Journal
FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
Volume 125, Issue -, Pages 85-94Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.12.046
Keywords
High-fat diet; Kiwifruit seed oil; Inflammation; Thermogenesis; Gut microbiota
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21476184, 21776228, 21676212]
- Shaanxi Provincial Scientific Technology Research and Development Program [2018KJXX-017]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2016M602833]
- Shaanxi Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2017BSHTD2214]
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Obesity is considered as a chronic disease which seriously affecting people's health and daily life. Kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis Planch) seed oil (KSO), as a by-product of kiwifruit processing, is rich in fatty acids. Conventional wisdom holds that KSO has many health benefits, but there is no scientific basis. Here, the relieving effects of KSO on obesity and its potential mechanism were investigated in high-fat diet (HFD)-induced C57BL/6 mice. Mice were divided into four groups: ND (normal diet); HFD; L-KSO and H-KSO (HFD supplemented with 1.0 and 3.0 mL/kg.bw of KSO per day, respectively). Results showed that continuous supplementation KSO for 12 weeks significantly decreased bodyweight, inguinal fat tissue weight, blood glucose, and HOMA-IR index and ameliorated serum lipids accumulation (TC, TG, HDL-C, and LDL-C). Relative mRNA expression of inflammatory cytokines(TN-alpha IL-6, IL-beta, COX-2, and iNOS) was down-regulated and expression of thermogenesis-related genes (PPAR-gamma, UCP1, PGC1-alpha, and PRDM16) was up-regulated in the inguinal fat tissue of KSO treated mice. Principal component analysis showed that the microbial community compositions of four groups were different. KSO supplementation dramatically decreased the Firmicutes-to-Bacteroidetes ratio. Together, our findings demonstrated that long-term supplementation KSO ameliorates obesity by reducing inflammation, adipose thermogenesis and gut microbiota dysbiosis.
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