Journal
CANCER SCIENCE
Volume 113, Issue 5, Pages 1789-1800Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/cas.15306
Keywords
cachexia; dietary fiber; gut microbiome; prebiotics; sarcopenia
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Funding
- MAFF Commissioned project study on Project for the realization of foods and dietary habits to extend healthy life expectancy [JPJ009842]
- JSPS KAKENHI [JP 20K07787]
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This study investigated the potential effects of modifying the gut microenvironment with partially hydrolyzed guar gum (PHGG), a soluble dietary fiber, on cancer-related muscle wasting. The results showed that dietary fiber attenuated skeletal muscle loss in cachectic mice by suppressing the elevation of muscle-specific ubiquitin ligases and autophagy markers. Additionally, dietary fiber improved the gut barrier function and reduced circulating levels of lipopolysaccharide-binding protein and IL-6, leading to the suppression of proteolysis. These findings suggest that dietary fiber may have the potential to alleviate skeletal muscle loss in cancer cachexia.
Cancer cachexia and the associated skeletal muscle wasting are considered poor prognostic factors, although effective treatment has not yet been established. Recent studies have indicated that the pathogenesis of skeletal muscle loss may involve dysbiosis of the gut microbiota and the accompanying chronic inflammation or altered metabolism. In this study, we evaluated the possible effects of modifying the gut microenvironment with partially hydrolyzed guar gum (PHGG), a soluble dietary fiber, on cancer-related muscle wasting and its mechanism using a colon-26 murine cachexia model. Compared with a fiber-free (FF) diet, PHGG contained fiber-rich (FR) diet-attenuated skeletal muscle loss in cachectic mice by suppressing the elevation of the major muscle-specific ubiquitin ligases Atrogin-1 and MuRF1, as well as the autophagy markers LC3 and Bnip3. Although tight-junction markers were partially reduced in both FR and FF diet-fed cachectic mice, the abundance of Bifidobacterium, Akkermansia, and unclassified S24-7 family increased by FR diet, contributing to the retention of the colonic mucus layer. The reinforcement of the gut barrier function resulted in the controlled entry of pathogens into the host system and reduced circulating levels of lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) and IL-6, which in turn led to the suppression of proteolysis by downregulating the ubiquitin-proteasome system and autophagy pathway. These results suggest that dietary fiber may have the potential to alleviate skeletal muscle loss in cancer cachexia, providing new insights for developing effective strategies in the future.
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