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BPB Reports
Vol. 9 No. 5 p.148-151 2026
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Myoga (Zingiber Mioga) Modulates Hepatokine Production by Improving Steatosis in PXB-Cells LA, a Humanized MASLD Cell Model
  • Masakazu Kakuni (PhoenixBio Co., Ltd. / masakazu.kakuni@phoenixbio.co.jp)
Keishi Hata 1) , Masaki Takahashi 2) , Sayaka Tomatsu 1) , Masakazu Kakuni 2)
1) Akita Research Institute of Food & Brewing , 2) PhoenixBio Co., Ltd.
Received: May 27, 2026;   Accepted: July 24, 2026;   Released: September 04, 2026
Keywords: Zingiber mioga, NAFLD/MASLD, insulin resistance, hepatokine, fibroblast growth factor 21
Abstracts

Oral administration of aqueous extracts of myoga (Zingiber mioga) alleviates fatty liver disease by decreasing liver weight and hepatic lipogenic gene expression in high-fat diet-fed mice. In the present study, we investigated whether aqueous myoga extract affects biomarkers of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and insulin resistance-inducing hepatokines in human hepatocytes with MASLD features derived from humanized murine livers in vitro. The results showed that myoga extract decreased intracellular triglyceride content, leading to a reduction in leucine-rich α2 glycoprotein, an MASLD progression marker. Furthermore, myoga extract favorably modulated the secretion of hepatokines, suppressing insulin resistance-promoting hepatokines such as selenoprotein P, while enhancing the secretion of the beneficial hepatokine fibroblast growth factor 21. These findings demonstrated that the myoga extract restores hepatokine balance in MASLD-like hepatocytes in the PXB-cells LA model and facilitated the practical application of this regional specialty in advanced functional foods for the management of MASLD and related metabolic disorders.