摘要：SummaryDietary methionine restriction (MR) is normally implemented using diets formulated from elemental amino acids (AA) that reduce methionine content to ∼0.17%. However, translational implementation of MR with elemental AA-based diets is intractable due to poor palatability. To solve this problem and restrict methionine using intact proteins, casein was subjected to mild oxidation to selectively reduce methionine. Diets were then formulated using oxidized casein, adding back methionine to produce a final concentration of 0.17%. The biological efficacy of dietary MR using the oxidized casein (Ox Cas) diet was compared with the standard elemental MR diet in terms of the behavioral, metabolic, endocrine, and transcriptional responses to the four diets. The Ox Cas MR diet faithfully reproduced the expected physiological, biochemical, and transcriptional responses in liver and inguinal white adipose tissue. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that dietary MR can be effectively implemented using casein after selective oxidative reduction of methionine.Graphical abstractDisplay OmittedHighlights•Dietary methionine restriction improves biomarkers of metabolic health.•Elemental amino acid-based diets to restrict methionine are highly unpalatable.•Methionine has been depleted from casein by mild oxidation to solve low palatability.•Methionine restriction with oxidized casein is equally effective as elemental diet.Metabolic engineering; Nutrition; Diet
