This article is available online at http://www.jlr.org properties. In fact, LA is able to directly scavenge reactive oxygen species (ROS) and regenerate endogenous antioxidants, such as glutathione and vitamins E and C ( 1, 2 ). Moreover, several studies have described potential beneficial effects of LA on obesity and its associated comorbidities, such as insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, or fatty liver diseases. Thus, in rodents LA has been shown to cause profound weight loss by reducing food intake and enhancing energy expenditure ( 3 ) as well as by inducing a reduction on intestinal sugar absorption ( 4 ). More recently, two clinical trials in humans reported that LA caused signifi cant reductions of body weight, body mass index, blood pressure, and abdominal circumference in obese subjects ( 5, 6 ). LA also improved insulin sensitivity and plasma lipid profi le possibly through amelioration of oxidative stress and chronic infl ammatory status in obese patients with impaired glucose tolerance ( 7 ). Previous studies have provided strong evidence that LA is able to deeply affect adipose tissue development and function by the inhibition of adipogenesis ( 8 ), the regulation of the secretion of several adipokines such as leptin ( 9 ) and apelin ( 10 ), and by the promotion of mitochondrial biogenesis ( 11 ).In this context, previous studies suggested that LA seems to stimulate the lipolytic response in an in vitro model of broiler chicken adipocytes ( 12 ). However, the molecular mechanisms that mediate these effects remain unclear. Lipolysis is a complex process that is highly regulated and Lipoic acid (LA), or 1,2-dithiolane-3-pentaenoic acid, is a naturally occurring compound that contains two thiol groups with diverse benefi cial effects on health. The biological effects of LA were primarily associated with its antioxidant This work was supported, in part,