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KMID : 0606920110190030348
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Biomolecules & Therapeutics
2011 Volume.19 No. 3 p.348 ~ p.356
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Aqueous Extracts of Liriope platyphylla Are Tightly-Regulated by Insulin Secretion from Pancreatic Islets and by Increased Glucose Uptake through Glucose Transporters Expressed in Liver Hepatocytes
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Kim Ji-Eun
Nam So-Hee
Choi Sun-Il
Hwang In-Sik
Lee Hye-Ryun
Jang Min-Ju
Lee Chung-Yeol
Soon Hong-Ju
Lee Hee-Seob
Kim Hae-Sung
Kang Byeong-Cheol
Hong Jin-Tae
Hwang Dae-Youn
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Abstract
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Liriope platyphylla is a medical herb that has long been used in Korea and China to treat cough, sputum, neurodigenerative disorders, obesity and diabetes. The aims of this study were to study the antidiabetic effects of the aqueous extract of L. platyphylla (AEtLP) through pancreatic and extrapancreatic actions. AEtLP were orally administrated to ICR mice once a day for 7 days. Of three different concentrations of AEtLP, only 10% AEtLP were low toxic to liver, based on body weight and serum biochemical analyses. However, 10% AEtLP-treated mice displayed signifi cant reduction of the glucose concentration and increased insulin concentration; no changes were noted using 5% and 15% AEtLP. Also, the increase of glucose transporter (Glut)-1 expression in liver was dependent on the concentration of AEtLP, and was regulated by the phosphorylation of Akt. The lowest expression of Glut-3 was observed in 15% AEtLP treated mice, followed by 10% AEtLP- and 5% AEtLP-treated mice. This pattern of Glut-3 expression was roughly in accord with the phosphorylation of c-Jun N-teminal kinase (JNK) in the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. Furthermore, a signifi cant rise of the superoxide dismutase activity (SOD) was detected in AEtLP-treated mice. The fi ndings suggest that AEtLP should be considered as a diabetes therapeutic candidate to induce insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells and glucose uptake in liver cells.
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KEYWORD
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Liriope platyphylla, Insulin, Diabetes, Glucose transporter, Signaling pathway
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