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Aim To study the inhibitory effect of gast-rodin (GSTD) on oleic acid (OA)-induced fat accu-mulation in HL-7702 cells and explore possible cellular signaling pathways. Methods The MTT method was used to study the impact of GSTD on cell viability in HL-7702 cells. Cellular steatosis was induced by 1 mmol·L-1 of OA administration for 24 h, and differ-ent concentrations of GSTD were added at the same time. Oil red O ( ORO) staining was used to determine fat accumulation in cells, and intracellular triglyceride ( TG) contents were assayed. Western blot was used to determine the phosphorylation levels of AMPKα and ACC in cells after GSTD administration. Compound C was used to treat the cells in order to study its influ-ence on the efficacies of GSTD. Results GSTD had no obvious toxicity in HL-7702 cells when its concen-tration was≤3 386. 5 μmol · L-1 . After 24 h of OA administration, there were large amounts of lipid drop-lets accumulated in HL-7702 cells, and intracellular TG contents greatly increased as well. However, when 169. 3 or 338. 7 μmol · L-1 of GSTD was added to-gether with OA, fat accumulation in cells was greatly inhibited, and intracellular TG contents were reduced averagely by 35% and 43 . 6%, respectively ( P<0. 01 vs OA alone ) . After administration, GSTD could in-crease the levels of p-AMPKα and p-ACC in HL-7702 cells time and dose dependently. Compound C could completely abolish the stimulating activity of GSTD on AMPK pathway and block its reducing effect on hepatic TG accumulation. Conclusions GSTD greatly inhibits OA-induced fat accumulation and reduces intracellular TG contents in HL-7702 cells;the efficacy of GSTD is dependent on the activation of cellular AMPK pathway.