PMID- 35997243 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230526 LR - 20230526 IS - 1478-6427 (Electronic) IS - 1478-6419 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 12 DP - 2023 Jun TI - Bauhinia forficata link extract attenuates insulin resistance by preserving glucose uptake in gastrocnemius muscle. PG - 2031-2036 LID - 10.1080/14786419.2022.2113875 [doi] AB - Bioactive metabolites from Bauhinia forficata Link (Bf extract) hold therapeutic potential for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) but the mechanism remains poorly understood. This study aimed to test the extract from Bf leaves obtained by decoction on the prevention of T2DM in vivo. The Bf extract was tested on a streptozotocin-induced T2DM mouse model fed on a high-fat diet. The insulin resistance was attenuated in T2DM animals supplemented with Bf extract, which indicates glucose intolerance reduction and p-AKT/AKT ratio preservation in the gastrocnemius muscle. These observations suggested that Bf extract enhanced glucose uptake. Nevertheless, there was no preservation in beta-cell insulin secretion in Bf extract-treated T2DM mice. Interestingly, the Bf extract reduced body weight gain without affecting total energy intake. Hence, Bf extract has a hypoglycemic effect which could attenuate the development of insulin resistance. FAU - Gasparini, Patricia AU - Gasparini P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7576-5409 AD - Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas; Instituto de Ciencias Ambientais, Quimicas e Farmaceuticas (ICAQF); Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo; Diadema, Brazil. FAU - Garofolo, Ingrid Candido AU - Garofolo IC AD - Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas; Instituto de Ciencias Ambientais, Quimicas e Farmaceuticas (ICAQF); Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo; Diadema, Brazil. FAU - Telles, Monica Marques AU - Telles MM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4342-6688 AD - Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas; Instituto de Ciencias Ambientais, Quimicas e Farmaceuticas (ICAQF); Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo; Diadema, Brazil. FAU - Oyama, Lila Missae AU - Oyama LM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7078-6526 AD - Departamento de Fisiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Veneza, Viviane de Mello AU - Veneza VM AD - Departamento de Quimica; Instituto de Ciencias Ambientais, Quimicas e Farmaceuticas (ICAQF); Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Diadema, Brazil. FAU - Moura Veiga, Thiago Andre AU - Moura Veiga TA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1377-158X AD - Departamento de Quimica; Instituto de Ciencias Ambientais, Quimicas e Farmaceuticas (ICAQF); Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Diadema, Brazil. FAU - Flor Silveira, Vera Lucia AU - Flor Silveira VL AD - Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas; Instituto de Ciencias Ambientais, Quimicas e Farmaceuticas (ICAQF); Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo; Diadema, Brazil. FAU - Caperuto, Luciana Chagas AU - Caperuto LC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6008-4010 AD - Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas; Instituto de Ciencias Ambientais, Quimicas e Farmaceuticas (ICAQF); Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo; Diadema, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220823 PL - England TA - Nat Prod Res JT - Natural product research JID - 101167924 RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) SB - IM MH - Mice MH - Animals MH - *Insulin Resistance MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy MH - *Bauhinia MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt MH - Hypoglycemic Agents MH - Glucose MH - Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism MH - Insulin MH - Blood Glucose/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Decoction OT - Kaempferitrin OT - high-fat diet OT - hypoglycemic effect OT - insulin resistance OT - p-AKT/AKT OT - streptozotocin EDAT- 2022/08/24 06:00 MHDA- 2023/05/26 06:42 CRDT- 2022/08/23 07:42 PHST- 2023/05/26 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2022/08/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/08/23 07:42 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/14786419.2022.2113875 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nat Prod Res. 2023 Jun;37(12):2031-2036. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2022.2113875. Epub 2022 Aug 23.