Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39343163›Full record

ArticleJournal of advanced research2025

A multi-omics approach reveals that lotus root polysaccharide iron ameliorates iron deficiency-induced testicular damage by activating PPARγ to promote steroid hormone synthesis.

Pei-Yu Dong, Shuai Yuan, Yu-Mei Chen Yan, Yu Chen, Yue Bai, Yang Dong, Yin-Yin Li, Wei Shen, Xi-Feng Zhang

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of advanced research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Pei-Yu DongCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266100, China.
Shuai YuanCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266100, China.
Yu-Mei Chen YanCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266100, China.
Yu ChenCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266100, China.
Yue BaiCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266100, China.
Yang DongCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266100, China.
Yin-Yin LiCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266100, China.
Wei ShenCollege of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology in Universities of Shandong, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China.
Xi-Feng ZhangCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266100, China. Electronic address: zhangxf106@qau.edu.cn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Iron deficiency is a common nutritional issue that seriously affects male reproductive health. Lotus root polysaccharide iron (LRPF), a novel nutritional supplement, may ameliorate the damage caused by iron deficiency, however, the mechanism is unclear. In this study, we comprehensively determined the benefits of LRPF on reproduction in iron-deficient mice by integrating transcriptomics, microbiomics and serum metabolomics. Microbiomics showed that LRPF could restore changes to the intestinal microbiota caused by iron deficiency. Metabolomics results showed that LRPF stabilised steroid hormone and fatty acid metabolism in iron-deficient mice, reduced the content of ethyl chrysanthemumate (EC) and ameliorated the reproductive impairment. The transcriptomic analysis showed that LRPF regulated steroid hormone synthesis and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) signalling pathway in iron-deficient mice. In vitro experiments showed that LRPF could promote steroid hormone synthesis in Leydig cells by activating PPARγ. In conclusion, this study highlights the advantage of LRPF to improve testicular development.

Indexed as

Gonadal Steroid HormonesLotusPolysaccharidesPPAR gammaTestisAnimalsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeIronLeydig CellsMaleMetabolomicsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMultiomicsPlant RootsSignal TransductionGonadal Steroid HormonesIronPolysaccharidesPPAR gammaMultiomicsPolysaccharide ironSpermatogenesisSteroid hormone

Identifiers

PMID39343163
PMCPMC12302519

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.