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Integrated Metagenomics and Metabolomics to Reveal the Effects of Policosanol on Modulating the Gut Microbiota and Lipid Metabolism in Hyperlipidemic C57BL/6 Mice

The aim of the study was to investigate the regulatory effects of policosanol on hyperlipidemia, gut microbiota and metabolic status in a C57BL/6 mouse model. A total of 35 C57BL/6 mice were assigned to 3 groups, chow (n=12), high fat diet (HFD, n=12) and HFD+policosanol (n=11), then treated for 18...

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Autores principales: Zhai, Zhenya, Liu, Jianping, Niu, Kai-Min, Lin, Chong, Tu, Yue, Liu, Yichun, Cai, Lichuang, Liu, Huiping, Ouyang, Kexian
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8542985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34707567
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.722055
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author Zhai, Zhenya
Liu, Jianping
Niu, Kai-Min
Lin, Chong
Tu, Yue
Liu, Yichun
Cai, Lichuang
Liu, Huiping
Ouyang, Kexian
author_facet Zhai, Zhenya
Liu, Jianping
Niu, Kai-Min
Lin, Chong
Tu, Yue
Liu, Yichun
Cai, Lichuang
Liu, Huiping
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description The aim of the study was to investigate the regulatory effects of policosanol on hyperlipidemia, gut microbiota and metabolic status in a C57BL/6 mouse model. A total of 35 C57BL/6 mice were assigned to 3 groups, chow (n=12), high fat diet (HFD, n=12) and HFD+policosanol (n=11), then treated for 18 weeks. Policosanol supplementation significantly reduced serum triglycerides and total cholesterol, as well as the weight of brown adipose tissue (BAT) (p<0.05), without affecting body weight in HFD-fed mice (p>0.05). Combined 16S rRNA gene sequencing and untargeted metabolomic analysis demonstrated that policosanol had regulatory effects on gut microbiota and serum metabolism in mice. In obese mice, policosanol increased the proportion of Bacteroides, decreased the proportion of Firmicutes, and increased the ratio of Bacteroides to Firmicutes (p<0.05). Policosanol promoted lipolysis and thermogenesis process, including tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and pyruvate cycle, correlated with the increasing level of Bacteroides, Parasutterella, and decreasing level of Lactobacillus and Candidatus_Saccharimonas. Moreover, policosanol decreased fatty acid synthase (FAS) in the iWAT of obese mice. Policosanol also increased peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ), uncoupling Protein-1 (UCP-1), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) and PR domain containing 16 (PRDM16) in brown adipose tissue (BAT) obese mice (p<0.05). This study presents the new insight that policosanol may inhibit the synthesis of fatty acids, and promote lipolysis, thermogenesis related gene expression and regulate gut microbiota constituents, which provides potential for policosanol as an antihyperlipidemia functional food additive and provide new evidence for whole grain food to replace refined food.
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spelling pubmed-85429852021-10-26 Integrated Metagenomics and Metabolomics to Reveal the Effects of Policosanol on Modulating the Gut Microbiota and Lipid Metabolism in Hyperlipidemic C57BL/6 Mice Zhai, Zhenya Liu, Jianping Niu, Kai-Min Lin, Chong Tu, Yue Liu, Yichun Cai, Lichuang Liu, Huiping Ouyang, Kexian Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) Endocrinology The aim of the study was to investigate the regulatory effects of policosanol on hyperlipidemia, gut microbiota and metabolic status in a C57BL/6 mouse model. A total of 35 C57BL/6 mice were assigned to 3 groups, chow (n=12), high fat diet (HFD, n=12) and HFD+policosanol (n=11), then treated for 18 weeks. Policosanol supplementation significantly reduced serum triglycerides and total cholesterol, as well as the weight of brown adipose tissue (BAT) (p<0.05), without affecting body weight in HFD-fed mice (p>0.05). Combined 16S rRNA gene sequencing and untargeted metabolomic analysis demonstrated that policosanol had regulatory effects on gut microbiota and serum metabolism in mice. In obese mice, policosanol increased the proportion of Bacteroides, decreased the proportion of Firmicutes, and increased the ratio of Bacteroides to Firmicutes (p<0.05). Policosanol promoted lipolysis and thermogenesis process, including tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and pyruvate cycle, correlated with the increasing level of Bacteroides, Parasutterella, and decreasing level of Lactobacillus and Candidatus_Saccharimonas. Moreover, policosanol decreased fatty acid synthase (FAS) in the iWAT of obese mice. Policosanol also increased peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ), uncoupling Protein-1 (UCP-1), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) and PR domain containing 16 (PRDM16) in brown adipose tissue (BAT) obese mice (p<0.05). This study presents the new insight that policosanol may inhibit the synthesis of fatty acids, and promote lipolysis, thermogenesis related gene expression and regulate gut microbiota constituents, which provides potential for policosanol as an antihyperlipidemia functional food additive and provide new evidence for whole grain food to replace refined food. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8542985/ /pubmed/34707567 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.722055 Text en Copyright © 2021 Zhai, Liu, Niu, Lin, Tu, Liu, Cai, Liu and Ouyang https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Endocrinology
Zhai, Zhenya
Liu, Jianping
Niu, Kai-Min
Lin, Chong
Tu, Yue
Liu, Yichun
Cai, Lichuang
Liu, Huiping
Ouyang, Kexian
Integrated Metagenomics and Metabolomics to Reveal the Effects of Policosanol on Modulating the Gut Microbiota and Lipid Metabolism in Hyperlipidemic C57BL/6 Mice
title Integrated Metagenomics and Metabolomics to Reveal the Effects of Policosanol on Modulating the Gut Microbiota and Lipid Metabolism in Hyperlipidemic C57BL/6 Mice
title_full Integrated Metagenomics and Metabolomics to Reveal the Effects of Policosanol on Modulating the Gut Microbiota and Lipid Metabolism in Hyperlipidemic C57BL/6 Mice
title_fullStr Integrated Metagenomics and Metabolomics to Reveal the Effects of Policosanol on Modulating the Gut Microbiota and Lipid Metabolism in Hyperlipidemic C57BL/6 Mice
title_full_unstemmed Integrated Metagenomics and Metabolomics to Reveal the Effects of Policosanol on Modulating the Gut Microbiota and Lipid Metabolism in Hyperlipidemic C57BL/6 Mice
title_short Integrated Metagenomics and Metabolomics to Reveal the Effects of Policosanol on Modulating the Gut Microbiota and Lipid Metabolism in Hyperlipidemic C57BL/6 Mice
title_sort integrated metagenomics and metabolomics to reveal the effects of policosanol on modulating the gut microbiota and lipid metabolism in hyperlipidemic c57bl/6 mice
topic Endocrinology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8542985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34707567
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.722055
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