Obesity that is highly associated with numerous metabolic diseases has become a global health issue nowdays.Plant sesterterpenoids are an important group of natural products with great potential;thus,their bioactiviti...Obesity that is highly associated with numerous metabolic diseases has become a global health issue nowdays.Plant sesterterpenoids are an important group of natural products with great potential;thus,their bioactivities deserve extensive exploration.RNA-seq analysis indicated that leucosceptroid B,a sesterterpenoid previously discovered from the glandular trichomes of Leucosceptrum canum,significantly regulated the expression of 10 genes involved in lipid metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans.Furthermore,leucosceptroid B was found to reduce fat storage,and downregulate the expression of two stearoyl-CoA desaturase(SCD)genes fat-6 and fat-7,and a fatty acid elongase gene elo-2 in wild-type C.elegans.In addition,leucosceptroid B significantly decreased fat accumulation in both fat-6 and fat-7 mutant worms but did not affect the fat storage of fat-6;fat-7 double mutant.These findings indicated that leucosceptroid B reduced fat storage depending on the downregulated expression of fat-6,fat-7 and elo-2 and thereby inhibiting the biosynthesis of the corresponding unsaturated fatty acid.These findings provide new insights into the development and utilization of plant sesterterpenoids as potential antilipemic agents.展开更多
基金supported by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(No.31525005)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21937006,31770390 and 31800298)+3 种基金Yunnan Key Research and Development Program(No.2019ZF011-2)Yunnan Innovative Research Team for Discovery and Biosynthesis of Bioactive Natural Products(No.2018HC012)Science Foundation of Yunnan(No.2018FA017)Youth Innovation Promotion Association and “Western Light” Program of CAS(awarded to LIU Yan)
文摘Obesity that is highly associated with numerous metabolic diseases has become a global health issue nowdays.Plant sesterterpenoids are an important group of natural products with great potential;thus,their bioactivities deserve extensive exploration.RNA-seq analysis indicated that leucosceptroid B,a sesterterpenoid previously discovered from the glandular trichomes of Leucosceptrum canum,significantly regulated the expression of 10 genes involved in lipid metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans.Furthermore,leucosceptroid B was found to reduce fat storage,and downregulate the expression of two stearoyl-CoA desaturase(SCD)genes fat-6 and fat-7,and a fatty acid elongase gene elo-2 in wild-type C.elegans.In addition,leucosceptroid B significantly decreased fat accumulation in both fat-6 and fat-7 mutant worms but did not affect the fat storage of fat-6;fat-7 double mutant.These findings indicated that leucosceptroid B reduced fat storage depending on the downregulated expression of fat-6,fat-7 and elo-2 and thereby inhibiting the biosynthesis of the corresponding unsaturated fatty acid.These findings provide new insights into the development and utilization of plant sesterterpenoids as potential antilipemic agents.
