Effect of a high-fat high-fructose diet on the composition of the intestinal microbiota and its association with metabolic and anthropometric parameters in a letrozole-induced mouse model of polycystic ovary syndrome

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study design
Citation
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Authors
Pieczyńska-Zając JM, Malinowska AM, Pruszyńska-Oszmałek E, Kołodziejski PA, Drzymała-Czyż S, Bajerska J
Journal
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Year
2024
Keywords:
Intestinal microbiota, Lipopolysaccharide, Reproductive disorders, Short-chain fatty acids
OBJECTIVE: It has been suggested that dysbiosis of the gut microbiota is associated with the pathogenesis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), and that improper diet can aggravate these changes. This study thus aimed to investigate the effects of a high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr) diet on the gut microbial community and their metabolites in prepubertal female mice with letrozole (LET)-induced PCOS. We also tested the correlations between the relative abundance of microbial taxa and selected PCOS parameters. RESEARCH METHODS & PROCEDURES: Thirty-two C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into four groups (n = 8) and implanted with LET or a placebo, with simultaneous administration of a HF/HFr diet or standard diet (StD) for 5 wk. The blood and intestinal contents were collected after the sacrifice. RESULTS: Placebo + HF/HFr and LET + HF/HFr had significantly higher microbial alpha diversity than either group fed StD. The LET-implanted mice fed StD had a significantly higher abundance of Prevotellaceae_UCG-001 than the placebo mice fed StD. Both groups fed the HF/HFr diet had significantly lower fecal levels of short-chain fatty acids than the placebo mice fed StD, while the LET + HF/HFr animals had significantly higher concentrations of lipopolysaccharides in blood serum than either the placebo or LET mice fed StD. Opposite correlations were observed between Turicibacter and Lactobacillus and the lipid profile, CONCLUSION: HF/HFr diet had a much stronger effect on the composition of the intestinal microbiota of prepubertal mice than LET itself.

Experiment 1


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-8-11

Curated date: 2025/07/22

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Subjects

Location of subjects
Poland
Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Mus musculus
Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology
Caecum Blind intestine,Blindgut,Caeca,Caecum,Ceca,Cecum,Intestinum caecum,Intestinum crassum caecum,Intestinum crassum cecum,caecum
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Response to diet Response to diet,response to diet
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Placebo
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Placebo+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr) diet
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Mice in this group were injected with a placebo pellet and fed a high-fat/high-fructose diet.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
8
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
8

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V3-V4
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
relative abundances
Statistical test
Dunn's test
Kruskall-Wallis
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.05
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
Yes

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
increased
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
increased

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Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-8-11

Curated date: 2025/07/24

Curator: Victoria

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Source: Table 1 & Supplementary Table S1

Description: The relative abundances of selected taxa at all taxonomic levels in intestinal microbiota of prepubertal female C57BL/6 mice.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Placebo+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr) diet

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Acidimicrobiia
Actinomycetota
Alloprevotella
Bifidobacteriaceae
Bifidobacteriales
Bifidobacterium
Burkholderiales
Clostridiaceae
Clostridium
Erysipelotrichaceae
Erysipelotrichales
Eubacteriales
Eubacterium coprostanoligenes
Gammaproteobacteria
Muribaculum
Parasutterella
Peptostreptococcaceae
Prevotellaceae
Rikenella
Romboutsia
Sutterellaceae
Turicibacter
[Eubacterium] siraeum
Peptostreptococcales-TissierellalesPeptostreptococcales-Tissierellales
uncultured Clostridium sp.

Revision editor(s): Victoria

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Curated date: 2025/07/24

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Source: Table 1 & Supplementary Table S1

Description: The relative abundances of selected taxa at all taxonomic levels in intestinal microbiota of prepubertal female C57BL/6 mice.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Placebo+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr) diet

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Lactobacillales
Lactobacillus
Lactobacillaceae

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Experiment 2


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-8-11

Curated date: 2025/07/22

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Polycystic ovary syndrome Cystic disease of ovaries,hyperandrogenemia,Multicystic ovaries,multicystic ovaries,Ovarian Degeneration, Sclerocystic,Ovarian Syndrome, Polycystic,Ovarian Syndromes, Polycystic,Ovaries, Sclerocystic,Ovary Syndrome, Polycystic,Ovary, Sclerocystic,PCO - Polycystic ovaries,Pco1,PCOD - Polycystic ovarian disease,PCOS,Pcos,PCOS - Polycystic ovarian syndrome,PCOS1,Polycystic ovarian disease,polycystic ovarian disease,Polycystic ovarian syndrome,Polycystic ovaries,polycystic ovaries,Polycystic ovaries (disorder),polycystic ovary,polycystic ovary syndrome,polycystic ovary syndrome 1,Sclerocystic Ovarian Degeneration,Sclerocystic Ovaries,Sclerocystic Ovary,Sclerocystic Ovary Syndrome,Stein Leventhal Syndrome,Stein-Leventhal synd.,Stein-Leventhal Syndrome,Stein-Leventhal syndrome,Syndrome, Polycystic Ovary,Syndrome, Stein-Leventhal,Polycystic ovary syndrome
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
letrozole-induced polycystic ovary syndrome (LET)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Mice in this group were injected with a Letrozole (LET) pellet to induce polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and fed a standard diet.

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
unchanged

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-8-11

Curated date: 2025/07/24

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Source: Table 1 & Supplementary Table S1

Description: The relative abundances of selected taxa at all taxonomic levels in intestinal microbiota of prepubertal female C57BL/6 mice.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in letrozole-induced polycystic ovary syndrome (LET)

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Prevotellaceae_UCG-001Prevotellaceae_UCG-001

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Experiment 3


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Curated date: 2025/07/22

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Response to diet Response to diet,response to diet
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Letrozole-induced polycystic ovary syndrome (LET)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Placebo+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr) diet
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Mice in this group were injected with a placebo pellet and fed a high-fat/high-fructose diet.

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
unchanged

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-8-11

Curated date: 2025/07/24

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Source: Table 1 & Supplementary Table S1

Description: The relative abundances of selected taxa at all taxonomic levels in intestinal microbiota of prepubertal female C57BL/6 mice.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Placebo+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr) diet

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Acidimicrobiia
Actinomycetota
Alloprevotella
Bifidobacteriaceae
Bifidobacteriales
Bifidobacterium
Clostridiaceae
Clostridium
Erysipelotrichaceae
Erysipelotrichales
Eubacterium coprostanoligenes
Muribaculum
Peptostreptococcaceae
Prevotellaceae
Rikenella
Romboutsia
Turicibacter
[Eubacterium] siraeum
Clostridia vadinBB60Clostridia vadinBB60
Peptostreptococcales-TissierellalesPeptostreptococcales-Tissierellales
ASF356ASF356
Eubacteriales

Revision editor(s): Victoria

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Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-8-11

Curated date: 2025/07/24

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Source: Table 1 & Supplementary Table S1

Description: The relative abundances of selected taxa at all taxonomic levels in intestinal microbiota of prepubertal female C57BL/6 mice.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Placebo+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr) diet

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Prevotellaceae NK3B31 groupPrevotellaceae NK3B31 group
Lactobacillus
Butyricicoccus
Lactobacillaceae
Lactobacillales

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Experiment 4


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-8-11

Curated date: 2025/07/22

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Letrozole-induced polycystic ovary syndrome (LET)+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr) diet

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
unchanged

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-8-11

Curated date: 2025/07/24

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Source: Table 1 & Supplementary Table S1

Description: The relative abundances of selected taxa at all taxonomic levels in intestinal microbiota of prepubertal female C57BL/6 mice.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Placebo+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr) diet

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Actinomycetota
Acidimicrobiia
Clostridia vadinBB60Clostridia vadinBB60
Peptostreptococcales-TissierellalesPeptostreptococcales-Tissierellales
Erysipelotrichales
Eubacteriales
Bifidobacteriales
Erysipelotrichaceae
Clostridiaceae
Bifidobacteriaceae
Muribaculum
ASF356ASF356
Romboutsia
Turicibacter
Clostridium
Bifidobacterium
[Eubacterium] siraeum

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Experiment 5


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-8-11

Curated date: 2025/07/23

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Letrozole-induced polycystic ovary syndrome (LET)+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr) & Placebo+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr) & Letrozole-induced polycystic ovary syndrome (LET)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Placebo
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Mice in this group were injected with a placebo pellet and fed a standard diet.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
24

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Statistical test
LEfSe
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
No
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
2


Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-8-11

Curated date: 2025/07/23

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Source: Supplementary Figure S1 & S2

Description: Cladogram of LEfSe analysis of gut microbiota in different groups. The microbial compositions were compared at five taxonomic levels (phylum, class, order, family, genus).

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Placebo

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Lachnospirales
Deferribacteres
Deferribacterota
Deferribacterales
Deferribacteraceae
Mucispirillum
Alistipes
Lachnospiraceae
Lactobacillales
Lactobacillaceae
Lactobacillus

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Experiment 6


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-8-11

Curated date: 2025/07/23

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Polycystic ovary syndrome Cystic disease of ovaries,hyperandrogenemia,Multicystic ovaries,multicystic ovaries,Ovarian Degeneration, Sclerocystic,Ovarian Syndrome, Polycystic,Ovarian Syndromes, Polycystic,Ovaries, Sclerocystic,Ovary Syndrome, Polycystic,Ovary, Sclerocystic,PCO - Polycystic ovaries,Pco1,PCOD - Polycystic ovarian disease,PCOS,Pcos,PCOS - Polycystic ovarian syndrome,PCOS1,Polycystic ovarian disease,polycystic ovarian disease,Polycystic ovarian syndrome,Polycystic ovaries,polycystic ovaries,Polycystic ovaries (disorder),polycystic ovary,polycystic ovary syndrome,polycystic ovary syndrome 1,Sclerocystic Ovarian Degeneration,Sclerocystic Ovaries,Sclerocystic Ovary,Sclerocystic Ovary Syndrome,Stein Leventhal Syndrome,Stein-Leventhal synd.,Stein-Leventhal Syndrome,Stein-Leventhal syndrome,Syndrome, Polycystic Ovary,Syndrome, Stein-Leventhal,Polycystic ovary syndrome
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Letrozole-induced polycystic ovary syndrome (LET)+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr) & Placebo+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr) & Placebo
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Letrozole-induced polycystic ovary syndrome (LET)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Mice in this group were injected with a Letrozole (LET) pellet to induce polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and fed a standard diet.

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-8-11

Curated date: 2025/07/23

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Source: Supplementary Figure S1 & S2

Description: Cladogram of LEfSe analysis of gut microbiota in different groups. The microbial compositions were compared at five taxonomic levels (phylum, class, order, family, genus).

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Letrozole-induced polycystic ovary syndrome (LET)

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Butyricicoccus
Prevotellaceae NK3B31Prevotellaceae NK3B31
Prevotellaceae UCG-001Prevotellaceae UCG-001

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Experiment 7


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-8-11

Curated date: 2025/07/23

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Response to diet Response to diet,response to diet
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Letrozole-induced polycystic ovary syndrome (LET)+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr) & Placebo & Letrozole-induced polycystic ovary syndrome (LET)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Placebo+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Mice in this group were injected with a placebo pellet and fed a high-fat/high-fructose diet.

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-8-11

Curated date: 2025/07/23

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Source: Supplementary Figure S1 & S2

Description: Cladogram of LEfSe analysis of gut microbiota in different groups. The microbial compositions were compared at five taxonomic levels (phylum, class, order, family, genus).

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Placebo+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr)

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Alloprevotella
Burkholderiales
Gammaproteobacteria
Muribaculum
Parasutterella
Prevotellaceae
Pseudomonadota
Rikenella
Sutterellaceae
ASF356ASF356
Clostridia vadinBB60 groupClostridia vadinBB60 group
uncultured Clostridium sp.

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Experiment 8


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-8-11

Curated date: 2025/07/23

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Placebo+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr) & Placebo & Letrozole-induced polycystic ovary syndrome (LET)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Letrozole-induced polycystic ovary syndrome (LET)+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Mice in this group were injected with a Letrozole pellet and fed a high-fat/high-fructose diet.

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-8-11

Curated date: 2025/07/23

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Source: Supplementary Figure S1 & S2

Description: Cladogram of LEfSe analysis of gut microbiota in different groups. The microbial compositions were compared at five taxonomic levels (phylum, class, order, family, genus).

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Letrozole-induced polycystic ovary syndrome (LET)+high-fat/high-fructose (HF/HFr)

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Bacteroidales
Bacteroidota
Bacteroidia
Muribaculaceae
Muribaculum
Bilophila
TuzzerellaTuzzerella

Revision editor(s): Victoria