Journal
CLINICAL NUTRITION
Volume 40, Issue 11, Pages 5511-5520Publisher
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2021.09.021
Keywords
Weight-loss diets; Gut microbiota; Acylcarnitines; Fatty acids; Lipids
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Funding
- Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDB38000000]
- Major Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2017YFC0909701, 2016YFC1304903]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81970684, 81561128018]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences [KSCX2-EW-R-10, KJZD-EW-L14-2-2]
- Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project [2017SHZDZX01]
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Both low carbohydrate and calorie-restricted diets were effective in reducing weight and fat mass among overweight and obese Chinese women, with only the low carbohydrate diet significantly improving dyslipidemia. Changes in gut microbiota showed a greater contribution to improved lipid profile than alterations in fatty acids or acylcarnitines.
Background & aims: In our early feeding trial among overweight and obese Chinese women, both low carbohydrate (LC) and calorie-restricted (CR) diets reduced weight and fat mass, but only the LC diet significantly improved dyslipidemia. We aimed to investigate the impacts of altered gut microbiota, fatty acid (FAs), and acylcarnitines, markers of mitochondrial function on blood lipids. Methods: Fecal and blood samples from 48 participants at baseline and the end of a 12-week trial were used to perform metagenomics and targeted-metabolomics including erythrocyte FAs and plasma acylcarnitines, respectively. Results: The two diets altered microbial structure and co-abundance gene clusters (CAGs) at different magnitudes. After a 12-week intervention, the Bacteroidetes/Firmicutes ratio increased significantly in the LC diet (P = 0.015) but not in the CR diet, which only showed an increased trend (P = 0.28). At the microbial function level, the LC group showed lower branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis and higher serine biosynthesis than the CR group. Moreover, the LC diet reduced levels of 14:0 and 16:1n-7 FAs in the de novo lipogenesis pathway, but increased 20:5n-3 compared with the CR diet. Both groups had increased plasma acylcarnitines except that the LC group had larger elevated short-chain acylcarnitines. After backward stepwise selection, a cluster of changed CAGs, FAs and acylcarnitines were found to be associated with improved lipid profile. However, changed CAGs showed higher contribution rates in elevating HDL-cholesterol (81.6%) and reducing triglycerides (89.3%) than changed FAs and acylcarnitines. Conclusions: The two weight-loss diets induced different changes of gut microbiota, plasma acylcarnitines, and erythrocyte FAs. Changes in gut microbiota rather than FA or acylcarnitine profiles showed greater contribution to improved lipid profile in these overweight and obese Chinese women. Trial registration: The trial was registered at http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01358890. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. All rights reserved.
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