1College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A & F University, YangLing, Shaanxi, China
2Department of Pharmacology of Chinese Materia Medica, China Pharmaceutical University, Longmian Road, Nanjing, China
3Chinese Cereals and Oils association, Baiwanzhuang Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China
Journal of Food and Nutrition Research.
2014,
Vol. 2 No. 6, 321-329
DOI: 10.12691/jfnr-2-6-9
Copyright © 2014 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Hanying Tian, Wenjun Zhao, Xudan Guo, Baolin Liu, Min Wang. Tartary Buckwheat Extracts Regulate Insulin Sensitivity through IKKβ/IR/IRS-1/Akt Pathway under Inflammation Condition in Mice.
Journal of Food and Nutrition Research. 2014; 2(6):321-329. doi: 10.12691/jfnr-2-6-9.
Correspondence to: Min Wang, College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A & F University, YangLing, Shaanxi, China. Email:
wangmin20050606@163.comAbstract
Tartary buckwheat is rich in flavonoids which have positive effects on preventing chronic disease. But the mechanism of tartary buckwheat ameliorating chronic disease is still poorly understood. This study investigated the regulation of insulin action in skeletal muscle by tartary buckwheat extracts (TBE) under inflammation states in mice. In mice with insulin resistance, glucose intolerance and insulin intolerance was reversed and muscular and hepatic glycogen levels were significantly increased by oral administration of TBE. Furthermore, TBE inhibited inflammation-stimulated IKKβ activation and IRS-1 serine phosphorylation in skeletal muscle tissue, and effectively facilitated IRS-1 tyrosine and downstream molecule Akt phosphorylation, leading to an increase in insulin-mediated glucose uptake in skeletal muscle tissue. The results showed that TBE modulated positively the phosphorylation of IRS-1 function in inflammatory condition to regulation the insulin sensitivity.
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