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FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
Volume 150, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110717
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Coix seed polysaccharides; T2DM; Transcriptomics; 16S rRNA; Gut microbiota; SCFAs; IGF1; PI3K; AKT signaling pathway
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The study demonstrated that Coix seed polysaccharides modulate gut microbial composition, especially of the SCFAs-producing bacteria, activate the IGF1/PI3K/AKT signaling pathways, and exhibit hypoglycemic efficacy in a T2DM mouse model.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has become a worldwide concern in recent years. Coix seed (CS) as a ho-mologous substance of traditional Chinese medicine and food, its polysaccharides can improve the symptoms of patients with metabolic disorders. Since most plant polysaccharides are difficult to digest and absorb, we hy-pothesized that Coix seed polysaccharides (CSP) exert hypoglycemic effects through the gut. In this study, the underlying mechanisms regulating hypoglycemic effects of CSP on a T2DM mouse model were investigated. After treatment with CSP, serum insulin and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels were increased, while total cholesterol, triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels were decreased in T2DM mice. In addition, CSP treatment helped repair the intestinal barrier and modulated the gut microbial composition in T2DM mice, mainly facilitating the growth of short-chain fatty acid (SCFA)-producing bacteria, Spearman's analysis revealed these bacteria were positively related with the hypoglycemic efficacy of CSP. Colonic tran-scriptome analysis indicated the hypoglycemic effect of CSP was associated with the activation of the IGF1/PI3K/ AKT signaling pathway. Correlative analysis revealed that this activation may result from the increase of SCFAs-producing bacteria by CSP. GC-MS detection verified that CSP treatment increased fecal SCFAs levels. Molecular docking revealed that SCFAs could bind with IGF1, PI3K, and AKT. Our findings demonstrated that CSP treat-ment modulates gut microbial composition, especially of the SCFAs-producing bacteria, activates the IGF1/PI3K/ AKT signaling pathways, and exhibits hypoglycemic efficacy.
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