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ArticleJournal of proteome research2015

Hepatic and fecal metabolomic analysis of the effects of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG on alcoholic fatty liver disease in mice.

Xue Shi, Xiaoli Wei, Xinmin Yin, Yuhua Wang, Min Zhang, Cuiqing Zhao, Haiyang Zhao, Craig J McClain, Wenke Feng, Xiang Zhang

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Article in Journal of proteome research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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49citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and alcohol-associated liver disease.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2023
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  20. Gut Microbiota Targeted Approach in the Management of Chronic Liver Diseases.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xue ShiDepartments of Chemistry, ‡Pharmacology & Toxicology, §Medicine, and ⊥Center for Regulatory and Environmental Analytical Metabolomics, University of Louisville , Louisville, Kentucky 40292, United States.
Xiaoli Wei
Xinmin Yin
Yuhua Wang
Min Zhang
Cuiqing Zhao
Haiyang Zhao
Craig J McClain
Wenke Feng
Xiang Zhang
Louisville VA Medical Center · US

Funding

Mechanisms for alcohol induced gut barrier dysfunction in ALDR01AA023681 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI MCCLAIN, CRAIG J. · 2014 to 2018
$1.6M
Novel therapies in alcoholic hepatitis University of LouisvilleU01AA021901 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI MCCLAIN, CRAIG J. · 2012 to 2017
$1.5M
Mass Informatics of Two Dimensinoal Gas Chromatography Time-of-flight Mass SpectrR01GM087735 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI ZHANG, XIANG · 2009 to 2012
$1.4M
FGF21 and adipose lipolysis in alcoholic fatty liverR21AA022416 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI FENG, WENKE · 2014 to 2015
$388k
Probiotics and HIF signaling in Alcoholic Liver DiseaseR21AA020848 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI FENG, WENKE · 2013 to 2014
$376k
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA023681NIAAA NIH HHS R01AA023681NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA020848NIAAA NIH HHS R21AA020848NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA022416NIAAA NIH HHS R21AA022416NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA021901NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM087735NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM087735
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The interactions among the gut, liver, and immune system play an important role in liver disease. Probiotics have been used for the treatment and prevention of many pathological conditions, including liver diseases. Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC×GC-TOF MS) was used herein, in conjunction with chemometric data analysis, to identify metabolites significantly affected by probiotics in mice fed with or without alcohol. The metabolomics analysis indicates that the levels of fatty acids increased in mouse liver and decreased in mouse feces when mice were chronically exposed to alcohol. Supplementing the alcohol-fed mice with culture supernatant from Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGGs) normalized these alcohol-induced abnormalities and prevented alcoholic liver disease (ALD). These results agree well with previous studies. In addition to diet-derived long chain fatty acids (LCFAs), LGGs may positively modify the gut's bacterial population to stimulate LCFA synthesis, which has been shown to enhance intestinal barrier function, reduce endotoxemia, and prevent ALD. We also found that several amino acids, including l-isoleucine, a branched chain amino acid, were downregulated in the liver and fecal samples from animals exposed to alcohol and that the levels of these amino acids were corrected by LGGs. These results demonstrate that LGGs alleviates alcohol-induced fatty liver by mechanisms involving increasing intestinal and decreasing hepatic fatty acids and increasing amino acid concentration.

Indexed as

FecesMetabolomicsAnimalsFatty Liver, AlcoholicGas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryLacticaseibacillus rhamnosusLiverMicealcohol liver diseaseGC×GC-TOF MSlivermetabolomicsprobiotics

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PMID25592873
PMCPMC6469358
OpenAlexW2053422932

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