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Bergamot polyphenols (BPF) have been shown to counteract hepatic LD accumulation through potent lipogenesis suppression and associated metabolic benefits in Wistar rats, but their liver-specific anti-lipogenic effects may be species- and strain-dependent. Results and Methods: To address this issue we examined the effect of a cafeteria diet (CAF) and BPF in C3H\/HeOuJ mice, which are considered resistant to diet-induced MASLD and fibrosis. Interestingly, a 15-week CAF diet led to a robust LD accumulation, weak portal and focal inflammation, and induced a higher expression of lipogenesis (Acly)- but not fibrosis-related (Col1a) genes in C3H\/HeOuJ livers. This was associated with a significant increase in blood glucose, triglycerides, and total cholesterol levels, and a decrease in caecal short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs). Importantly, mice co-treated with BPF showed strongly reduced steatosis compared to CAF mice, lower blood glucose and triglyceride levels, stimulation of hepatic autophagy, and a reduced Acly gene and protein expression, followed by a more than doubled and tripled production of total SCFAs and butyric acid, respectively. Conclusions: In conclusion, while CAF diet supplementation in C3H\/HeOuJ mice proves to be a suitable model of MASLD with deficient SCFA production, BPF confirms its potency to prevent murine MASLD by pleiotropic mechanisms, including beneficial effects on SCFA content, hepatic autophagy, and lipogenesis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu17233684","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,25]],"date-time":"2025-11-25T10:46:18Z","timestamp":1764067578000},"page":"3684","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Bergamot Polyphenols Reduce Hepatic Lipogenesis While Boosting Autophagy and Short-Chain Fatty Acid Production in a Murine \u201cCafeteria\u201d Model of MASLD"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Concetta","family":"Riillo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7627-2729","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maddalena","family":"Parafati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francesco","family":"Crupi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9727-7481","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bartosz","family":"Fotschki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7686-7717","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Monica","family":"Ragusa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy"},{"name":"Department of Veterinary Prevention, Provincial Health Authority, 98121 Messina, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8294-8684","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anna","family":"Di Vito","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5576-4946","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chiara","family":"Mignogna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vincenzo","family":"Mollace","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy"},{"name":"Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health IRC-FSH, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6787-7291","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elzbieta","family":"Janda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy"},{"name":"Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health IRC-FSH, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"11","DOI":"10.1038\/nrgastro.2017.109","article-title":"Global burden of NAFLD and NASH: Trends, predictions, risk factors and prevention","volume":"15","author":"Younossi","year":"2018","journal-title":"Nat. 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