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ArticleBMC biotechnology2025

Potentially probiotic NPL 1334 strain of Enterococcus durans benefits rats with diet-induced hypercholesterolemia.

Hannan Rashid, Haseeb Anwar, Fakhir Mehmood Baig, Imran Mukhtar, Tariq Muhammad, Arsalan Zaidi

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Article in BMC biotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors.

Hannan RashidPakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Haseeb AnwarDepartment of Physiology, Government College University (GCUF), Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
Fakhir Mehmood BaigDepartment of Physiology, Government College University (GCUF), Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
Imran MukhtarDepartment of Physiology, Government College University (GCUF), Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
Tariq MuhammadPakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Arsalan ZaidiPakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan. azlanzaidi@yahoo.com.

Funding

Ministry of Planning, Development and & Special Initiatives (Govt. of Pakistan) PSDP Grant "Development of a National Probiotic Lab at NIBGE"
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo study the potential of a candidate probiotic strain belonging to the Enterococcus durans species in alleviating hypercholesterolemia and improving the microbial milieu of rat gut.

methodsA previously isolated and characterized E. durans strain NPL 1334 was further screened in vitro for its bile salt hydrolyzation and cholesterol assimilation ability. An in vivo trial using diet-induced hypercholesterolemic rats was conducted to evaluate the effects of the administered test probiotic strain on the animal's blood biochemical parameters such as total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipopolysaccharides (HDL), low-density lipopolysaccharides (LDL), triglycerides (TG), on body weight, oxidative stress markers, and its impact on intestinal and fecal microbiota as well as a histopathological examination of the test animal's livers.

resultsE. durans strain showed good bile salt hydrolyzing ability and ample cholesterol assimilation in vitro. Probiotic-fed hypercholesterolemic rats showed significantly lowered cholesterol, triglyceride and LDL levels. The body weight of probiotic-fed rats was reduced as compared to the control. E. durans also stimulated the growth of beneficial LAB in the intestine of experimental rats and did not harm the liver of the experimental rats.

conclusionE. durans can be a natural therapeutic alternative to manage diet-induced hypercholesterolemia and may eventually enhance anti-cholesterolemic therapies.

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EnterococcusHypercholesterolemiaProbioticsAnimalsBile Acids and SaltsBody WeightCholesterolFecesGastrointestinal MicrobiomeLiverMaleRatsRats, WistarTriglyceridesBile Acids and SaltsCholesterolTriglyceridesAntioxidant potentialEnterococcusGut microbiotaHypercholesterolemiaProbiotics

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PMCPMC11740586

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