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. 2014 Nov 14;19(11):18632–18655. doi: 10.3390/molecules191118632

Table 3.

Effects of resveratrol on de novo lipogenesis and lipoprotein lipase in in vitro and in vivo studies.

Authors Experimental Design Effects
Lasa et al. (2012) [22] 3T3-L1 pre-adipocytes ↓Triacylglycerol content
↓ACC mRNA expression
↑SIRT-1 mRNA expression
1, 10, 25 µM resveratrol and its metabolites (trans-resveratrol-3-O-glucuronide, trans-resveratrol-4-O'-glucuronide, trans-resveratrol-3-O-sulfate)
24 h
Szkudelska et al. (2009) [43] Rat primary adipose culture from epididymal ↓ Basal lipogenesis from glucose
62.5, 125, 250 µM
90 min
Rivera et al. (2009) [44] Male Zucker rats ↓Abdominal fat
↑pACC protein expression
↑AMPK
10 mg/kg body weight/day
8 weeks
Gómez-Zorita et al. (2013) [45] Male Zucker rats ↓ Final body weight and internal fat depots
↓ G6PDH
= FAS, ME ACC
↓ LPL activity, = LPL mRNA expression
15 mg/kg body weight/day
6 weeks
Nagao et al. (2013) [46] OLETF rats ↓ Abdominal fat depot
= FAS mRNA expression
0.5% resveratrol
4 weeks
Alberdi et al. (2011) [47] Male Sprague-Dawley rats ↓ Perirenal, epididymal, mesenteric and subcutaneous fat depots
↓ ACC, FAS, G6PDH activities
30 mg/kg body weight/day
6 weeks
Arias et al. (2014) [48] Male Wistar rats ↓ FAS and LPL activities
30 mg/kg body weight/day
6 weeks
Kim et al. (2011) [49] C57BL/6J mice ↓ Adipose tissue weight
↓ SREBP-1c, FAS mRNA expression
= PPARγ mRNA expression
0.4% resveratrol
10 weeks
Cho et al. (2012) [50] C57BL/6J mice ↓ Visceral adipose tissue weight
↓ FAS, G6PDH
0.005 and 0.02% resveratrol
10 weeks
Qiao et al. (2014) [51] Kumming mice ↓ ACC, FAS mRNA expression
200 mg/kg/d
12 weeks
Azorin-Ortuño et al. (2012) [52] PBMCs of pigs ↓ LPL mRNA expression
0.11 mg/kg body weight/d
12 months

ACC: acetyl-CoA carboxylase; SIRT1: sirtuin 1; pACC: phosphorylated ACC; G6PDH: glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase; FAS: fatty acid synthase; ME: malic enzyme; LPL: lipoprotein lipase; SREBP1: sterol regulatory element binding protein 1.