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Resistant starch can improve insulin sensitivity independently of the gut microbiota

Overview of attention for article published in Microbiome, February 2017
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Title
Resistant starch can improve insulin sensitivity independently of the gut microbiota
Published in
Microbiome, February 2017
DOI 10.1186/s40168-017-0230-5
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Authors

Laure B. Bindels, Rafael R. Segura Munoz, João Carlos Gomes-Neto, Valentin Mutemberezi, Inés Martínez, Nuria Salazar, Elizabeth A. Cody, Maria I. Quintero-Villegas, Hatem Kittana, Clara G de los Reyes-Gavilán, Robert J. Schmaltz, Giulio G. Muccioli, Jens Walter, Amanda E. Ramer-Tait

Abstract

Obesity-related diseases, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, have reached epidemic proportions in industrialized nations, and dietary interventions for their prevention are therefore important. Resistant starches (RS) improve insulin sensitivity in clinical trials, but the mechanisms underlying this health benefit remain poorly understood. Because RS fermentation by the gut microbiota results in the formation of physiologically active metabolites, we chose to specifically determine the role of the gut microbiota in mediating the metabolic benefits of RS. To achieve this goal, we determined the effects of RS when added to a Western diet on host metabolism in mice with and without a microbiota. RS feeding of conventionalized mice improved insulin sensitivity and redressed some of the Western diet-induced changes in microbiome composition. However, parallel experiments in germ-free littermates revealed that RS-mediated improvements in insulin levels also occurred in the absence of a microbiota. RS reduced gene expression of adipose tissue macrophage markers and altered cecal concentrations of several bile acids in both germ-free and conventionalized mice; these effects were strongly correlated with the metabolic benefits, providing a potential microbiota-independent mechanism to explain the physiological effects of RS. This study demonstrated that some metabolic benefits exerted by dietary RS, especially improvements in insulin levels, occur independently of the microbiota and could involve alterations in the bile acid cycle and adipose tissue immune modulation. This work also sets a precedent for future mechanistic studies aimed at establishing the causative role of the gut microbiota in mediating the benefits of bioactive compounds and functional foods.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 248 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 32 13%
Student > Master 31 12%
Researcher 29 12%
Student > Bachelor 21 8%
Other 17 7%
Other 51 20%
Unknown 68 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 58 23%
Medicine and Dentistry 32 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 25 10%
Immunology and Microbiology 14 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 4%
Other 28 11%
Unknown 83 33%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 161. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 October 2023.
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