Kei Nelson, Cheung Kam Kuen, Ma Ka Lee, Yau Tsz Kwan, Lauw Susana, Kang Xing, Sun Kiwi Wai Yan, Wang Yu, Wong Vincent Wai Sun, Wong Sunny Hei, Cheung Peter Chi Keung
Food and Nutritional Sciences Programme, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Food Research Centre, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Nutrients. 2025 Jul 7;17(13):2245. doi: 10.3390/nu17132245.
Circadian disruption (CD) aggravates metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), but supplementation with prebiotics inulin and oat β-glucan may mitigate its effects. However, their impact on colonic architecture and hepatic proteome remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the effects of prebiotics inulin and oat β-glucan on colonic architecture and hepatic proteome in mice with CD-aggravated MASH. CD was induced by weekly reversal of the light-dark cycle to simulate shift work. Male C57BL/6J mice were subjected to non-shifted chow, non-shifted fructose, palmitate, cholesterol, and trans-fat (FPC) diet, shifted chow, or shifted FPC diet (SFPC) for 26 weeks. Prebiotics inulin and oat β-glucan supplementation were provided to the SFPC group in the final 10 weeks. Distal colon and serum samples were collected for histological examination and endotoxemia evaluation, respectively. Liver samples were collected for proteomic mass spectrometry analysis. Mice with CD-aggravated MASH were found with colonic crypt loss and a distinct hepatic proteome structure compared to mice with non-CD MASH. Notably, inulin showed better effects than oat β-glucan in preserving colonic crypts in mice with CD-aggravated MASH. Furthermore, inulin supplementation restored the hepatic proteome structure similar to that of non-CD MASH mice, a benefit not observed with oat β-glucan. Given our prior findings showing oat β-glucan's superior ability to enrich gut bacterial species associated with MASH improvement under CD, this study highlights inulin's unique benefits for colonic architecture and hepatic proteome regulation in CD-aggravated MASH.
昼夜节律紊乱(CD)会加重代谢功能障碍相关脂肪性肝炎(MASH),但补充益生元菊粉和燕麦β-葡聚糖可能会减轻其影响。然而,它们对结肠结构和肝脏蛋白质组的影响仍不清楚。我们旨在研究益生元菊粉和燕麦β-葡聚糖对CD加重的MASH小鼠结肠结构和肝脏蛋白质组的影响。通过每周颠倒明暗周期来诱导CD,以模拟轮班工作。雄性C57BL/6J小鼠分别接受非颠倒的普通饮食、非颠倒的果糖、棕榈酸、胆固醇和反式脂肪(FPC)饮食、颠倒的普通饮食或颠倒的FPC饮食(SFPC)26周。在最后10周向SFPC组提供益生元菊粉和燕麦β-葡聚糖补充剂。分别收集远端结肠和血清样本进行组织学检查和内毒素血症评估。收集肝脏样本进行蛋白质组质谱分析。与非CD的MASH小鼠相比,发现患有CD加重的MASH的小鼠存在结肠隐窝丢失和独特的肝脏蛋白质组结构。值得注意的是,在患有CD加重的MASH的小鼠中,菊粉在保留结肠隐窝方面显示出比燕麦β-葡聚糖更好的效果。此外,补充菊粉可恢复与非CD的MASH小鼠相似的肝脏蛋白质组结构,而燕麦β-葡聚糖未观察到这种益处。鉴于我们之前的研究结果表明燕麦β-葡聚糖在CD条件下富集与MASH改善相关的肠道细菌物种的能力更强,本研究强调了菊粉在CD加重的MASH中对结肠结构和肝脏蛋白质组调节的独特益处。