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Long-term intermittent fasting restores function of the gut–liver axis and prevents development of diabetic retinopathy in db/db mice


ABSTRACT: Constant availability of food can contribute to the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Short term intermittent fasting (IF) can reset the central, light-entrained (suprachiastmatic nucleus) clock and also the peripheral, food-entrained (liver) clock to restore metabolic homeostasis in T2D. We asked if long term IF could prevent development of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in a type 2 diabetes model, the db/db mouse. After 7 months, IF corrected diabetes-induced increases in triglycerides, cholesteryl esters and diglycerides. IF protocol in db/db mice also prevented development of DR. In addition, host frequency and time of food intake affected the gut microbiome composition. IF led to decreased levels of Clostridiales and Akkermansia muciniphila in db/db mice and these changes in flora were accompanied by increased gut mucin, goblet cell number and villus length. Increased levels of Firmicutes in db/db mice on IF supported improved bile acid metabolism. To confirm that the restoration of bile acid function could contribute to the beneficial effects induced by IF on DR, the dual FXR/TGR-5 agonist INT-767 was administered to a second diabetes model, DBA2J mice injected with streptozotocin (STZ) and placed on Western diet (WD). In this model, INT-767 prevented development of DR. These findings support the concept that long-term IF mediates multiple beneficial effect by restoring the gut-liver axis homeostasis.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE100230 | GEO | 2018/12/31

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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