In this study, we measured the quantity of marine-derived tocopherol (MDT), a monounsaturated vitamin E (VE), stored in the body tissue of mice fed with a diet containing a VE-rich fraction extracted from salmon roe. We first prepared the calibration curves for the MDT concentration using an HPLC-fluorescence system. Ranging from 0.016 to 50 μg/mL, the slope was expressed as first-order equations, with R values = 0.99. The mice were fed with an AIN-93 based diet containing MDT in doses of 21.4 mg/kg for 4 weeks, and the storage in the heart, lung, liver, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, kidney, pancreas, spleen, testis, skeletal muscle, visceral white adipose tissue (WAT), subcutaneous WAT and brain was quantified. MDT was widely distributed in tissues throughout the whole body, with higher accumulations observed in the adipose tissue, liver and kidney. These results demonstrate means to estimating the MDT concentration in natural products and in the bodies of animals and contribute to the understanding of the physiological functions of MDT in relation to human health.
Marine-derived tocopherol (MDT), which is typically found in marine organisms that inhabit cold water, is a monounsaturated tocol having vitamin E (VE) activity. To evaluate the functionality of this minor VE homolog, we have studied the influence of MDT on adipocyte differentiation and the production of inflammatory factors in mouse cell line 3T3-L1 adipocytes and mouse monocyte/macrophage cell line RAW264.7 cells. Treatment of 3T3-L1 adipocytes with 10 and 20 μM MDT during differentiation enhanced lipid accumulation and concurrently upregulated peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma and CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein expression. Compared to the control adipocytes, MDT treatment also increased the secretion and gene expression of adiponectin, while it decreased the secretion and gene expression of interleukin 6 (IL-6) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1. Treatment with MDT resulted in higher adipogenesis activity and higher regulation of inflammatory factors than did treatment with α-and γ-tocopherol, the predominant homologous series of VE. MDT-treated RAW264.7 cells showed significantly decreased lipopolysaccharide-induced IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha secretion compared to the control RAW264.7 cells. These results suggest that MDT could have a potential role for preventing obesityrelated inflammation progressing to metabolic disorders.
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