Abstract
High fat diet feeding results in hyperglycemia and insulin resistance, which is a major pathological feature of type-2 diabetes mellitus. The use of oral hypoglycaemic drugs is limited due to its deleterious side effects and there is a need to find more efficacious agents for diabetes management. Hence, it is of interest to show the mechanism of action of β-Caryophyllene on insulin signalling molecules in gastrocnemius muscle of high fat diet - induced type-2 diabetic rats. An oral effective dose of with β-Caryophyllene (200 mg/kg b.wt) was given for 30 days to high fat diet (comprising 2% cholesterol, 1% cholic acid, 30% coconut oil, 67% conventional rat feed) and fructose fed type-2 diabetic rats to find out whether β-Caryophyllene regulates IRS-1/Akt pathway of insulin signalling. The data shows that, β-Caryophyllene treatment significantly increased the mRNA and protein expression of insulin receptor (IR) in diabetic rats whereas there is no significant difference in mRNA expression of insulin receptor-substrate-1 (IRS-1) was observed among groups. The Akt mRNAand GLUT-4mRNA and protein level were also improved in gastrocnemius muscle of type-2 diabetic rats. Thus, we concluded that β-Caryophyllene could be used as potential phyto medicine for type-2 diabetes management.
Highlights
Type-2 diabetes is a progressive condition in which the body grows resistant to the usual impact of insulin and/or gradually loses the ability of the pancreas to produce enough insulin [1].Western-style diets, low in dietary fiber and high in saturated fatty acids, are implicated in increased risk of diabetes and obesity [2]
Mechanism for the sustainability of glucose homeostasis is the rapid action of insulin to stimulate the uptake and metabolism of Experimental design: glucose in tissues [4]
Skeletal muscle and liver were the main The following experimental design was framed and sites of glucose elimination in the insulin-stimulated state and it the rats were subjected to treatment for a period of one month
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