Protection against Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease by Protocatechuic Acid

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第一作者： Tan, Jijun

作者： Tan, Jijun;Hu, Ruizhi;Gong, Jiatai;Fang, Chengkun;Li, Yanli;He, Jianhua;Wu, Shusong;Liu, Ming;He, Ziyu;Hou, De-Xing;Zhang, Hongfu;Wu, Shusong

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关键词： Enterococcus faecalis; nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; insulin; protocatechuic acid; gut microbiota

期刊名称：GUT MICROBES （ 影响因子：12.2； 五年影响因子：12.4 ）

ISSN： 1949-0976

年卷期： 2023 年 15 卷 1 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Gut microbiota-diet interaction has been identified as a key factor of metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD). Recent studies suggested that dietary polyphenols may protect against MAFLD by regulating gut microbiota; however, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. We first investigated the effects of cyanidin 3-glucoside and its phenolic metabolites on high-fat diet induced MAFLD in C57BL/6J mice, and protocatechuic acid (PCA) showed a significant positive effect. Next, regulation of PCA on lipid metabolism and gut microbiota were explored by MAFLD mouse model and fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) experiment. Dietary PCA reduced intraperitoneal and hepatic fat deposition with lower levels of transaminases (AST & ALT) and inflammatory cytokines (IL-1 beta, IL-2, IL6, TNF-alpha & MCP-1), but higher HDL-c/LDL-c ratio. Characterization of gut microbiota indicated that PCA decreased the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio mainly by reducing the relative abundance of genus Enterococcus, which was positively correlated with the levels of LDL-c, AST, ALT and most of the up-regulated hepatic lipids by lipidomics analysis. FMT experiments showed that Enterococcus faecalis caused hepatic inflammation, fat deposition and insulin resistance with decreased expression of carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 alpha (CPT1 alpha), which can be reversed by PCA through inhibiting Enterococcus faecalis. Transcriptomics analysis suggested that Enterococcus faecalis caused a significant decrease in the expression of fibroblast growth factor 1 (Fgf1), and PCA recovered the expression of Fgf1 with insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2 (Igfbp2), insulin receptor substrate 1 (Irs1) and insulin receptor substrate 2 (Irs2). These results demonstrated that high proportion of gut Enterococcus faecalis accelerates MAFLD with decreased expression of CPT1 alpha and Fgf1, which can be prevented by dietary supplementation of PCA.

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