Soy and the soy isoflavone genistein promote adipose tissue development in male mice on a low-fat diet

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Zanella, Isabella ; Marrazzo, Eleonora ; Biasiotto, Giorgio ; Penza, Marialetizia ; Romani, Annalisa ; Vignolini, Pamela ; Caimi, Luigi ; Di Lorenzo, Diego

关键词: Phytoestrogens;    Estrogen receptors;    Adipose deposition;    Adipocyte differentiation;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s00394-014-0786-9

学科分类：食品科学和技术

【 摘 要 】

Several nutrients act as phytoestrogens, being anti-adipogenic when consumed with a fat-rich diet. Their effect on a low-fat diet (LFD) background is unknown. We tested soy and genistein effects on adipose tissue in LFD-fed mice and genistein activity in the 3T3-L1 adipogenesis model. C57BL/6 J male mice were fed an 8.5 % soy-supplemented LFD (SS-LFD) or a soy-free LFD (SF-LFD) for 147 days. Groups of 3-week-old (pubertal) and 6-week-old (adult) mice on the SF-LFD were also treated with 17-estradiol (E2, 5 A mu g/kg/day) ip or pure genistein (5 mg/kg/day) by gavage for 15 days. Body fat deposition and gene expression profiles were evaluated. E2 and genistein effects on ER alpha, ER beta and PPAR gamma transcriptional activities were characterized in ER alpha- or ER beta-transfected 3T3L1 cells during differentiation, by the use of reporter plasmids. The SS-LFD group increased fat mass compared with the SF-LFD group. Genistein alone increased while E2 decreased fat pads in the 15-day-treated mice. In visceral fat, genistein differentially regulated 13 metabolic pathways compared to E2. PPAR gamma-controlled genes were downregulated by E2, while they were upregulated by genistein. In 3T3-L1 cells, genistein activated ER beta-driven transcription, differentiation and lipid accumulation, while inhibited ER alpha-driven transcription, without effects on lipid accumulation. E2 activated both ERs only in preadipocytes. In differentiated untransfected cells, genistein inhibited PPAR gamma, while activated PPAR gamma in the presence of ER beta. Soy and genistein at nutritional doses induce fat development in LFD-fed mice and adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 cells, with a mechanism that involves, at least in vitro, ER beta and is dependent on cell differentiation stage.