Diabetes 52:2554-2561, 2003
© 2003 by the American Diabetes Association, Inc.
Inhibition of Net HepG2 Cell Apolipoprotein B Secretion by the Citrus Flavonoid Naringenin Involves Activation of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase, Independent of Insulin Receptor Substrate-1 Phosphorylation
Nica M. Borradaile,
Linda E. de Dreu, and
Murray W. Huff
Medicine and Biochemistry and the Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
The flavonoid naringenin improves hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia in streptozotocin-treated rats. In HepG2 human hepatoma cells, naringenin inhibits apolipoprotein B (apoB) secretion primarily by inhibiting microsomal triglyceride transfer protein and enhances LDL receptor (LDLr)-mediated apoB-containing lipoprotein uptake. Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) activation by insulin increases sterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP)-1 and LDLr expression and inhibits apoB secretion in hepatocytes. Thus, we determined whether naringenin activates this pathway. Insulin and naringenin induced PI3K-dependent increases in cytosolic and nuclear SREBP-1 and LDLr expression. Similar PI3K-mediated increases in SREBP-1 were observed in McA-RH7777 rat hepatoma cells, which express predominantly SREBP-1c. Reductions in HepG2 cell media apoB with naringenin were partially attenuated by wortmannin, whereas the effect of insulin was completely blocked. Both treatments reduced apoB100 secretion in wild-type and LDLr-/- mouse hepatocytes to the same extent. Insulin and naringenin increased HepG2 cell PI3K activity and decreased insulin receptor substrate (IRS)-2 levels. In sharp contrast to insulin, naringenin did not induce tyrosine phosphorylation of IRS-1. We conclude that naringenin increases LDLr expression in HepG2 cells via PI3K-mediated upregulation of SREBP-1, independent of IRS-1 phosphorylation. Although this pathway may not regulate apoB secretion in primary hepatocytes, PI3K activation by this novel mechanism may explain the insulin-like effects of naringenin in vivo.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Murray W. Huff, The Robarts Research Institute, 4-16, 100 Perth Dr., London, Ontario N6A 5K8, Canada. E-mail: mhuff{at}uwo.ca

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