Metabolic faecal fingerprinting of trans-resveratrol and quercetin following a high-fat sucrose dietary model using liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry

Food Funct. 2015 Aug;6(8):2758-67. doi: 10.1039/c5fo00473j. Epub 2015 Jul 9.

Abstract

Faecal non-targeted metabolomics deciphers metabolic end-products resulting from the interactions among food, host genetics, and gut microbiota. Faeces from Wistar rats fed a high-fat sucrose (HFS) diet supplemented with trans-resveratrol and quercetin (separately or combined) were analysed by liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS). Metabolomics in faeces are categorised into four clusters based on the type of treatment. Tentative identification of significantly differing metabolites highlighted the presence of carbohydrate derivatives or conjugates (3-phenylpropyl glucosinolate and dTDP-D-mycaminose) in the quercetin group. The trans-resveratrol group was differentiated by compounds related to nucleotides (uridine monophosphate and 2,4-dioxotetrahydropyrimidine D-ribonucleotide). Marked associations between bacterial species (Clostridium genus) and the amount of some metabolites were identified. Moreover, trans-resveratrol and resveratrol-derived microbial metabolites (dihydroresveratrol and lunularin) were also identified. Accordingly, this study confirms the usefulness of omics-based techniques to discriminate individuals depending on the physiological effect of food constituents and represents an interesting tool to assess the impact of future personalized therapies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Dietary Fats / metabolism*
  • Dietary Sucrose / metabolism*
  • Dietary Supplements
  • Feces / chemistry*
  • Female
  • Male
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Quercetin / chemistry
  • Quercetin / metabolism*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Resveratrol
  • Stilbenes / chemistry
  • Stilbenes / metabolism*

Substances

  • Dietary Fats
  • Dietary Sucrose
  • Stilbenes
  • Quercetin
  • Resveratrol