Abstract

Anthocyanins have been shown to have prebiotic properties. This study investigated the impact of nonacylated anthocyanins and acylated anthocyanins on fecal and cecal metabolites and colonic gut microbiota in diabetic state using 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolomics and metagenomic sequencing. Zucker diabetic fatty rats fed with high-fat diet were gavaged with nonacylated anthocyanins extracted from bilberries (NAAB) or acylated anthocyanins extracted from purple potatoes (AAPP) at daily doses of 25 and 50 mg/kg body weight for 8 weeks. Lean Zucker rats fed with normal diet (ND) and high-fat diet (Con) were used as healthy controls groups. Binned NMR spectra and sequenced gene abundance were used for data analysis. Dysbiosis of colonic microbiota and gut metabolites in the diabetic rats were observed compared to the lean Zucker rats. Both anthocyanin extracts increased cecal sugar levels and the abundance of Peptostreptococcaceae sp. and decreased the abundance of Parabacteroides spp. in colon. In addition to the increased fecal short-chain fatty acids, AAPP decreased colonic Ruminococcus torques and Lachnospiraceae bacterium 4_1_37FAA abundances and increased oxidative phosphorylation. The anthocyanin extracts modulated the gut metabolism and microbiota in diabetes, with AAPP showing more regulatory and beneficial effects on diabetes.

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