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Dietary Cocoa Flavanols Enhance Mitochondrial Function in Skeletal Muscle and Modify Whole-Body Metabolism in Healthy Mice

by
Frédéric Nicolas Daussin
1,*,
Alexane Cuillerier
2,
Julianne Touron
3,
Samir Bensaid
1,
Bruno Melo
4,
Ali Al Rewashdy
2,
Goutham Vasam
2,
Keir J. Menzies
2,5,
Mary-Ellen Harper
5,
Elsa Heyman
1 and
Yan Burelle
2
1
ULR 7369—URePSSS—Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société, University Lille, University Artois, University Littoral Côte d’Opale, F-59000 Lille, France
2
Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
3
INRAE, UMR1019, Unité de Nutrition Humaine (UNH), Équipe ASMS, Université Clermont Auvergne, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France
4
Department of Physical Education, Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
5
Department of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
*
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Academic Editor: Takao Kimura
Nutrients 2021, 13(10), 3466; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13103466
Received: 31 August 2021 / Revised: 22 September 2021 / Accepted: 28 September 2021 / Published: 29 September 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)
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Mitochondrial dysfunction is widely reported in various diseases and contributes to their pathogenesis. We assessed the effect of cocoa flavanols supplementation on mitochondrial function and whole metabolism, and we explored whether the mitochondrial deacetylase sirtuin-3 (Sirt3) is involved or not. We explored the effects of 15 days of CF supplementation in wild type and Sirt3-/- mice. Whole-body metabolism was assessed by indirect calorimetry, and an oral glucose tolerance test was performed to assess glucose metabolism. Mitochondrial respiratory function was assessed in permeabilised fibres and the pyridine nucleotides content (NAD+ and NADH) were quantified. In the wild type, CF supplementation significantly modified whole-body metabolism by promoting carbohydrate use and improved glucose tolerance. CF supplementation induced a significant increase of mitochondrial mass, while significant qualitative adaptation occurred to maintain H2O2 production and cellular oxidative stress. CF supplementation induced a significant increase in NAD+ and NADH content. All the effects mentioned above were blunted in Sirt3-/- mice. Collectively, CF supplementation boosted the NAD metabolism that stimulates sirtuins metabolism and improved mitochondrial function, which likely contributed to the observed whole-body metabolism adaptation, with a greater ability to use carbohydrates, at least partially through Sirt3. View Full-Text
Keywords: cocoa flavanols; NAD metabolism; mitochondrial mass; glucose metabolism; skeletal muscle cocoa flavanols; NAD metabolism; mitochondrial mass; glucose metabolism; skeletal muscle
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Daussin, F.N.; Cuillerier, A.; Touron, J.; Bensaid, S.; Melo, B.; Al Rewashdy, A.; Vasam, G.; Menzies, K.J.; Harper, M.-E.; Heyman, E.; Burelle, Y. Dietary Cocoa Flavanols Enhance Mitochondrial Function in Skeletal Muscle and Modify Whole-Body Metabolism in Healthy Mice. Nutrients 2021, 13, 3466. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13103466

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Daussin FN, Cuillerier A, Touron J, Bensaid S, Melo B, Al Rewashdy A, Vasam G, Menzies KJ, Harper M-E, Heyman E, Burelle Y. Dietary Cocoa Flavanols Enhance Mitochondrial Function in Skeletal Muscle and Modify Whole-Body Metabolism in Healthy Mice. Nutrients. 2021; 13(10):3466. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13103466

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Daussin, Frédéric Nicolas, Alexane Cuillerier, Julianne Touron, Samir Bensaid, Bruno Melo, Ali Al Rewashdy, Goutham Vasam, Keir J. Menzies, Mary-Ellen Harper, Elsa Heyman, and Yan Burelle. 2021. "Dietary Cocoa Flavanols Enhance Mitochondrial Function in Skeletal Muscle and Modify Whole-Body Metabolism in Healthy Mice" Nutrients 13, no. 10: 3466. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13103466

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