Imperial College London
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Dr. Jia Li

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction

Reader in Biological Chemistry
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 3230jia.li

 
 
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10.N2ACommonwealth BuildingHammersmith Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Phetcharaburanin:2016:10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00090,
author = {Phetcharaburanin, J and Lees, H and Marchesi, JR and Nicholson, JK and Holmes, E and Seyfried, F and Li, JV},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00090},
journal = {Journal of Proteome Research},
pages = {1897--1906},
title = {Systemic Characterization of an Obese Phenotype in the Zucker Rat Model Defining Metabolic Axes of Energy Metab-olism and Host-Microbial Interactions},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00090},
volume = {15},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The Zucker (fa/fa) rat is a valuable and extensively utilized model for obesity research. However, the metabolicnetworks underlying the systemic response in the obese Zucker rats remain to be elucidated. This information is importantto further our understanding of the circulation of the microbial or host-microbial metabolites and their impact on hostmetabolism. 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy-based metabolic profiling was used to probe global metabolicdifferences in portal vein and peripheral blood plasma, urine and fecal water between obese (fa/fa, n=12) and lean (fa/+,n=12) Zucker rats. Urinary concentrations of host-microbial co-metabolites were found to be significantly higher in leanZucker rats. Higher concentrations of fecal lactate, short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), 3-hydroxyphenyl propionic acid andglycerol, and lower levels of valine and glycine were observed in obese rats compared with lean animals. Regardless ofphenotype, concentrations of SCFAs, tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates, and choline metabolites were higher in portalvein blood compared to peripheral blood. However, higher levels of succinate, phenylalanine and tyrosine were observedin portal vein blood compared with peripheral blood from lean rats but not in obese rats. Our findings indicate that theabsorption of propionate and acetate, choline and TMA are independent of the Zucker rat phenotypes. However, urinaryhost-microbial co-metabolites were highly associated with phenotypes, suggesting distinct gut microbial metabolic activitiesin lean and obese Zucker rats. This work advances our understanding of metabolic processes associated with obesity,particularly the metabolic functionality of the gut microbiota in the context of obesity.
AU  - Phetcharaburanin,J
AU  - Lees,H
AU  - Marchesi,JR
AU  - Nicholson,JK
AU  - Holmes,E
AU  - Seyfried,F
AU  - Li,JV
DO  - 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00090
EP  - 1906
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1535-3907
SP  - 1897
TI  - Systemic Characterization of an Obese Phenotype in the Zucker Rat Model Defining Metabolic Axes of Energy Metab-olism and Host-Microbial Interactions
T2  - Journal of Proteome Research
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00090
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/31847
VL  - 15
ER  -
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