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Anti-obesity properties of the strain Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis CECT 8145 in Zücker fatty rats

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N. López Carreras Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

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P. Martorell Department of Food Biotechnology; Biópolis S.L. Parc Científic Universitat De València, Edif. 2, C/Catedrático Agustín Escardino Benlloch, 9, 46980 Paterna, Spain.

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E. Chenoll Department of Food Biotechnology; Biópolis S.L. Parc Científic Universitat De València, Edif. 2, C/Catedrático Agustín Escardino Benlloch, 9, 46980 Paterna, Spain.

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S. Genovés Department of Food Biotechnology; Biópolis S.L. Parc Científic Universitat De València, Edif. 2, C/Catedrático Agustín Escardino Benlloch, 9, 46980 Paterna, Spain.

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D. Ramón Department of Food Biotechnology; Biópolis S.L. Parc Científic Universitat De València, Edif. 2, C/Catedrático Agustín Escardino Benlloch, 9, 46980 Paterna, Spain.

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A. Aleixandre Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

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We evaluated the effect of oral administration of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis CECT 8145 strain in Zücker fatty rats. The Zücker fatty rats were randomly divided into two groups (n=10 each) and administered either B. animalis subsp. lactis CECT 8145 (1010 cfu/day) suspended in skim milk, or skim milk alone (control group). Each treatment was administered in drinking bottles from week 5 until week 17 of age. A lean Zücker rat group (standard group) was included to provide normal values for the Zücker strain. This group was administered skim milk in the drinking bottle for the same experimental period as Zücker fatty rats. Body weight gain was greater in the fatty control group than in the fatty rats treated daily with B. animalis subsp. lactis CECT 8145. Furthermore, dry and liquid food intake significantly decreased in the treated Zücker fatty group and these rats also showed decreased plasma ghrelin levels as compared with the Zücker fatty control group. B. animalis subsp. lactis CECT 8145 intake also decreased plasma tumour necrosis factor-α (a proinflammatory cytokine) and plasma malondialdehyde (a biomarker of oxidative stress). Moreover, the ratio plasma total cholesterol/plasma cholesterol transported by high-density lipoproteins, considered as an index for cardiovascular disease, also significantly decreased in the Zücker fatty rats treated with B. animalis subsp. lactis CECT 8145. By contrast, this bacterial strain significantly increased plasma adiponectin (an insulin-sensitising adipokine), but did not produce significant effects on triglyceride levels or glucose metabolism biomarkers. Although further research is required to confirm B. animalis subsp. lactis CECT 8145 is an efficient anti-obesity treatment in humans, the results obtained in this study are promising and point to the health and anti-obesity properties of this bacterial strain.

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