PMID- 34522931 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220131 LR - 20220131 IS - 2042-650X (Electronic) IS - 2042-6496 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 20 DP - 2021 Oct 19 TI - Flavonoids from Rosa davurica Pall. fruits prevent high-fat diet-induced obesity and liver injury via modulation of the gut microbiota in mice. PG - 10097-10106 LID - 10.1039/d1fo01373d [doi] AB - Rosa davurica Pall. (RDP) fruits are popularly consumed as beverages and healthy food in China because of their various beneficial activities. In particular, flavonoids are one of the major active ingredients of RDP fruits with predominant pharmacological effects. However, the anti-obesity activities of flavonoids from RDP fruits and their regulation effect on the gut microbiota have not been determined. In the present study, the flavonoid-rich extracts (RDPF) were isolated from RDP fruits and their anti-obesity effects were investigated using a high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obese mouse model. The results showed that RDPF intervention significantly inhibited the body weight, liver weight, kidney weight and epididymal adipose tissue weight of HFD-fed mice without affecting the calorie intake. Plasma lipid levels were also significantly lowered by RDPF treatment. Histological examination showed that RDPF supplementation partially recovered HFD-induced hepatic steatosis in the liver. RDPF also prevented oxidative injury of the liver, as evidenced by the altered superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels. The expression levels of CCAAT/enhancer binding protein alpha (C/EBPalpha), sterol regulatory element binding protein-1C (SREBP-1C), fatty acid synthase (FAS), acyl-coenzyme A oxidase 1 (ACOX1), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPARalpha) and CAT mRNA in the livers of mice were also regulated by RDPF administration. 16S rRNA gene sequence data further indicated that RDPF addition increased the microbial diversity and reshaped the community composition. Intriguingly, RDPF intervention did not exhibit inhibitory tendency toward the ratio of Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes, but markedly decreased the relative abundance of Erysipelotrichaceae. This study provided novel insights into the application of RDPF in the food industry. FAU - Shen, Chun-Yan AU - Shen CY AD - College of Food and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China. jgjiang@scut.edu.cn. AD - School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. FAU - Hao, Yun-Fang AU - Hao YF AD - College of Food and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China. jgjiang@scut.edu.cn. FAU - Hao, Zhan-Xi AU - Hao ZX AD - College of Food and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China. jgjiang@scut.edu.cn. FAU - Liu, Qiang AU - Liu Q AD - School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. FAU - Zhang, Lu AU - Zhang L AD - School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. FAU - Jiang, Cui-Ping AU - Jiang CP AD - School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. FAU - Jiang, Jian-Guo AU - Jiang JG AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3361-6149 AD - College of Food and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China. jgjiang@scut.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20211019 PL - England TA - Food Funct JT - Food & function JID - 101549033 RN - 0 (Anti-Obesity Agents) RN - 0 (CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-alpha) RN - 0 (Flavonoids) RN - 0 (Lipids) RN - 0 (PPAR alpha) RN - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S) RN - 0 (Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1) SB - IM MH - Adipose Tissue/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Anti-Obesity Agents/pharmacology MH - CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-alpha/metabolism MH - Diet, High-Fat/adverse effects MH - Fatty Liver/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - Flavonoids/*pharmacology MH - Fruit/chemistry MH - Gastrointestinal Microbiome/*drug effects MH - Lipids/blood MH - Liver/metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Obese MH - Obesity/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - PPAR alpha/metabolism MH - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/metabolism MH - Rosa/*chemistry MH - Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1/metabolism EDAT- 2021/09/16 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/01 06:00 CRDT- 2021/09/15 07:23 PHST- 2021/09/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/09/15 07:23 [entrez] AID - 10.1039/d1fo01373d [doi] PST - epublish SO - Food Funct. 2021 Oct 19;12(20):10097-10106. doi: 10.1039/d1fo01373d.