title: Anti-obesity effect of kimchi fermented with Weissella koreensis OK1-6 as starter in high-fat diet-induced obese C57BL/6J mice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In this study, we investigated the anti-obesity effects of kimchi (Korean traditional fermented vegetable) fermented either without starter culture or with a specific starter culture, Weissella koreensis OK1-6.
  
  
  RESULTS
  C57BL/6J mice were divided into four groups (n = 7); normal diet, HF (high-fat diet), HF-KC (high-fat diet containing 3% kimchi manufactured without starter) and HF-KCO (high-fat diet containing 3% kimchi manufactured with the starter culture W. koreensis OK1-6). After 12 weeks of dietary intervention, the mice were killed, and serum and tissue samples were examined. Serum and hepatic lipid profile, insulin, leptin concentration and expression level of lipid anabolic genes like peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ, stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1, liver X receptor α and SREBP2 were significantly decreased (<0.05) along with body and epididymal fat pad weight in the HF-KCO group compared with the HF-KC and HF group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggested that kimchi fermented with the starter W. koreensis OK1-6 has anti-obesity effects in HF-induced obese mice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results may contribute to nutraceutical and food industries in developing functional food and probiotics based therapies for the treatment and prevention of obesity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea.
authors.forename: J-A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Tirupathi Pichiah
authors.forename: J-J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: S-H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Daily
authors.forename: Y-S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Cha
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D001937:Brassica / Q000382:microbiology*; D059305:Diet, High-Fat; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005285:Fermentation; D005516:Food Microbiology; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008820:Mice, Obese; D009765:Obesity / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D047495:PPAR gamma / Q000378:metabolism; D058836:Weissella / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D007328:Insulin; D020738:Leptin; D008055:Lipids; D047495:PPAR gamma