Short-term Cudrania tricuspidata fruit vinegar administration attenuates obesity in high-fat diet-fed mice by improving fat accumulation and metabolic parameters

Sci Rep. 2020 Dec 3;10(1):21102. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-78166-9.

Abstract

Previous studies have suggested that vinegar intake can help to reduce body fat and hyperglycemia. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the anti-obesity efficacy of vinegar fermented using Cudrania tricuspidata fruits (CTFV) and its main phenolic constituents and to analyze its molecular mechanism and changes in obesity-related metabolizing enzymatic activities. We found that HFD significantly caused hepatic steatosis; increases in body fats, feed efficiency, liver mass, lipids, insulin, oxidative parameters, cardiovascular-associated risk indices, lipase and α-amylase activities, whereas CTFV efficaciously attenuated HFD-induced oxidant stress, fat accumulation, obesity-related enzymatic activity, and the activation or reduction of obesity-related molecular reactions via improving metabolic parameters including phosphorylated insulin receptor substrate 1, protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B, phosphorylated phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B, phosphorylated mitogen-activated protein kinases, sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c, CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein, and fatty acid synthase; and decreases in adiponectin receptor 1, leptin receptor, adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase, acetyl-CoA carboxylase, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor, subsequently ameliorating HFD-induced obesity. Therefore, CTFV might provide a functional food resource or nutraceutical product for reducing body fat accumulation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetic Acid / administration & dosage*
  • Acetic Acid / pharmacology
  • Acetic Acid / therapeutic use*
  • Animals
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Diet, High-Fat*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Fenofibrate / pharmacology
  • Fruit / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Lipid Metabolism* / drug effects
  • Liver / drug effects
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Mice, Obese
  • Moraceae / chemistry*
  • Obesity / blood
  • Obesity / drug therapy*
  • Organ Size / drug effects
  • Oxidative Stress / drug effects
  • Phosphorylation / drug effects
  • Polyphenols / pharmacology
  • Pomegranate / chemistry
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Weight Gain / drug effects

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Polyphenols
  • Acetic Acid
  • Fenofibrate