Inhibition of growth hormone secretagogue receptor antagonist, [D-Lys-3]-GHRP-6, in adipogenesis of ovine and rat adipocytes |
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Authors: | Sang-gun ROH Yeon-hee HONG Daisuke HISHIKAWA Hiroaki TSUZUKI Hisae MIYAHARA Yukihiko NISHIMURA Chizu GOTO Yasuki SUZUKI Ki-choon CHOI Hong-gu LEE Shinichi SASAKI |
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Affiliation: | Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Minamiminowa-mura, Nagano-ken,;United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, Gifu-shi, Japan and;College of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea |
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Abstract: | Ghrelin and growth hormone secretagogues receptor (GHS‐R or ghrelin receptor) have been reported as being one of the factors of adipogenesis in adipocytes. To investigate the involvement of ghrelin and GHS‐R in adipocytes, the effect of the GHS‐R antagonist, [D‐Lys‐3]‐GHRP‐6 (His‐D‐Trp‐D‐Lys‐Trp‐D‐Phe‐Lys‐NH2), on the process of adipogenesis in ovine and rat adipocytes was evaluated. [D‐Lys‐3]‐GHRP‐6 (10?7 mol/L) significantly inhibited adipogenic differentiation of ovine and rat preadipocytes prepared from adipose tissues. The level of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR)‐γ2 mRNA, an adipogenic marker, was decreased during the differentiation of adipocytes treated with [D‐Lys‐3]‐GHRP‐6 for 10 days. Ghrelin stimulated adipogenesis, also causing an increment of glycerol‐3‐phosphate dehydrogenase and upregulation of PPAR‐γ2. Furthermore, the antilipolytic effect of ghrelin was attenuated by treatment with [D‐Lys‐3]‐GHRP‐6 in both types of isolated adipocytes. Overall, the results of the present study highlight that GHS‐R in adipogenesis can be blocked by treatment with [D‐Lys‐3]‐GHRP‐6. |
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Keywords: | adipogenesis [D-Lys-3]-GHRP-6 growth hormone secretagogues receptor |
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