Starch and β-glucan in a whole-grain-like structural form improve hepatic insulin sensitivity in diet-induced obese mice
Luo K, Wang X, Zhang G
Food & function · 14 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Animal study (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- Animals
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Grants
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (31471585)
Based on 1 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2019-01-01 · Food Funct · vol. 10 · issue 8 · pp. 5091–5101
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Cited
- 19 citations · more than 69% of similar papers · 0.8× the field average
- References
- 49 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer · Pancreatic function and diabetes · Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies
- Keywords
- Insulin resistance, Endocrinology, Insulin sensitivity, Internal medicine, Insulin, Glucan, Starch, Homeostasis, Resistant starch, Glucose homeostasis, Chemistry, Medicine, Biochemistry
- MeSH
- liver, animals, mice, inbred c57bl, humans, mice, mice, obese, insulin resistance, obesity, starch, insulin, glucose-6-phosphatase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (atp), beta-glucans, interleukin-6, male, proto-oncogene proteins c-akt, diet, high-fat
3 authors
From CN, GB, CZ
- Kaiyun LuoJiangnan University; Institute of Food Science and Technology; Institute of Food Science & Technology; State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology
- Xufeng WangCzech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biotechnology; Fuzhou University
- Genyi Zhang · correspondingJiangnan University; Institute of Food Science and Technology; Institute of Food Science & Technology; State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology
Abstract
Whole-grain food (WGF) is well known for its anti-diabetic effect, and alleviation of obesity-induced insulin resistance (IR) might be one of the underlying mechanisms. In the current study, the effects of starch, as the main component in WGF, and β-glucan in a whole-grain-like structural form (WGLSF) on hepatic IR and glucose homeostasis were investigated using high-fat (HF)-induced obese C57BL/6J mice. After treatment for 8 weeks, the body weight gain and IR of the mice were significantly reduced. The hepatic Akt, the key component in insulin signaling, was activated, and the hepatic expression and protein levels of glucose-6-phosphatase (G-6-P) and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) were reduced. Moreover, WGLSF effectively reduced the hepatic levels of free fatty acids and the pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-6, and NF-κB. Additionally, the reduced level of the phosphorylated c-Jun-N-terminal kinases (JNK) indicated that WGLSF treatment might inactivate the JNK signaling, leading to improved hepatic IR. These results demonstrated that starch and β-glucan in a whole grain-like structural form have the potential as a dietary strategy to combat obesity-induced hepatic IR for improved health.
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