Bifidobacterium animalis could improve obesity associated with promoting mitochondrial biogenesis and function of adipose tissues. - GreenMedInfo Summary
subsp. lactis A6 Alleviates Obesity Associated with Promoting Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Function of Adipose Tissue in Mice.
Molecules. 2020 Mar 25 ;25(7). Epub 2020 Mar 25. PMID: 32218367
Yanxiong Huo
Probiotics are widely known for their health benefits. Mitochondrial dysfunction is related to obesity. The aim of this study was to illuminate whethersubsp.A6 (BAA6) could improve obesity due to increased mitochondrial biogenesis and function of adipose tissues. Four-week-old male C57BL/6 mice were fed with a high-fat diet (HFD) for 17 weeks. For the final eight weeks, the HFD group was divided into three groups including HFD, HFD with BAA6 (HFD + BAA6 group), and HFD with(AKK) (HFD + AKK group as positive control). The composition of the microbiota, serum lipopolysaccharides (LPS), and mitochondrial biosynthesis and function of epididymal adipose tissues were measured. Compared with the HFD group, body weight, relative fat weight, the relative abundance ofand, and serum LPS were significantly decreased in the HFD + BAA6 and HFD + AKK groups (<0.05). Furthermore, the addition of BAA6 and AKK increased the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptorγ coactivator 1α (PGC-1α) (by 21.53- and 18.51-fold), estrogen-related receptor α (ERRα) (by 2.83- and 1.24-fold), and uncoupling protein-1 (UCP-1) (by 1.51- and 0.60-fold) in epididymal adipose tissues. Our results suggest that BAA6 could improve obesity associated with promoting mitochondrialbiogenesis and function of adipose tissues in mice.