Animal Husbandry and Feed Science ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (4): 17-27.doi: 10.12160/j.issn.1672-5190.2020.04.004

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Differentiation and Formation of Adipocytes and Regulative Role of Natural Organic Compounds

YIN Wei-wen1,2, ZHANG Zhi-chao2, WANG Xiao-qi2, DUAN Zi-yuan2   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine,Shenyang Agricultural University,Shenyang 110866,China;
    2. Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
  • Received:2020-04-20 Online:2020-07-30 Published:2020-08-19

Abstract: The elucidation of fat synthesis mechanisms and related regulative process is meaningful for preventing and curing a variety of obesity-associated diseases, ameliorating meat flavor and quality, and improving livestock production efficiency. Adipocytes originate from pluripotent mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in bone marrow. After receiving extracellular stimulating factors, they quickly induce the expression of early fat regulatory factors, C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ, and transmit information to PPARγ, C/EBPα and other transcription factors that promote cells differentiation and lipid droplets formation. There are varieties of transcription factors and cyclins involved in the process of differentiation of pre-adipocytes to adipocytes and adipogenesis. Studies have shown that some natural organic compounds derived from plants, such as polyphenols, alkaloids, terpenes and quinones, play important regulative roles in differentiation of adipocytes and inhibition of adipogenesis. More investigations on natural products must be done before developing medicines treatment for obesity-associated diseases through suppression of lipid droplets accumulation in cells.

Key words: adipocytes, cell differentiation, transcription factors, natural organic compounds

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