β-Cyclodextrin counteracts obesity in Western diet-fed mice but elicits a nephrotoxic effect.

ABSTRACT: Obesity has become a worldwide health crisis and is associated with a plethora of comorbidities. The multi-organ effects of obesity have been linked to ectopic lipid accumulation. Thus, there is an urgent need to tackle the obesity crisis by developing effective lipid-lowering therapies. 2-hydroxypropyl-β-Cyclodextrin (2HP-β-CD) has been previously shown to reduce lysosomal cholesterol accumulation in a murine model of Niemann Pick Type C (NPC) disease. Using a murine model of Western diet-induced obesity (DIO), we report the effects of 2HP-β-CD in counteracting weight gain, expansion of adipose tissue mass and ectopic lipid accumulation. Interestingly, DIO caused intracellular storage of neutral lipids in hepatic tissues and of phospholipids in kidneys, both of which were prevented by 2HP

SUBMITTER: Scantlebery AML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6881402 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature