Transcriptomics expression analysis to unveil the molecular mechanisms underlying the cocoa polyphenol treatment in diet-induced obesity rats

Faisal Ali; Amin Ismail; Norhaizan Mohd Esa; Chong Pei Pei

doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2014.11.002

Transcriptomics expression analysis to unveil the molecular mechanisms underlying the cocoa polyphenol treatment in diet-induced obesity rats

Genomics. 2015 Jan;105(1):23-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2014.11.002. Epub 2014 Nov 14.

Authors

Faisal Ali¹, Amin Ismail², Norhaizan Mohd Esa³, Chong Pei Pei⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Metabolism and Genomics Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.
² Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Metabolism and Genomics Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia. Electronic address: amin@medic.upm.edu.my.
³ Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Metabolism and Genomics Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia; Laboratory of Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor 43400, Malaysia.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

PMID: 25451742
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2014.11.002

Abstract

Cocoa polyphenol (CP), due to their biological actions, may be supplementary treatments for adipose tissue-fat gain. However, the molecular mechanism of CPs is still ambiguous. This study investigated the hypothesis that CP treatment modulates expressing of lipid metabolism genes in mesenteric white adipose tissue (MES-WAT). Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were fed a low-fat (LF) or high-fat (HF) diet for 12 weeks. Thereafter, HFD rats (n = 10/group) were treated at a dose of 600 mg/kg bw/day CPs (HFD + CPs) for 4 weeks. DNA microarray analysis resulted in 753 genes of the 13,008 genes expressed. Bioinformatics tools showed CP treatment significantly decreased gene expression levels for lipogenic enzymes, while increased the mRNA levels responsible for lipolysis enzymes. CP administration differentially regulates gene expression involved in lipid metabolism in MES-WAT. These data unveil a new insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying the pharmacological effect of CPs on obesity biomarkers in obese rats.

Keywords: Cocoa polyphenol; DNA microarray; Lipid metabolism; MES-WAT; Obesity; Transcriptomics.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adipose Tissue, White / metabolism
Animals
Cacao / chemistry*
Diet, Fat-Restricted
Diet, High-Fat
Disease Models, Animal
Gene Expression Profiling
Gene Expression Regulation / drug effects*
Humans
Lipid Metabolism / drug effects*
Male
Obesity / drug therapy*
Obesity / etiology
Obesity / genetics*
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
Plant Extracts / administration & dosage
Plant Extracts / pharmacology
Polyphenols / administration & dosage*
Polyphenols / pharmacology
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Substances

Plant Extracts
Polyphenols