Gansu Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization for Biological Resources and Ecological Restoration in Longdong, Longdong University, Qingyang, China.
College of Medicine, Longdong University, Qingyang, China.
FEBS Open Bio. 2024 May;14(5):771-792. doi: 10.1002/2211-5463.13788. Epub 2024 Mar 13.
High-fat diet (HFD)-fed mice have been widely used in the clinical investigation of obesity. However, the long-term effect of HFD on gut microbiota and metabolites, plasma and liver metabolomics, colonic and liver transcriptomics remain largely unknown. In this study, 6-week-old C57BL/6J male mice fed with HFD for 14 weeks showed increased obesity-related indexes including alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, total cholesterol, total triglyceride, free fatty acids, lipopolysaccharides, IL-6, and TNFα. Furthermore, microbial diversity and richness were also significantly decreased. In the colon, genes involved in tryptophan metabolism, PPAR signaling pathway, cholesterol metabolism, and lipid localization and transport, were upregulated. While in the liver, MAPK signaling and unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis were upregulated. Metabolomic analyses revealed decreased levels of glycerophospholipids and fatty acyl, but increased amino acids, coenzymes and vitamins, and organic acids in the colon, suggesting high absorption of oxidized lipids, while acyl-carnitine, lysophosphatidylcholine, lysophosphatidylethanolamine, and oxidized lipids were reduced in the liver, suggesting a more active lipid metabolism. Finally, correlation analyses revealed a positive correlation between gut microbiota and metabolites and the expression of genes associated with lipid localization, absorption, and transport in the colon, and nutrients and energy metabolism in the liver. Taken together, our results provide a comprehensive characterization of long-term HFD-induced obesity in mice.
高脂肪饮食(HFD)喂养的小鼠已广泛用于肥胖症的临床研究。然而,HFD 对肠道微生物群和代谢物、血浆和肝脏代谢组学、结肠和肝脏转录组学的长期影响在很大程度上仍然未知。在这项研究中,6 周龄 C57BL/6J 雄性小鼠用 HFD 喂养 14 周后,表现出与肥胖相关的指标增加,包括丙氨酸氨基转移酶、天冬氨酸氨基转移酶、总胆固醇、总甘油三酯、游离脂肪酸、脂多糖、IL-6 和 TNFα。此外,微生物多样性和丰富度也显著降低。在结肠中,涉及色氨酸代谢、PPAR 信号通路、胆固醇代谢以及脂质定位和转运的基因上调。而在肝脏中,MAPK 信号和不饱和脂肪酸生物合成上调。代谢组学分析显示,结肠中甘油磷脂和脂肪酸酰基水平降低,而氨基酸、辅酶和维生素以及有机酸水平升高,提示氧化脂质的高吸收,而酰基肉碱、溶血磷脂酰胆碱、溶血磷脂酰乙醇胺和氧化脂质在肝脏中减少,提示脂质代谢更活跃。最后,相关分析显示,肠道微生物群和代谢物与与结肠中脂质定位、吸收和转运以及肝脏中营养物质和能量代谢相关的基因的表达之间存在正相关。总之,我们的研究结果提供了对小鼠长期 HFD 诱导肥胖的全面描述。
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