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Table 2 Bile acid and cholesterol concentrations in systemic plasma of fasted mice

From: The gut microbiota drives the impact of bile acids and fat source in diet on mouse metabolism

Colonization status

GF

SPF

Diet

PHB

LHB

PHB

LHB

T-α-MCA [nM]

107 ± 60

163 ± 128

31 ± 11

53 ± 31

T-β-MCA [nM]

358 ± 125 a

780 ± 617

36 ± 10 c

34 ± 17 d

TCA [nM]

186 ± 116

236 ± 173

39 ± 54

35 ± 23 d

TCDCA [nM]

23 ± 28

43 ± 51

7.1 ± 8.4

22 ± 13 b

TDCA [nM]

BQ

BQ

53 ± 19

83 ± 32

β-MCA [nM]

29 ± 26

134 ± 225

31 ± 40

21 ± 37

12-DHCA [nM]

BQ

BQ

2.2 ± 4.0

1.6 ± 3.8

CA [nM]

3.8 ± 6.5

7.6 ± 10.8

45 ± 39

37 ± 25

TLCA [nM]

BQ

BQ

BQ

BQ

DCA [nM]

BQ

BQ

103 ± 32

142 ± 55

SUM of all bile acids [nM]

706 ± 348

1363 ± 1179

347 ± 95

429 ± 151 d

 Primary [nM]

706 ± 348

1363 ± 1179

189 ± 87

202 ± 103 d

 Secondary [nM]

BQ

BQ

159 ± 48

227 ± 85

 Tauro-conjugated [nM]

673 ± 326

1221 ± 963

166 ± 59

228 ± 61 d

 Unconjugated [nM]

33 ± 28

142 ± 220

181 ± 83

201 ± 104

Cholesterol [μM]

628 ± 241

539 ± 234

775 ± 242

790 ± 235

  1. Data are mean ± SD. Diets are as in Table 1. Italicized data indicate differences between groups. Superscript letters indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05, n = 4–6; two-way ANOVA with Holm-Sidak for multiple comparison; t test for LHB vs. PHB comparisons within colonization groups) as follows: aP- vs. LHB among GF mice; bP- vs. LHB among SPF mice; cGF vs. SPF for PHB diet; dGF vs. SPF for LHB diet. CA cholic acid, CDCA chenodeoxycholic acid, DCA deoxycholic acid, DHCA dihydroxycholic acid, LCA lithocholic acid, MCA muricholic acid, T tauro-conjugated, BQ below quantification limit [38]