Purpose Validated biomarkers of food intake (BFIs) have recently been suggested as a useful tool to assess adherence to dietary guidelines or compliance in human dietary interventions. Although many new candidate biomarkers have emerged in the last decades for different foods from metabolic profiling studies, the number of comprehensively validated biomarkers of food intake is limited. Apples are among the most frequently consumed fruits and a rich source of polyphenols and fibers, an important mediator for their health-protective properties. Methods Using an untargeted metabolomics approach, we aimed to identify biomarkers of long-term apple intake and explore how apples impact on the human plasma and urine metabolite profiles. Forty mildly hypercholesterolemic volunteers consumed two whole apples or a sugar and energy-matched control beverage, daily for 8 weeks in a randomized, controlled, crossover intervention study. The metabolome in plasma and urine samples was analyzed via untargeted metabolomics. Results We found 61 urine and 9 plasma metabolites being statistically significant after the whole apple intake compared to the control beverage, including several polyphenol metabolites that could be used as BFIs. Furthermore, we identified several endogenous indole and phenylacetyl-glutamine microbial metabolites significantly increasing in urine after apple consumption. The multiomic dataset allowed exploration of the correlations between metabolites modulated significantly by the dietary intervention and fecal microbiota species at genus level, showing interesting interactions between Granulicatella genus and phenyl-acetic acid metabolites. Phloretin glucuronide and phloretin glucuronide sulfate appeared promising biomarkers of apple intake; however, robustness, reliability and stability data are needed for full BFI validation. Conclusion The identified apple BFIs can be used in future studies to assess compliance and to explore their health effects after apple intake. Moreover, the identification of polyphenol microbial metabolites suggests that apple consumption mediates significant gut microbial metabolic activity which should be further explored.

Ulaszewska, M.; Koutsos, A.; Trost, K.; Stanstrup, J.; Garcia-Aloy, M.; Scholz, M.; Fava, F.; Natella, F.; Scaccini, C.; Vrhovsek, U.; Tuohy, K.; Lovegrove, J.; Mattivi, F. (2020). Two apples a day modulate human:microbiome co-metabolic processing of polyphenols, tyrosine and tryptophan. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, 59: 3691-3714. doi: 10.1007/s00394-020-02201-8 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/57758

Two apples a day modulate human:microbiome co-metabolic processing of polyphenols, tyrosine and tryptophan

Ulaszewska, M.
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Koutsos, A.;Trost, K.;Stanstrup, J.;Garcia-Aloy, M.;Scholz, M.;Fava, F.;Vrhovsek, U.;Tuohy, K.;Mattivi, F.
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2020-01-01

Abstract

Purpose Validated biomarkers of food intake (BFIs) have recently been suggested as a useful tool to assess adherence to dietary guidelines or compliance in human dietary interventions. Although many new candidate biomarkers have emerged in the last decades for different foods from metabolic profiling studies, the number of comprehensively validated biomarkers of food intake is limited. Apples are among the most frequently consumed fruits and a rich source of polyphenols and fibers, an important mediator for their health-protective properties. Methods Using an untargeted metabolomics approach, we aimed to identify biomarkers of long-term apple intake and explore how apples impact on the human plasma and urine metabolite profiles. Forty mildly hypercholesterolemic volunteers consumed two whole apples or a sugar and energy-matched control beverage, daily for 8 weeks in a randomized, controlled, crossover intervention study. The metabolome in plasma and urine samples was analyzed via untargeted metabolomics. Results We found 61 urine and 9 plasma metabolites being statistically significant after the whole apple intake compared to the control beverage, including several polyphenol metabolites that could be used as BFIs. Furthermore, we identified several endogenous indole and phenylacetyl-glutamine microbial metabolites significantly increasing in urine after apple consumption. The multiomic dataset allowed exploration of the correlations between metabolites modulated significantly by the dietary intervention and fecal microbiota species at genus level, showing interesting interactions between Granulicatella genus and phenyl-acetic acid metabolites. Phloretin glucuronide and phloretin glucuronide sulfate appeared promising biomarkers of apple intake; however, robustness, reliability and stability data are needed for full BFI validation. Conclusion The identified apple BFIs can be used in future studies to assess compliance and to explore their health effects after apple intake. Moreover, the identification of polyphenol microbial metabolites suggests that apple consumption mediates significant gut microbial metabolic activity which should be further explored.
Untargeted metabolomics
Apples
Polyphenols
Tryptophan
Tyrosine
Orbitrap
Biomarker of food intake
Validation
Settore CHIM/10 - CHIMICA DEGLI ALIMENTI
2020
Ulaszewska, M.; Koutsos, A.; Trost, K.; Stanstrup, J.; Garcia-Aloy, M.; Scholz, M.; Fava, F.; Natella, F.; Scaccini, C.; Vrhovsek, U.; Tuohy, K.; Lovegrove, J.; Mattivi, F. (2020). Two apples a day modulate human:microbiome co-metabolic processing of polyphenols, tyrosine and tryptophan. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, 59: 3691-3714. doi: 10.1007/s00394-020-02201-8 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/57758
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