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Metabolomics insights into the modulatory effects of long-term compound polysaccharide intake in high-fat diet-induced obese rats

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Title
Metabolomics insights into the modulatory effects of long-term compound polysaccharide intake in high-fat diet-induced obese rats
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Nutrition & Metabolism, January 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12986-018-0246-2
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Mingyi Chen, Biyu Lu, Yuan Li, Yuanyuan Wang, Haihui Zheng, Danmin Zhong, Ziqiong Liao, Mengxia Wang, Fangli Ma, Qiongfeng Liao, Zhiyong Xie

Abstract

Polysaccharides can alleviate obesity in mammals; however, studies on mechanism of this alleviation are limited. A few studies have indicated that polysaccharides improve obesity by regulating the metabolism of the body. Therefore, a metabolomics approach, consisting of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and a multivariate statistical technique, was applied to explore the mechanism of the protective effects of lentinan and Flos Lonicera polysaccharides (LF) on high-fat diet (HFD) induced obesity. In this study, rats were randomly divided into three groups: control diet (CD), HFD, and HFD supplemented with a mixture of lentinan and Flos Lonicera polysaccharide. Histopathological and clinical biochemical assessments were also conducted. A combination of a NMR metabolomics study and a multivariable statistical analysis method to distinguish urinary and fecal metabolites was applied. Significant obesity symptoms appeared in HFD rats (for example, significant weight gain, epididymal adipose accumulation and lipid deposition in hepatocytes), which was attenuated in the LF group. Additionally, the HFD induced a reduction of choline, citrate, pyruvate and glycerol and increased the levels of trimethylamine oxide (TMAO) and taurine. Of note, these metabolic disorders were reversed by LF intervention mainly through pathways of energy metabolism, choline metabolism and gut microbiota metabolism. LF supplementation had a re-balancing effect on the disturbed metabolic pathways in the obese body. The results of this study validate the therapeutic effect of the compound polysaccharide--LF in obesity and described the biochemical and metabolic mechanisms involved.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 9 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 16%
Student > Bachelor 7 14%
Researcher 6 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 6%
Other 4 8%
Unknown 14 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 10%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 10%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 8%
Psychology 2 4%
Other 7 14%
Unknown 20 39%
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