This study aims to utilize a randomized controlled trial in asymptomatic hyperuricemic individuals to clarify the effects of four probiotic strains including Lactobacillus acidophilus on serum uric acid levels, pathways of uric acid synthesis, degradation and excretion, hyperuricemia-induced oxidative stress and chronic inflammatory responses, uric acid-related metabolites, gut microbiota composition and diversity.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
68
Sun Yat-sen University
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Blood uric acid
Time frame: Weeks 0,4,8
Blood urea nitrogen
Time frame: Weeks 0,4,8
Blood creatinine
Time frame: Weeks 0,4,8
Blood xanthine
Time frame: Weeks 0,8
Blood hypoxanthine
Time frame: Weeks 0,8
Blood xanthine oxidase
Time frame: Weeks 0,8
Fecal uric acid
Time frame: Weeks 0,8
Fecal allantoin
Time frame: Weeks 0,8
Urine uric acid
Time frame: Weeks 0,8
Urine allantoin
Time frame: Weeks 0,8
Serum diamine oxidase
Time frame: Weeks 0,8
Urine oxidative stress indicator level
Time frame: Weeks 0,8
Blood inflammatory cytokine levels
Quantitative measurement of chronic inflammatory biomarkers in blood serum or plasma, such as high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP).
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Time frame: Weeks 0,8
Fecal gut microbiota
Analyzing the composition of gut microbiota using metagenomic sequencing technology. DNA will be extracted from fecal samples using commercial kits, followed by library preparation and sequencing.
Time frame: Weeks 0,8
Metabolomics
Non-targeted metabolomics using LC-MS (liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry).
Time frame: Weeks 0,8