Metabolomics study on fermented soybean meal by Rhizopus oligosporus RT-3 and its improvement on the growth status of malnourished mice

Abstract In this study, Rhizopus oligosporus RT-3 was utilized to ferment soybean meal to obtain a tempe-like food with low fat and high bioactivity. To investigate the impact of fermentation on soybean meal’s nutritional value, we detected the protein-related indices and conducted a non-targeted me...

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Main Authors: Teng Sun, Zhaojun Wang, Yiqiang Dai, Kang Zhai, Xiangna Fang, Yitian Chen, Baomin Zhao, Mingsheng Dong
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Published: BMC 2025-04-01
Series:Food Production, Processing and Nutrition
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43014-024-00286-w
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author Teng Sun
Zhaojun Wang
Yiqiang Dai
Kang Zhai
Xiangna Fang
Yitian Chen
Baomin Zhao
Mingsheng Dong
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Zhaojun Wang
Yiqiang Dai
Kang Zhai
Xiangna Fang
Yitian Chen
Baomin Zhao
Mingsheng Dong
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description Abstract In this study, Rhizopus oligosporus RT-3 was utilized to ferment soybean meal to obtain a tempe-like food with low fat and high bioactivity. To investigate the impact of fermentation on soybean meal’s nutritional value, we detected the protein-related indices and conducted a non-targeted metabonomic analysis on both fermented soybean meal (FSM) and soybean meal (SM) in order to explore changes in a certain type of metabolite and its corresponding metabolic pathways. The results showed a significant increase in crude protein, peptides and amino acids while getting porous after fermentation. A reduction of raffinose and stachyose to 18.1% and 8.5%, respectively, due to the action of α-galactosidase and β-furanofructosidase occurred. As to amino acid metabolites, essential amino acids for human bodily functions such as lysine, histidine, and threonine were significantly upregulated. Furthermore, nine peptide metabolites were identified as angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-IV). After feeding with different doses of FSM, levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), hemoglobin (HB), albumin (ALB), and total protein (TP) of malnourished mice all returned to normal. In conclusion, fermentation with Rhizopus oligosporus RT-3 can improve the quality of SM by reducing the level of oligosaccharide anti-nutrition factors and increasing the contents of free amino acid and small bioactive peptides, which provide a theoretical basis and new ideas for the application of FSM. Graphical Abstract
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spelling doaj-art-c8f1b5203b284f7bbe22c3bf46a6bf992025-08-20T02:10:50ZengBMCFood Production, Processing and Nutrition2661-89742025-04-017111410.1186/s43014-024-00286-wMetabolomics study on fermented soybean meal by Rhizopus oligosporus RT-3 and its improvement on the growth status of malnourished miceTeng Sun0Zhaojun Wang1Yiqiang Dai2Kang Zhai3Xiangna Fang4Yitian Chen5Baomin Zhao6Mingsheng Dong7College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityCollege of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityCollege of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityCollege of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityCollege of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityCollege of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityJiangsu Palarich Food Co.College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityAbstract In this study, Rhizopus oligosporus RT-3 was utilized to ferment soybean meal to obtain a tempe-like food with low fat and high bioactivity. To investigate the impact of fermentation on soybean meal’s nutritional value, we detected the protein-related indices and conducted a non-targeted metabonomic analysis on both fermented soybean meal (FSM) and soybean meal (SM) in order to explore changes in a certain type of metabolite and its corresponding metabolic pathways. The results showed a significant increase in crude protein, peptides and amino acids while getting porous after fermentation. A reduction of raffinose and stachyose to 18.1% and 8.5%, respectively, due to the action of α-galactosidase and β-furanofructosidase occurred. As to amino acid metabolites, essential amino acids for human bodily functions such as lysine, histidine, and threonine were significantly upregulated. Furthermore, nine peptide metabolites were identified as angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-IV). After feeding with different doses of FSM, levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), hemoglobin (HB), albumin (ALB), and total protein (TP) of malnourished mice all returned to normal. In conclusion, fermentation with Rhizopus oligosporus RT-3 can improve the quality of SM by reducing the level of oligosaccharide anti-nutrition factors and increasing the contents of free amino acid and small bioactive peptides, which provide a theoretical basis and new ideas for the application of FSM. Graphical Abstracthttps://doi.org/10.1186/s43014-024-00286-w
spellingShingle Teng Sun
Zhaojun Wang
Yiqiang Dai
Kang Zhai
Xiangna Fang
Yitian Chen
Baomin Zhao
Mingsheng Dong
Metabolomics study on fermented soybean meal by Rhizopus oligosporus RT-3 and its improvement on the growth status of malnourished mice
Food Production, Processing and Nutrition
title Metabolomics study on fermented soybean meal by Rhizopus oligosporus RT-3 and its improvement on the growth status of malnourished mice
title_full Metabolomics study on fermented soybean meal by Rhizopus oligosporus RT-3 and its improvement on the growth status of malnourished mice
title_fullStr Metabolomics study on fermented soybean meal by Rhizopus oligosporus RT-3 and its improvement on the growth status of malnourished mice
title_full_unstemmed Metabolomics study on fermented soybean meal by Rhizopus oligosporus RT-3 and its improvement on the growth status of malnourished mice
title_short Metabolomics study on fermented soybean meal by Rhizopus oligosporus RT-3 and its improvement on the growth status of malnourished mice
title_sort metabolomics study on fermented soybean meal by rhizopus oligosporus rt 3 and its improvement on the growth status of malnourished mice
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s43014-024-00286-w
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