PMID- 32598492 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210621 LR - 20210621 IS - 1745-4514 (Electronic) IS - 0145-8884 (Linking) VI - 44 IP - 9 DP - 2020 Sep TI - Luteolin improves hypercholesterolemia and glucose intolerance through LXRalpha-dependent pathway in diet-induced obese mice. PG - e13358 LID - 10.1111/jfbc.13358 [doi] AB - Luteolin, a naturally derived flavonoid, exerts beneficial effects such as antitumor, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory effects. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the effect of luteolin in hypercholesterolemia remains unclear. In this study, we demonstrated that luteolin upregulated the expression of liver X receptor (LXR) alpha, ATP-binding cassette transporter G1 (ABCG1), and scavenger receptor class B member 1 (SRB1), which play a major role in cholesterol efflux, in HepG2 hepatocytes. Luteolin-stimulated expression of ABCG1 and SRB1 was reversed by inhibitory compound of LXRalpha. Luteolin administration also upregulated the expression of ABCG1, and SRB1 as well as cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase (Cyp7alpha1) in the liver of diet-induced obese mice. Luteolin decreased the level of blood cholesterol and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in obese mice. In addition, luteolin ameliorated glucose intolerance and reduced expression of gluconeogenesis-associated enzymes in an LXRalpha-dependent manner. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: Luteolin is known to possess various pharmacological activities. This research revealed that luteolin ameliorates hypercholesterolemia and glucose intolerance in diet-induced obesity. The results indicate that the potential properties of luteolin in cholesterol metabolism could be explained, at least in part, as being due to upregulated expression of ABCG1, and SRB1 through activation of liver X receptor, LXRalpha signaling pathway in HepG2 cells. CI - (c) 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC. FAU - Park, Hee-Sook AU - Park HS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1644-1970 AD - Research group of Healthcare, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju-gun, Republic of Korea. FAU - Lee, Kyunhee AU - Lee K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5147-9643 AD - Research group of Healthcare, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju-gun, Republic of Korea. AD - Department of Food Biotechnology, Korea University of Science & Technology, Wanju-gun, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Soon-Hee AU - Kim SH AD - Research group of Healthcare, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju-gun, Republic of Korea. FAU - Hong, Moon Ju AU - Hong MJ AD - Research group of Healthcare, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju-gun, Republic of Korea. AD - Department of Food Biotechnology, Korea University of Science & Technology, Wanju-gun, Republic of Korea. FAU - Jeong, Nam-Joo AU - Jeong NJ AD - Research group of Healthcare, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju-gun, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Myung-Sunny AU - Kim MS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5020-3397 AD - Research group of Healthcare, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju-gun, Republic of Korea. AD - Department of Food Biotechnology, Korea University of Science & Technology, Wanju-gun, Republic of Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200629 PL - United States TA - J Food Biochem JT - Journal of food biochemistry JID - 7706045 RN - 0 (ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1) RN - 0 (Orphan Nuclear Receptors) RN - KUX1ZNC9J2 (Luteolin) SB - IM MH - ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1 MH - Animals MH - Diet MH - *Glucose Intolerance/drug therapy MH - *Hypercholesterolemia/drug therapy/etiology MH - Luteolin/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Mice MH - Mice, Obese MH - Orphan Nuclear Receptors/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - LXRalpha OT - cholesterol metabolism OT - diet-induced obesity OT - gluconeogenesis OT - luteolin EDAT- 2020/07/01 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/22 06:00 CRDT- 2020/06/30 06:00 PHST- 2020/04/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/06/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/06/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/07/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/06/30 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/jfbc.13358 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Food Biochem. 2020 Sep;44(9):e13358. doi: 10.1111/jfbc.13358. Epub 2020 Jun 29.