Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Capsaicin Induces “Brite” Phenotype in Differentiating 3T3-L1 Preadipocytes
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103093
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Normalized mRNA expression levels of TRPV1 , TRPV4 , TRPC1 and TRPC5 in 3T3-L1 cells differentiated for 8 days; (B) Change in TRPV1 expression levels in adipocyte when differentiated in presence of capsaicin. (C & D) Effect of TRPV1 agonist, Cap and RTX, and antagonist, Cpz, on Ca 2+ influx in pre-adipocytes. All values are expressed as mean ± S.E.M. (n = 3). *P<0.05 as compared to control or pre-adipocyte (wherever mentioned in panel), † P<0.05 as compared to adipocyte. TRPV = transient receptor potential channel vanaloid type, TRPC = transient receptor potential channel canonical type, Cap = Capsaicin, RTX = resiniferatoxin, Cpz = Capsazepine.
Article Snippet: Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM), 3T3-L1 adipocyte differentiation media (DM-2-L1) and 3T3-L1 adipocyte maintenance media (AM-1-L1) were obtained from Zenbio Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC).
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