Anti-obesity effects of Spirulina platensis protein hydrolysate by modulating brain-liver axis in high-fat diet fed mice.

Abstract

Spirulina platensis is a blue-green algae with potential anti-obesity effects. In this study, the anti-obesity effects of whole Spirulina platensis (WSP), Spirulina platensis protein (SPP) and Spirulina platensis protein hydrolysate (SPPH) were compared in high-fat diet fed mice, and the potential acting mechanism of SPPH was also investigated. Totally, SPPH exhibited good anti-obesity effects (reducing 39.8%±9.7% of body weight), lowering 23.8%±1.6% of serum glucose, decreasing 20.8%±1.4% of total cholesterol, while positive drug Simvastatin had the corresponding values: 8.3%±4.6%, 24.8%±1.9% and -2.1%±0.2%, respectively. Subsequently, PCR array was used to conduct gene expression analysis in brain and liver tissues of SPPH-treated mice, which displayed distinctly different expression pattern. The most markedly changed genes included: Acadm (-34.7 fold), Gcg (2.5 fold), Adra2b (2 fold) and Ghsr (2 fold) in brain; Retn (39 fold), Fabp4 (15.5 fold), Ppard (6 fold) and Slc27a1 (5.4 fold) in liver. Further network analysis demonstrated that the significantly expressed genes in brain and liver tissues were mapped into an interacting network, suggesting a modulatory effect on brain-liver axis, major pathways were involved in the axis: PPAR, adipocytokine, AMPK, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and MAPK. This study showed that Spirulina platensis protein hydrolysate possessed anti-obesity effect in mice.

• Authors: Bingli Zhao, Yujiao Cui, Xiaodan Fan, Ping Qi, Chunchen Liu, Xuesong Zhou, Xuewu Zhang
• Journal: PloS one (PLoS One) Vol. 14 Issue 6 Pg. e0218543 ( 2019) ISSN: 1932-6203 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 31220177 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Adipokines
• Anti-Obesity Agents
• Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
• Plant Extracts
• Protein Hydrolysates
• Protein Kinases
• AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases

Topics

• AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases
• Adipokines (genetics, metabolism)
• Animals
• Anti-Obesity Agents (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Brain (drug effects, metabolism)
• Diet, High-Fat (adverse effects)
• Liver (drug effects, metabolism)
• MAP Kinase Signaling System
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred C57BL
• Obesity (drug therapy, etiology, prevention & control)
• Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (genetics, metabolism)
• Plant Extracts (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Protein Hydrolysates (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Protein Kinases (genetics, metabolism)
• Spirulina (chemistry)