Ellagic Acid and Its Microbial Metabolite Urolithin A Alleviate Diet‐Induced Insulin Resistance in Mice

Scope This work aims at evaluating the effect of dietary ellagic acid (EA) and its microbial metabolite urolithin A (UA) on glucose metabolism and insulin resistance (IR) in mice with diet‐induced IR. Methods and Results DBA2J mice are fed a high fat/high sucrose diet (HF/HS) for 8 weeks to induce I...

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Published in:Molecular nutrition & food research 2020-10, Vol.64 (19), p.e2000091-n/a
Main Authors: Yang, Jieping, Guo, Yuanqiang, Henning, Susanne M., Chan, Brenda, Long, Jianfeng, Zhong, Jin, Acin‐Perez, Rebeca, Petcherski, Anton, Shirihai, Orian, Heber, David, Li, Zhaoping
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Language:English
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Adiponectin
Diet
Ellagic acid
Fatty acids
Gene expression
Glucose
Glucose metabolism
Hepatocytes
High fat diet
Insulin
Insulin resistance
Metabolism
Metabolites
Microorganisms
Mitochondria
Muscles
obesity
Oxygen consumption
Protons
Skeletal muscle
Sucrose
Sugar
Triglycerides
urolithin A
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Summary:Scope This work aims at evaluating the effect of dietary ellagic acid (EA) and its microbial metabolite urolithin A (UA) on glucose metabolism and insulin resistance (IR) in mice with diet‐induced IR. Methods and Results DBA2J mice are fed a high fat/high sucrose diet (HF/HS) for 8 weeks to induce IR and then 0.1% EA, UA, or EA and UA (EA+UA) are added to the HF/HS‐diet for another 8 weeks. UA significantly decreases fasting glucose and increases adiponectin compared with HF/HS‐controls. During intraperitoneal insulin tolerance test, EA+UA significantly improve insulin‐mediated glucose lowering effects at 15 and 120 min and reduce blood triglycerides compared with HF/HS‐controls. Serum free fatty acids are significantly decreased by EA, UA, and EA+UA. Differential expression of genes related to mitochondrial function by EA, UA, and EA+UA in liver and skeletal muscle is observed. Primary hepatocytes from IR‐mice have higher proton leak, basal and ATP‐linked oxygen consumption rates compared with healthy controls. EA and EA+UA but not UA reduce the proton leak in hepatocytes from IR‐mice. Conclusion EA and UA induce different metabolic benefits in IR mice. The effects of EA and UA on mitochondrial function suggest a potentially novel mechanism modulating metabolism. Ellagic acid (EA) and it microbial metabolite urolithin A (UA) are of great interest for their potential health benefits. This study provides evidence that EA and UA exert different effects on metabolic regulation in insulin resistant mice without UA production capability.
ISSN:1613-4125
1613-4133
DOI:10.1002/mnfr.202000091