Inulin Improves Diet-Induced Hepatic Steatosis and Increases Intestinal Akkermansia Genus Level.

ABSTRACT: Hepatic steatosis is characterized by triglyceride accumulation within hepatocytes in response to a high calorie intake, and it may be related to intestinal microbiota disturbances. The prebiotic inulin is a naturally occurring polysaccharide with a high dietary fiber content. Here, we evaluate the effect of inulin on the intestinal microbiota in a non-alcoholic fatty liver disease model. Mice exposed to a standard rodent diet or a fat-enriched diet, were supplemented or not, with inulin. Liver histology was evaluated with oil red O and H&E staining and the intestinal microbiota was determined in mice fecal samples by 16S rRNA sequencing. Inulin treatment effectively prevents liver steatosis in the fat-enriched diet group. We also observed that inulin re-shaped the intestinal microbiota at

SUBMITTER: Perez-Monter C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8782000 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature