The individual chemical components of commercial extract of Gymnema sylvestre, a medicinal plant used in the traditional systems of the Indian medicine for its antidiabetic and hypolipidemic properties, were isolated and evaluated for their capability to act as modulators of nuclear and membrane receptors involved in glucose and lipid homeostasis. The study disclosed for the first time that individual gymnemic acids are potent and selective antagonists for the beta isoform of LXR. Indeed the above activity was shared by the most abundant aglycone gymnemagenin (10) whereas gymnestrogenin (11) was endowed with a dual LXRalfa/beta antagonistic profile. Deep pharmacological investigation demonstrated that gymnestrogenin, reducing the expression of SREBP1c and ABCA1 in vitro, is able to decrease lipid accumulation in HepG2 cells. The results of this study substantiate the use of Gymnema sylvestre extract in LXR mediated dislypidemic diseases

Molecular decodification of gymnemic acids from Gymnema sylvestre. Discovery of a new class of liver X receptor antagonists / B., Renga; Festa, Carmen; DE MARINO, Simona; S., Di Micco; D'Auria, MARIA VALERIA; G., Bifulco; S., Fiorucci; Zampella, Angela. - In: STEROIDS. - ISSN 0039-128X. - 96:(2015), pp. 121-131. [10.1016/j.steroids.2015.01.024]

Molecular decodification of gymnemic acids from Gymnema sylvestre. Discovery of a new class of liver X receptor antagonists

FESTA, CARMEN
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DE MARINO, SIMONA;D'AURIA, MARIA VALERIA;ZAMPELLA, ANGELA
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2015

Abstract

The individual chemical components of commercial extract of Gymnema sylvestre, a medicinal plant used in the traditional systems of the Indian medicine for its antidiabetic and hypolipidemic properties, were isolated and evaluated for their capability to act as modulators of nuclear and membrane receptors involved in glucose and lipid homeostasis. The study disclosed for the first time that individual gymnemic acids are potent and selective antagonists for the beta isoform of LXR. Indeed the above activity was shared by the most abundant aglycone gymnemagenin (10) whereas gymnestrogenin (11) was endowed with a dual LXRalfa/beta antagonistic profile. Deep pharmacological investigation demonstrated that gymnestrogenin, reducing the expression of SREBP1c and ABCA1 in vitro, is able to decrease lipid accumulation in HepG2 cells. The results of this study substantiate the use of Gymnema sylvestre extract in LXR mediated dislypidemic diseases
2015
Molecular decodification of gymnemic acids from Gymnema sylvestre. Discovery of a new class of liver X receptor antagonists / B., Renga; Festa, Carmen; DE MARINO, Simona; S., Di Micco; D'Auria, MARIA VALERIA; G., Bifulco; S., Fiorucci; Zampella, Angela. - In: STEROIDS. - ISSN 0039-128X. - 96:(2015), pp. 121-131. [10.1016/j.steroids.2015.01.024]
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