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Effect of Hermetia illucens Fat, Compared with That of Soybean Oil and Palm Oil, on Hepatic Lipid Metabolism and Plasma Metabolome in Healthy Rats
SIMPLE SUMMARY: Palm oil is currently the most widely used fat source for food production, but palm oil production is associated with severe environmental problems. Insect fat from Hermetia illucens larvae might be a suitable alternative fat source, because its production is more sustainable and les...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10649396/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37958111 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13213356 |
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author | Ringseis, Robert Marschall, Magdalena J. M. Grundmann, Sarah M. Schuchardt, Sven Most, Erika Gessner, Denise K. Wen, Gaiping Eder, Klaus |
author_facet | Ringseis, Robert Marschall, Magdalena J. M. Grundmann, Sarah M. Schuchardt, Sven Most, Erika Gessner, Denise K. Wen, Gaiping Eder, Klaus |
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description | SIMPLE SUMMARY: Palm oil is currently the most widely used fat source for food production, but palm oil production is associated with severe environmental problems. Insect fat from Hermetia illucens larvae might be a suitable alternative fat source, because its production is more sustainable and less harmful to the environment. Thus, the present study investigated the effect of Hermetia fat, as compared to palm oil and soybean oil, on the hepatic lipid metabolism and the plasma metabolome of healthy rats, which were fed diets containing either soybean oil, palm oil, or Hermetia fat for 4 weeks. Growth performance, liver and plasma lipid concentrations, and the expression of hepatic genes involved in lipid metabolism and inflammation did not differ between groups. Plasma metabolomics revealed a clear separation of the plasma metabolomes of the soybean oil group and the other two groups, but not of those of the palm oil and the Hermetia fat group. The present study shows that Hermetia fat exerts no adverse effects on lipid metabolism and inflammatory gene expression in the liver of healthy rats compared to palm oil or soybean oil. Thus, the present findings indicate that Hermetia fat is a safe alternative fat source to palm oil for food production. ABSTRACT: Palm oil (PO) is currently the most widely used fat source for food production, but insect fat from Hermetia illucens larvae (HF) might be a suitable alternative fat source, because its production is less harmful to the environment. The present study investigated the effect of HF, as compared to PO and soybean oil (SO), on the hepatic lipid metabolism and the plasma metabolome of healthy rats, which were randomly assigned to three groups (n = 10 rats/group), and fed three different semi-synthetic diets containing either SO, PO, or HF as the main fat source for 4 weeks. Feed intake, body weight gain, liver and plasma lipid concentrations, and the hepatic mRNA levels of genes involved in lipid metabolism and inflammation did not differ between groups. Targeted plasma metabolomics revealed 294 out of 630 metabolites analyzed to be different between groups. Principal component analysis showed a clear separation of the plasma metabolomes of the SO group and the other two groups, but no separation of those of the PO and the HF groups. The present study shows that HF exerts no adverse metabolic effects in healthy rats, compared to PO or SO, indicating that HF is a safe alternative fat source to PO for food production. |
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spelling | pubmed-106493962023-10-29 Effect of Hermetia illucens Fat, Compared with That of Soybean Oil and Palm Oil, on Hepatic Lipid Metabolism and Plasma Metabolome in Healthy Rats Ringseis, Robert Marschall, Magdalena J. M. Grundmann, Sarah M. Schuchardt, Sven Most, Erika Gessner, Denise K. Wen, Gaiping Eder, Klaus Animals (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: Palm oil is currently the most widely used fat source for food production, but palm oil production is associated with severe environmental problems. Insect fat from Hermetia illucens larvae might be a suitable alternative fat source, because its production is more sustainable and less harmful to the environment. Thus, the present study investigated the effect of Hermetia fat, as compared to palm oil and soybean oil, on the hepatic lipid metabolism and the plasma metabolome of healthy rats, which were fed diets containing either soybean oil, palm oil, or Hermetia fat for 4 weeks. Growth performance, liver and plasma lipid concentrations, and the expression of hepatic genes involved in lipid metabolism and inflammation did not differ between groups. Plasma metabolomics revealed a clear separation of the plasma metabolomes of the soybean oil group and the other two groups, but not of those of the palm oil and the Hermetia fat group. The present study shows that Hermetia fat exerts no adverse effects on lipid metabolism and inflammatory gene expression in the liver of healthy rats compared to palm oil or soybean oil. Thus, the present findings indicate that Hermetia fat is a safe alternative fat source to palm oil for food production. ABSTRACT: Palm oil (PO) is currently the most widely used fat source for food production, but insect fat from Hermetia illucens larvae (HF) might be a suitable alternative fat source, because its production is less harmful to the environment. The present study investigated the effect of HF, as compared to PO and soybean oil (SO), on the hepatic lipid metabolism and the plasma metabolome of healthy rats, which were randomly assigned to three groups (n = 10 rats/group), and fed three different semi-synthetic diets containing either SO, PO, or HF as the main fat source for 4 weeks. Feed intake, body weight gain, liver and plasma lipid concentrations, and the hepatic mRNA levels of genes involved in lipid metabolism and inflammation did not differ between groups. Targeted plasma metabolomics revealed 294 out of 630 metabolites analyzed to be different between groups. Principal component analysis showed a clear separation of the plasma metabolomes of the SO group and the other two groups, but no separation of those of the PO and the HF groups. The present study shows that HF exerts no adverse metabolic effects in healthy rats, compared to PO or SO, indicating that HF is a safe alternative fat source to PO for food production. MDPI 2023-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10649396/ /pubmed/37958111 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13213356 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ringseis, Robert Marschall, Magdalena J. M. Grundmann, Sarah M. Schuchardt, Sven Most, Erika Gessner, Denise K. Wen, Gaiping Eder, Klaus Effect of Hermetia illucens Fat, Compared with That of Soybean Oil and Palm Oil, on Hepatic Lipid Metabolism and Plasma Metabolome in Healthy Rats |
title | Effect of Hermetia illucens Fat, Compared with That of Soybean Oil and Palm Oil, on Hepatic Lipid Metabolism and Plasma Metabolome in Healthy Rats |
title_full | Effect of Hermetia illucens Fat, Compared with That of Soybean Oil and Palm Oil, on Hepatic Lipid Metabolism and Plasma Metabolome in Healthy Rats |
title_fullStr | Effect of Hermetia illucens Fat, Compared with That of Soybean Oil and Palm Oil, on Hepatic Lipid Metabolism and Plasma Metabolome in Healthy Rats |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Hermetia illucens Fat, Compared with That of Soybean Oil and Palm Oil, on Hepatic Lipid Metabolism and Plasma Metabolome in Healthy Rats |
title_short | Effect of Hermetia illucens Fat, Compared with That of Soybean Oil and Palm Oil, on Hepatic Lipid Metabolism and Plasma Metabolome in Healthy Rats |
title_sort | effect of hermetia illucens fat, compared with that of soybean oil and palm oil, on hepatic lipid metabolism and plasma metabolome in healthy rats |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10649396/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37958111 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13213356 |
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