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Awais M, Akter R, Boopathi V, Ahn JC, Lee JH, Mathiyalagan R, Kwak GY, Rauf M, Yang DC, Lee GS, Kim YJ, Jung SK. Discrimination of Dendropanax morbifera via HPLC fingerprinting and SNP analysis and its impact on obesity by modulating adipogenesis- and thermogenesis-related genes. Front Nutr 2023; 10:1168095. [PMID: 37621738 PMCID: PMC10446900 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1168095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Dendropanax morbifera (DM), a medicinal plant, is rich in polyphenols and commonly used to treat cancer, inflammation, and thrombosis. However, to date, no study has been conducted on DM regarding the enormous drift of secondary metabolites of plants in different regions of the Republic of Korea and their effects on antiobesity, to explore compounds that play an important role in two major obesity-related pathways. Here, we present an in-depth study on DM samples collected from three regions of the Republic of Korea [Jeju Island (DMJ), Bogildo (DMB), and Jangheung (DMJG)]. We used high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and multivariate component analyses to analyze polyphenol contents (neochlorogenic acid, chlorogenic acid, cryptochlorogenic acid, and rutin), followed by discrimination of the samples in DMJG using single nucleotide polymorphism and chemometric analysis. In silico and in vitro evaluation of major compounds found in the plant extract on two major anti-obesity pathways (adipogenesis and thermogenesis) was carried out. Furthermore, two extraction methods (Soxhlet and ultrasound-assisted extraction) were used to understand which method is better and why. Upon quantifying plant samples in three regions with the polyphenols, DMJG had the highest content of polyphenols. The internal transcribed region (ITS) revealed a specific gel-based band for the authentication of DMJG. PCA and PLS-DA revealed the polyphenol's discriminative power of the region DMJG. The anti-obesity effects of plant extracts from the three regions were related to their polyphenol contents, with DMJG showing the highest effect followed by DMJ and DMB. Ultrasound-assisted extraction yielded a high number of polyphenols compared to that of the Soxhlet method, which was supported by scanning electron microscopy. The present work encourages studies on plants rich in secondary metabolites to efficiently use them for dietary and therapeutic purposes.
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- Muhammad Awais
- Graduate School of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin si, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin si, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin si, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin si, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin si, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin si, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin si, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oriental Medicinal Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin si, Republic of Korea
- Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, Pakistan
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- Southwest Coast Hwangchil Cooperative, Chonnam National University, Gwangju si, Republic of Korea
- Jungwon University Industry Academic Cooperation Building, Goesan-gun, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin si, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Kongju National University, Yesan, Republic of Korea
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Anti-Periodontitis Effects of Dendropanax morbiferus H.Lév Leaf Extract on Ligature-Induced Periodontitis in Rats. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 28:molecules28020849. [PMID: 36677905 PMCID: PMC9862488 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28020849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Periodontitis is caused by pathogens in the oral cavity. It is a chronic infectious disease that causes symptoms including gingival bleeding and tooth loss resulting from the destruction of periodontal tissues coupled with inflammation. Dendropanax morbiferus H.Lév (DM) is a natural product that exhibits various biological activities with few side effects. In this study, the potential of DM leaf hot-water extracts (DMWE) as a treatment for periodontitis was determined and its anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory effects were evaluated. Compounds in DMWE were identified by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production was measured in RAW 264.7 cells. We measured the gingival index and gingival sulcus depth, and micro-CT was performed in vivo using a ligature-induced periodontitis rat model, which is similar to human periodontitis. The DMWE-treated group exhibited a decrease in cytokine concentration and relieved the gingival index and gingival sulcus depth compared with the periodontitis-induced control group. In addition, micro-CT and histological analysis revealed that DMWE exhibited anti-inflammatory effects and improved alveolar bone loss in periodontitis-induced rats. These findings suggest that DMWE has excellent anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory effects that protect and prevent periodontal tissue damage and tooth loss caused by the inflammatory response.
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Lee A, Koh E, Kim D, Lee N, Cho SM, Lee YJ, Cho IH, Yang HJ. Dendropanax trifidus Sap-Mediated Suppression of Obese Mouse Body Weight and the Metabolic Changes Related with Estrogen Receptor Alpha and AMPK-ACC Pathways in Muscle Cells. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14051098. [PMID: 35268079 PMCID: PMC8912501 DOI: 10.3390/nu14051098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Dendropanax trifidus (DT) is a medicinal herb native to East Asia, which has been used extensively for its therapeutic properties in traditional medicine. In this study, we examined the effects of DT sap on the regulation of body weight and muscle metabolism in mice. Obese model db/db mice were administered daily with DT sap or vehicle control over a 6-week period. The effects of DT sap on muscle metabolism were studied in C2C12 muscle cells, where glycolytic and mitochondrial respiration rates were monitored. As AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a master regulator of metabolism and plays an important function as an energy sensor in muscle tissue, signaling pathways related with AMPK were also examined. We found that DT sap inhibited body weight increase in db/db, db/+, and +/+ mice over a 6-week period, while DT sap-treated muscle cells showed increased muscle metabolism and also increased phosphorylation of AMPK and Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase (ACC). Finally, we found that DT sap, which is enriched in estrogen in our previous study, significantly activates estrogen alpha receptor in a concentration-dependent manner, which can drive the activation of AMPK signaling and may be related to the muscle metabolism and weight changes observed here.
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- Ahreum Lee
- Korea Institute of Brain Science, Seoul 06022, Korea; (A.L.); (D.K.)
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- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratories, Singapore 117604, Singapore;
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- Korea Institute of Brain Science, Seoul 06022, Korea; (A.L.); (D.K.)
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- Department of Integrated Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea; (N.L.); (Y.J.L.)
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- Department of Integrated Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea; (N.L.); (Y.J.L.)
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- College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea;
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- Korea Institute of Brain Science, Seoul 06022, Korea; (A.L.); (D.K.)
- Department of Integrative Health Care, University of Brain Education, Cheonan 31228, Korea
- Department of Integrative Biosciences, University of Brain Education, Cheonan 31228, Korea
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