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JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE AND VITAMINOLOGY
Volume 67, Issue 1, Pages 57-62Publisher
CENTER ACADEMIC PUBL JAPAN
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.67.57
Keywords
chicken collagen hydrolysate; obesity; visceral fat mass; fat-reducing effect; tumor necrosis factor alpha
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [19K02376]
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The study found that collagen peptide supplementation has an impact on fat metabolism in obese mice, reducing visceral fat content but showing less effect on body weight.
Collagen peptides (CPs) are bioactive molecules that have beneficial effects on bone metabolism and against joint disorders. In the present study, we investigated the effect of CP supplementation on visceral fat mass and plasma lipid concentrations in high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obese mice. Male ddY mice were fed a normal diet or HFD for 3 wk, and assigned to N or NCP groups and to F or FCP groups, respectively. The NCP and FCP group mice were administered experimental diets containing 25 mg/g CPs for 3 wk further. During the experimental period, CP supplementation affected neither the food consumption nor the body weight of the mice. No significant differences in the plasma triglyceride, non-esterified fatty acid, and cholesterol concentrations were observed among all the groups. In contrast, the weight of testicular fat mass was significantly decreased in the FCP group as compared with that in the F group. The expression levels of leptin and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha genes in the adipose tissue correlated with the visceral fat mass, although these differences were not significant. These findings indicate that CPs may have a reducing effect on visceral fat content but are less effective in reducing body weight.
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