The responses
of gut microbiota to dietary proteins have been studied previously.
However, the effects of dietary proteins supplemented with a high-fat
diet (HFD) on the metabolite biomarkers associated with non-alcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are not well understood. To understand
the underlying mechanisms, C57BL/6J mice were fed with either a low-fat
diet with casein (LFC) or an HFD with casein (HFC), fish (HFF), or
mutton proteins (HFM), and their cecal microbiota and liver metabolites
were analyzed. At the phylum level, the HFD group had a relatively
higher abundance of Firmicutes compared to the LFC-diet
group. At the genus level, the HFF-diet group had the highest abundance
of Lactobacillus and Akkermansia compared to the HFC- and HFM-diet groups. Furthermore, mice fed
with the HFF diet had significantly reduced levels of hepatic metabolites
involved in oxidative stress and bile acid metabolism. Thus, meat
proteins in HFD interact in the host to create distinct responses
in the gut microbiota and its metabolites.
Endocannabinoids modulate insulin and adipokine expression in adipocytes through cannabinoid receptors and their levels are elevated during hyperglycemia and obesity, but little is known about how diets affect them. We assessed the effects of dietary casein, chicken, beef, and pork proteins in a high-fat diet mode, on endocannabinoids, adipogenesis, and biomarkers associated with dyslipemdia. A high-fat beef or chicken diet upregulated cannabinoid 1 receptor, N-acyl phosphatidylethanolamineselective phospholipase-D and diacylglycerol lipase α in adipose tissue and reduced the immunoreactivity of mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1 in brown adipose tissue. In addition, the high-fat diets with beef and chicken protein had a significant impact on adipocyte differentiation and mitochondrial biogenesis in obese mice. A 16S rRNA gene sequencing indicated that high-fat diets, regardless of the protein source, significantly enhanced the ratio of Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes in colon. Meat proteins in a high-fat diet significantly decreased the relative abundances of Akkermansia and Bif idobacteria but enhanced the lipopolysaccharides level in the serum, which promoted the adipogenesis process by causing dysregulation in the endocannabinoid receptors. Consumption of meat protein with high-fat-induced adiposity, visceral obesity, and dyslipidemia reduced the thermogenesis and had a distinctive effect on the mitochondrial biogenesis compared with casein protein.
The paper presents a 1 × 2 B-shaped antenna array for dual-band operation at 4 and 8 GHz. The antenna design consists of a rectangular patch with two annular-strip lines fabricated on the top layer and finite ground plane on the bottom layer. The array is formed by designing an optimum T-shaped microstrip line for impedance matching. The dimensions of the antenna array are 78 × 36 × 1.6 mm3. Full-wave simulations have been conducted and the measured results are in good consent with the simulated results. The measured impedance bandwidth (reference −10 dB) has been observed at 3.84–4.16 and 7.78–8.38 GHz. Measured peak gain and radiation efficiency at 4 and 8 GHz are 8.3, 9.4 dB and 82.5 and 81.2%, respectively.
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