Antiobesity and Uric Acid-Lowering Effect of Lactobacillus plantarum GKM3 in High-Fat-Diet-Induced Obese Rats

Objective: Obesity has become one of the world's biggest issues. This condition has a great impact on several metabolic and chronic diseases. For example, obesity is often accompanied by hyperuricemia or gout. However, few drugs are available for the treatment of obesity. The present study is to evaluate the antiobesity effect of Lactobacillus plantarum GKM3 in high-fat-diet-induced obese rats and whether taking L plantarum GKM3 can effectively reduce uric acid accumulation caused by obesity and ameliorate other harmful factors.Method: Sixty male Wistar rats were divided into five groups as follows: (1 Woods SC, Seeley RJ, Porte D, Schwartz MW. Signals that regulate food intake and energy homeostasis. Science. 1998;280(5368):1378–1383. doi:10.1126/science.280.5368.1378.[Crossref], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) ND group, fed normal diet; (2 Kopelman PG. Obesity as a medical problem. Nature. 2000;404(6778):635–643. doi:10.1038/35007508.[Crossref], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) HFC group, fed AIN93G-based high-fat diet containing 65% solids, 7% soybean oil, and 25% lard; (3 Skrypnik K, Bogdański P, Łoniewski I, Reguła J, Suliburska J. Effect of probiotic supplementation on liver function and lipid status in rats. Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Technologia Alimentaria. 2018;17(2):185–192[PubMed], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) HFL group, fed AIN93G-based high-fat diet supplemented with 102.7 mg/kg/d L plantarum GKM3; (4 Szulińska M, Łoniewski I, Skrypnik K, Sobieska M, Korybalska K, Suliburska J, Bogdański P. Multispecies probiotic supplementation favorably affects vascular function and reduces arterial stiffness in obese postmenopausal women—a 12-week placebo-controlled and randomized clinical study. Nutrients. 2018;10(11):1672. doi:10.3390/nu10111672.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) HFM group, fed AIN93G-based high-fat diet supplemented with 205.4 mg/kg/d L plantarum GKM3; and (5 Hikita M, Ohno I, Mori Y, Ichida K, Yokose T, Hosoya T. Relationship between hyperuricemia and body fat distribution. Intern Med. 2007;46(17):1353–1358. doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0045.[Crossref], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) HFH group, fed AIN93G-based high-fat diet supplemented with 513.5 mg/kg/d L plantarum GKM3. After 6 weeks, the body, organ, and fat weights; food intake; blood serum levels; and adipocyte size were measured.Results: Results showed that rats fed on the high-fat diet showed more body weight, increased feed efficiency, higher fat deposition, higher total liver weight, elevated serum lipid levels, and increased adipocyte size compared with those on the normal diet. All these effects were reversed by supplementation of L plantarum GKM3.Conclusions: In conclusion, we suggest that the L plantarum GKM3 supplement may have beneficial antiobesity and uric acid–lowering effects.