¹H-NMR Metabolomics Analysis of the Effect of Rubusoside on Serum Metabolites of Golden Hamsters on a High-Fat Diet

• Main Authors: Li Li, Manjing Jiang, Yaohua Li, Jian Su, Xiaosheng Qu, Lanlan Fan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
• Series: Molecules
• Subjects: rubusoside; ¹h-nmr; metabolomics; fat metabolism
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/6/1274

Rubusoside is a natural sweetener and the active component of <i>Rubus suavissimus</i>. The preventive and therapeutic effect of rubusoside on high-fat diet-induced (HFD) serum metabolite changes in golden hamsters was analyzed by ¹H-NMR metabolomics to explore the underlying mechanism of lipid metabolism regulation. ¹H-NMR serum metabolomics analyses revealed a disturbed amino acid-, sugar-, fat-, and energy metabolism in HFD animals. Animals supplemented with rubusoside can partly reverse the metabolism disorders induced by high-fat diet and exerted good anti-hypertriglyceridemia effect by intervening in some major metabolic pathways, involving amino acid metabolism, synthesis of ketone bodies, as well as choline and 4-hydroxyphenylacetate metabolism. This study indicates that rubusoside can interfere with and normalize high-fat diet-induced metabolic changes in serum and could provide a theoretical basis to establish rubusoside as a potentially therapeutic tool able to revert or prevent lipid metabolism disorders.