesity and the accompanying energy metabolism abnormalities.
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