Administration of polyphenol X (hereafter X) improved obesity and glucose tolerance in high fat diet-induced obese mice. X increased fecal lipid excretion and inhibited the expression of the lipid absorption transporter CD36 in the small intestine. X also inhibited the activity of pancreatic lipase. These results suggest that X improves obesity by inhibiting lipid absorption and promoting lipid excretion in the feces. These effects were cancelled under antibiotic treatment, suggesting that X improves obesity in the gut microbiota-dependent manner. 16SrRNA sequence analysis of the gut microbipta showed that X significantly increased Akkermansia muciniphila (AM), a bacterium important for improving intestinal barrier function and metabolism. X improved intestinal barrier function via increased AM.
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Watanabe, Y., Fujisaka, S., Ikeda, K., Ishikawa, M., Yamada, T., Nawaz, A., Kado, T., Kuwano, T., Nishimura, A., Bilal, M., Liu, J., Yagi, K., Hase, K. & Tobe, K., 2021/05/21, In: iScience.24, 5, p. 102445
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