Zhou Jinfeng, Wu Leiyan
College of Food Science and Engineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China.
Guangdong JiaBake Food Co., Ltd., A Building, Hengxingchang Industrial Park, Chashan Town, Dongguan 523382, China.
Foods. 2022 Dec 16;11(24):4067. doi: 10.3390/foods11244067.
Highland barley (Hordeum vulgare L. HB) has been demonstrated to have a series of dietotherapy values, including being low fat, low sugar, high fiber, and especially high in β-glucan. Long-term consumption could reduce the incidence of chronic diseases and metabolic syndromes. In this study, the regulating effect of modified highland barley (MHB) products, namely microwave fluidized HB, extruded and puffed HB, and ultrafine pulverized HB on lipid metabolism and liver injury in mice fed a high fat and cholesterol diet (HFCD) was investigated using microbiota diversity gene sequencing and untargeted metabolomics. A total of six groups of mice were supplemented with a normal diet or an HFCD, with or without MHB, and the experimental period lasted 10 weeks. The obtained results demonstrated that MHB supplementation could effectively reverse the increase in body weight gain and adipose tissue accumulation caused by an HFCD (p < 0.05). Moreover, serum biochemical parameters showed that MHB supplementation significantly decreased total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, while increasing high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels. The results of hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) assays showed that MHB supplementation could significantly improve the liver injury and adipose tissue accumulation. In addition, 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing showed that MHB supplementation increased the bacteroidetes/firmicutes ratio and the abundance Lactobacillus abundance, while also decreasing the Proteobacteria abundance, which are bacteria closely associated with the hyperlipidemia caused by HFCD. LC-MS metabolomics indicated that MHB supplementation significantly enhanced the levels of Deoxycholic acid, Myclobutanil, 3-Epiecdysone, 3,4-Dihydroxybenzeneacetic acid, and so on. In addition, MHB supplementation promoted activation of the Arachidonic acid metabolism pathways, the expression of ABC transporters, bile secretion, primary bile acid biosynthesis, and so on. Above all, this study showed the potential capacity of MHB to relieve hyperlipidemia and provides a reference for developing a new dietary intervention supplement to ameliorate hyperlipidemia.
青稞(Hordeum vulgare L. HB)已被证明具有一系列食疗价值,包括低脂、低糖、高纤维,尤其是β-葡聚糖含量高。长期食用可降低慢性病和代谢综合征的发病率。在本研究中,利用微生物群多样性基因测序和非靶向代谢组学,研究了改性青稞(MHB)产品,即微波流化青稞、挤压膨化青稞和超微粉碎青稞对高脂高胆固醇饮食(HFCD)喂养小鼠脂质代谢和肝损伤的调节作用。总共六组小鼠分别补充正常饮食或HFCD,添加或不添加MHB,实验期持续10周。所得结果表明,补充MHB可有效逆转HFCD导致的体重增加和脂肪组织积累(p<0.05)。此外,血清生化参数显示,补充MHB可显著降低总胆固醇(TC)、甘油三酯(TG)和低密度脂蛋白胆固醇(LDL-C)水平,同时提高高密度脂蛋白胆固醇(HDL-C)水平。苏木精和伊红(H&E)检测结果表明,补充MHB可显著改善肝损伤和脂肪组织积累。此外,16S rRNA扩增子测序显示,补充MHB可提高拟杆菌门/厚壁菌门比率和乳酸杆菌丰度,同时降低变形菌门丰度,这些细菌与HFCD引起的高脂血症密切相关。液相色谱-质谱联用代谢组学表明,补充MHB可显著提高脱氧胆酸、腈菌唑、3-表蜕皮甾酮、3,4-二羟基苯乙酸等的水平。此外,补充MHB促进了花生四烯酸代谢途径的激活、ABC转运蛋白的表达、胆汁分泌、初级胆汁酸生物合成等。最重要的是,本研究表明MHB具有缓解高脂血症的潜在能力,并为开发改善高脂血症的新型饮食干预补充剂提供了参考。