Journal
MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH
Volume 62, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201700954
Keywords
gut microbiota; inflammatory cytokines; metformin; stachyose; type 2 diabetes
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- Ministry of Agriculture of People's Republic of China [201303112]
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health
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ScopeThe present study is undertaken to assess the effects of stachyose (STS) on type 2 diabetes in rats and changes in the gut microbiota compared to metformin (MET). Methods and resultsThe type 2 diabetic model is successfully established via a high-fat diet /streptozotocin in Wistar rats, and STS or MET is administered for 4 weeks. Blood is collected to analyze biochemical parameters, pancreas for mRNA expression of related gene, and contents of colon for gut microbiota. STS or MET decreases serum LPS, mRNA expression of IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-). In addition, STS and MET show a similar shifting of the structure of the gut microbiota and a selective enrichment of key species. At the genus level, STS shows selective enrichment of Phascolarctobacterium, Bilophila, Oscillospira, Turicibacter, and SMB5, but MET demonstrates a selective effect on Sutterella, Prevotella, 02d06, and rc4. The correlation analysis indicates that STS and MET decrease IL-6 and TNF- and increase Akt/PI3K expression, which are relative to key species of gut microbiota. ConclusionSTS decreases pancreatic mRNA expression of IL-6 and TNF- via key species of gut microbiota. The mechanism of this effect is similar to that of MET.
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