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Germ‐free C57BL/6J mice are resistant to high‐fat‐diet‐induced insulin resistance and have altered cholesterol metabolism
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Recent studies showed that germ‐free (GF) mice are resistant to obesity when consuming a high‐fat, high‐carbohydrate Western diet. However, it remains unclear what mechanisms are involved in the antiobesity phenotype and whether GF mice develop insulin resistance and dyslipidemia with high‐fat (HF) feeding. In the present study, we compared the metabolic consequences of HF feeding on GF and conventional (conv) C57BL/6J mice. GFmice consumed fewer calories, excreted more fecal lipids, and weighed significantly less than conv mice. GF/HF animals also showed enhanced insulin sensitivity with improved glucose tolerance, reduced fasting and nonfasting insuline‐mia, and increased phospho‐Akt (Ser‐473) in adipose tissue. In association with enhanced insulin sensitivity, GF/HF mice had reduced plasma TNF‐α and total serum amyloid A concentrations. Reduced hypercholes‐terolemia, a moderate accretion of hepatic cholesterol, and an increase in fecal cholesterol excretion suggest an altered cholesterol metabolism in GF/HF mice. Pronounced nucleus SREBP2 proteins and up‐regulation of cholesterol biosynthesis genes indicate that enhanced cholesterol biosynthesis contributed to the cholesterol homeostasis in GF/HF mice. Our results demonstrate that fewer calorie consumption and increased lipid excretion contributed to the obesity‐resistant phenotype of GF/HF mice and reveal that insulin sensitivity and cholesterol metabolism are metabolic targets influenced by the gut microbiota.— Rabot, S., Membrez, M., Bruneau, A., Gerard, P., Harach, T., Moser, M., Raymond, F., Mansourian, R., Chou. C. J. Germ‐free C57BL/6J mice are resistant to high‐fat‐diet‐induced insulin resistance and have altered cholesterol metabolism. FASEB J. 24, 4948–4959 (2010). www.fasebj.org
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Association of Gut Hormones and Microbiota with Vascular Dysfunction in Obesity
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“Interestingly, germ free mice appear to be resistant to diet-induced obesity (High Fat Diet) and to have low levels of inflammatory cytokines (TNF alfa) and improved insulin sensitivity [207].”
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Kirundi, J., Moghadamrad, S., & Urbaniak, C. (2023) · World Journal of Gastroenterology · doi:10.3748/wjg.v29.i11.1651 · Cited by 24
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BackgroundRole of gut microbe-derived metabolites in cardiometabolic diseases: Systems based approach
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“In germ-free mice, adiposity was associated with improved insulin sensitivity, indicating that the gut microbiota directly contributes to altered glucose metabolism (23).”
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Gut microbiota and metabolic disease: from pathogenesis to new therapeutic strategies
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rabot, S., Membrez, M., Bruneau, A., Gérard, P., Harach, T., Moser, M., Raymond, F., Mansourian, R., & Chou, C. J.
- Affiliations
- Microbiologie de l’alimentation au service de la santé (FR)
- Department of Nutrition and Health Nestlé Research Center Lausanne Switzerland
- Nestlé (Switzerland) (CH)
- Department of Bioanalytical Science Nestlé Research Center Lausanne Switzerland
- Venue
- The FASEB Journal
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-08-19
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 4948-4959
- ISSN
- 0892-6638 (ISSN-L)
- 1530-6860
- OpenAlex
- W2088697466
- Cited by
- 610
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 50 · 2021: 64 · 2020: 75 · 2019: 49 · 2018: 42 · 2017: 40 · 2016: 39 · 2015: 44 · 2014: 24 · 2013: 33 · 2012: 22
- FWCI
- 10.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The FASEB Journal (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
- Keywords
- germ-free mice, gut microbiota, high-fat diet, insulin resistance, cholesterol metabolism, hypercholesterolemia, obesity resistance, glucose tolerance, TNF-α, serum amyloid A, SREBP2, cholesterol biosynthesis, liver cholesterol, fecal cholesterol excretion, C57BL/6J mice
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Body Weight, Cholesterol, Dietary Fats, Germ-Free Life, Glucose Tolerance Test, Glycogen, Insulin Resistance, Lipids, Liver, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Obesity, Blotting, Western, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Mice
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