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Volume 7, Issue 6 (Suppl) J Obes Weight Loss Ther
ISSN: 2165-7904 JOWT, an open access journal Obesity Meeting 2017
October 23-24, 2017
October 23-24, 2017 Dubai, UAE
14th Global Obesity Meeting
Effect of oleanolic acid on lipid metabolism of rats (Sprague Dawley) with fructose-induced obesity
Molefhi M Abotseng
North West University, South Africa
Obesity has become the recent times prevailing phenomenon which has serious implications on human health. This is a
process where the body accumulates fats due to factors such as genetics, diet and physical inactivity. Lipid metabolism
is the synthesis and degradation of lipids in cells. Lipid metabolism is the break down or storage of fats for energy and these
fats are obtained from consuming food and absorbing them or they are synthesized by an animal's liver. Lipid synthesis and
oxidation are two processes which plays an important in lipid metabolism. Mitochondria are organelles for cellular metabolism
and function through regulation of energy production. Mitochondria are often called the powerhouses or energy factories of a
cell because they are in charge of making adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the cell's main energy-carrying molecule. Therefore,
lipid metabolism, signaling and apoptosis and its alterations may add to the development of metabolic disorders such as obesity,
type-2 diabetes, insulin resistance and cardiovascular related diseases. The statistics shows that there is great intake of fructose
worldwide due to fast foods; this consequently leads to obesity across the world. Oleanolic acid is a pentacyclic triterpenoid
complex which possesses many promising pharmacological activities, such as hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant
and anticancer activities. However, there is limited information about direct influence of oleanolic acid on mechanism of anti-
diabetic activity of oleanolic acid. The morphological changes (weekly weight recordings), GC-MS for lipid analysis, RT-qPCR
differentiation marker genes and western blot analysis was done as well. In this study, the results showed that oleanolic acid
down regulated the expression of genes responsible for fat deposition such as fatty acid synthase (FAS) while on the other hand,
up regulated the expression of genes which are play significant role in alleviating lipid oxidation such as Carnitine Palmitoyl
Transferase 1 (CPT-1), consequently reducing obesity.
Biography
Molefhi M Abotseng is currently pursuing PhD in Biochemistry at the Department of Biological Sciences, North West University, South Africa. He has completed his
Master of Science degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Huazong Normal University, China. He has worked at the University of Botswana as Medical
Scientist Lecturer at Faculty of Medicine in Botswana.
Molefhi M Abotseng, J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2017, 7:6 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C1-051