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PubMed ID:
36984841
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2023
Affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.; Nutrition & Health Sciences Doctoral Program, Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.; Emory Integrated Lipidomics Core, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.; Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.; Nutrition & Health Sciences Doctoral Program, Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.; Department of Gastroenterology, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, CA 92123, USA.; Department of Gastroenterology, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, CA 92123, USA.; Nutrition & Health Sciences Doctoral Program, Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo13030401
Authors:
Cohen Catherine C, Huneault Helaina, Accardi Carolyn J, Jones Dean P, Liu Ken, Maner-Smith Kristal M, Song Ming, Welsh Jean A, Ugalde-Nicalo Patricia A, Schwimmer Jeffrey B, Vos Miriam B
Request IDs:
22449
Studies:
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Pediatric Database
Dietary sugar reduction is one therapeutic strategy for improving nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and the underlying mechanisms for this effect warrant further investigation. Here, we employed metabolomics and metagenomics to examine systemic biological adaptations associated with dietary sugar restriction and (subsequent) hepatic fat reductions in youth with NAFLD. Data/samples were from a randomized controlled trial in adolescent boys (11-16 years, mean ± SD: 13.0 ± 1.9 years) with biopsy-proven NAFLD who were either provided a low free-sugar diet (LFSD) (n = 20) or consumed their usual diet (n = 20) for 8 weeks. Plasma metabolomics was performed on samples from all 40 participants by coupling hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) and C18 chromatography with mass spectrometry. In a sub-sample (n = 8 LFSD group and n = 10 usual diet group), 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequencing was performed on stool to examine changes in microbial composition/diversity. The diet treatment was associated with differential expression of 419 HILIC and 205 C18 metabolite features (p < 0.05), which were enriched in amino acid pathways, including methionine/cysteine and serine/glycine/alanine metabolism (p < 0.05), and lipid pathways, including omega-3 and linoleate metabolism (p < 0.05). Quantified metabolites that were differentially changed in the LFSD group, compared to usual diet group, and representative of these enriched metabolic pathways included increased serine (p = 0.001), glycine (p = 0.004), 2-aminobutyric acid (p = 0.012), and 3-hydroxybutyric acid (p = 0.005), and decreased linolenic acid (p = 0.006). Microbiome changes included an increase in richness at the phylum level and changes in a few genera within Firmicutes. In conclusion, the LFSD treatment, compared to usual diet, was associated with metabolome and microbiome changes that may reflect biological mechanisms linking dietary sugar restriction to a therapeutic decrease in hepatic fat. Studies are needed to validate our findings and test the utility of these "omics" changes as response biomarkers.
