The Metabolomic-Gut-Clinical Axis of Mankai Plant-Derived Dietary Polyphenols

BACKGROUND: Polyphenols are secondary metabolites produced by plants to defend themselves from environmental stressors. We explored the effect of Wolffia globosa 'Mankai', a novel cultivated strain of a polyphenol-rich aquatic plant, on the metabolomic-gut clinical axis in vitro, in-vivo and in a clinical trial.

METHODS: We used mass-spectrometry-based metabolomics methods from three laboratories to detect Mankai phenolic metabolites and examined predicted functional pathways in a Mankai artificial-gut bioreactor. Plasma and urine polyphenols were assessed among the 294 DIRECT-PLUS 18-month trial participants, comparing the effect of a polyphenol-rich green-Mediterranean diet (+1240 mg/polyphenols/day, provided by Mankai, green tea and walnuts) to a walnuts-enriched (+440 mg/polyphenols/day) Mediterranean diet and a healthy controlled diet.

RESULTS: Approximately 200 different phenolic compounds were specifically detected in the Mankai plant. The Mankai-supplemented bioreactor artificial gut displayed a significantly higher relative-abundance of 16S-rRNA bacterial gene sequences encoding for enzymes involved in phenolic compound degradation. In humans, several Mankai-related plasma and urine polyphenols were differentially elevated in the green Mediterranean group compared with the other groups (p < 0.05) after six and 18 months of intervention (e.g., urine hydroxy-phenyl-acetic-acid and urolithin-A; plasma Naringenin and 2,5-diOH-benzoic-acid). Specific polyphenols, such as urolithin-A and 4-ethylphenol, were directly involved with clinical weight-related changes.

CONCLUSIONS: The Mankai new plant is rich in various unique potent polyphenols, potentially affecting the metabolomic-gut-clinical axis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Nutrients - 13(2021), 6 vom: 30. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yaskolka Meir, Anat [VerfasserIn]
Tuohy, Kieran [VerfasserIn]
von Bergen, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Krajmalnik-Brown, Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Heinig, Uwe [VerfasserIn]
Zelicha, Hila [VerfasserIn]
Tsaban, Gal [VerfasserIn]
Rinott, Ehud [VerfasserIn]
Kaplan, Alon [VerfasserIn]
Aharoni, Asaph [VerfasserIn]
Zeibich, Lydia [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Debbie [VerfasserIn]
Dirks, Blake [VerfasserIn]
Diotallevi, Camilla [VerfasserIn]
Arapitsas, Panagiotis [VerfasserIn]
Vrhovsek, Urska [VerfasserIn]
Ceglarek, Uta [VerfasserIn]
Haange, Sven-Bastiaan [VerfasserIn]
Rolle-Kampczyk, Ulrike [VerfasserIn]
Engelmann, Beatrice [VerfasserIn]
Lapidot, Miri [VerfasserIn]
Colt, Monica [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Shai, Iris [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Flavonoids
Journal Article
Mediterranean diet
Multicenter Study
Plant-based nutrition
Polyphenols
Tea
Weight loss
Wolffia globosa

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Date Completed 28.07.2021

Date Revised 02.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/nu13061866

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32619309X