Modulation of gut microbiota by berberine and metformin during the treatment of high-fat diet-induced obesity in rats
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Accumulating evidence suggests that the gut microbiota is an important factor in mediating the development of obesity-related metabolic disorders, including type 2 diabetes. Metformin and berberine, two clinically effective drugs for treating diabetes, have recently been shown to exert their actions through modulating the gut microbiota. In this study, we demonstrated that metformin and berberine similarly shifted the overall structure of the gut microbiota in rats. Both drugs showed reverting effects on the high-fat diet-induced structural changes of gut microbiota. The diversity of gut microbiota was significantly reduced by both berberine- and metformin-treatments. Nearest shrunken centroids analysis identified 134 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) responding to the treatments, which showed close associations with the changes of obese phenotypes. Sixty out of the 134 OTUs were decreased by both drugs, while those belonging to putative short-chain fatty acids (SCFA)-producing bacteria, including Allobaculum, Bacteriodes, Blautia, Butyricoccus, and Phascolarctobacterium, were markedly increased by both berberine and, to a lesser extent, metformin. Taken together, our findings suggest that berberine and metformin showed similarity in modulating the gut microbiota, including the enrichment of SCFA-producing bacteria and reduction of microbial diversity, which may contribute to their beneficial effects to the host.
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Berberine enriches short-chain fatty-acid-producing bacteria, modulates bile-acid metabolism and remodels the microbiota in models of obesity and insulin resistance.
“Berberine enriches short-chain fatty-acid-producing bacteria, modulates bile-acid metabolism and remodels the microbiota in models of obesity and insulin resistance [95,97,98,99,100,101]”
From Berberine-Drug Interactions: Mechanisms, Clinical Relevance and Risk Stratification-A Narrative Review (2026) · cites this paper as [101]
The Discussion (page unavailable) reports that berberine enriched putative short-chain-fatty-acid-producing bacteria and shifted gut microbiota during treatment of high-fat-diet-induced obesity in rats; it also discusses earlier findings in rats concerning insulin resistance. Our copy does not show that this paper examined or established modulation of bile-acid metabolism. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredBlautia and some species of Akkermansia are known as candidates for SCFA production.
“Blautia and some species of Akkermansia are known as candidates for the SCFA production [53]”
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- Authors
- Zhang, X., Zhao, Y., Xu, J., Xue, Z., Zhang, M., Pang, X., Zhang, X., & Zhao, L.
- Affiliations
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Zhao, Liping
- Venue
- Scientific Reports
- Published
- 2015-09-23
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 14405-14405
- ISSN
- 2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4585776
- OpenAlex
- W2396003270
- Cited by
- 630
- References
- 56
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 46 · 2023: 51 · 2022: 85 · 2021: 104 · 2020: 85 · 2019: 68 · 2018: 66 · 2017: 43 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 18.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (31330005, 31121064, 30730005, 81273720)
- National Science and Technology Major Project
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Berberine and alkaloids research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Keywords
- gut microbiota, berberine, metformin, high-fat diet-induced obesity, type 2 diabetes, short-chain fatty acid-producing bacteria, microbial diversity, Allobaculum, Blautia, Phascolarctobacterium, obesity-related metabolic disorders
- MeSH terms
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Animals, Bacteria, Base Sequence, Berberine, Fatty Acids, Volatile, Feces, Male, Metformin, Obesity, Rats, Wistar, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Anti-Obesity Agents, Gastrointestinal Tract, Rats, Diet, High-Fat
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