Dietary Sources of Anthocyanins and Their Association with Metabolome Biomarkers and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in an Observational Study
Journal article, 2023

Anthocyanins (ACNs) are (poly)phenols associated with reduced cardiometabolic risk. Associations between dietary intake, microbial metabolism, and cardiometabolic health benefits of ACNs have not been fully characterized. Our aims were to study the association between ACN intake, considering its dietary sources, and plasma metabolites, and to relate them with cardiometabolic risk factors in an observational study. A total of 1351 samples from 624 participants (55% female, mean age: 45 ± 12 years old) enrolled in the DCH-NG MAX study were studied using a targeted metabolomic analysis. Twenty-four-hour dietary recalls were used to collect dietary data at baseline, six, and twelve months. ACN content of foods was calculated using Phenol Explorer and foods were categorized into food groups. The median intake of total ACNs was 1.6mg/day. Using mixed graphical models, ACNs from different foods showed specific associations with plasma metabolome biomarkers. Combining these results with censored regression analysis, metabolites associated with ACNs intake were: salsolinol sulfate, 4-methylcatechol sulfate, linoleoyl carnitine, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, and one valerolactone. Salsolinol sulfate and 4-methylcatechol sulfate, both related to the intake of ACNs mainly from berries, were inversely associated with visceral adipose tissue. In conclusion, plasma metabolome biomarkers of dietary ACNs depended on the dietary source and some of them, such as salsolinol sulfate and 4-methylcatechol sulfate may link berry intake with cardiometabolic health benefits.

diet

food matrix

cardiometabolic health

gut microbiota

anthocyanins

metabolomics

berries

Author

Hamza Mostafa

University of Barcelona

Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable

Tomás Meroño

Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable

University of Barcelona

Antonio Miñarro

University of Barcelona

Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable

Alex Sánchez-Pla

University of Barcelona

Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable

Fabian Lanuza

Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable

University of Barcelona

Raul Zamora-Ros

Institut d'Investigació Biomedica de Bellvitge

University of Barcelona

Agneta Rostgaard-Hansen

Danish Cancer Research Society Center

Núria Estanyol-Torres

University of Barcelona

Marta Cubedo-Culleré

University of Barcelona

Anne Tjønneland

Danish Cancer Research Society Center

Rikard Landberg

Chalmers, Life Sciences, Food and Nutrition Science

Jytte Halkjær

Danish Cancer Research Society Center

Cristina Andres-Lacueva

Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable

University of Barcelona

Nutrients

2072-6643 (ISSN) 20726643 (eISSN)

Vol. 15 5 1208

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Subject Categories

Food Science

Environmental Health and Occupational Health

Nutrition and Dietetics

DOI

10.3390/nu15051208

PubMed

36904207

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