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Feeding the Outer Bran Fraction of Rice Alters Hepatic Carbohydrate Metabolism in Rats.

ABSTRACT: Dietary intake of fiber-rich food has been reported to contribute to multiple health benefits. The aim of the current study is to investigate the effects of a diet containing the outer bran fraction of rice (OBFR), which is rich in insoluble fiber, on the intestinal environment and metabolite profiles of rats. Fourteen 8-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into a control group and an OBFR group. For a period of 21 days, the control group was fed a control diet, while the OBFR group was fed a diet containing 5% OBFR. Metabolomics analysis revealed drastic changes in the cecal metabolites of the rats fed the OBFR diet. Furthermore, in the plasma and liver tissue, the concentrations of metabolites involved in pyruvate metabolism, the pentose phosphate pathway, gluconeogenesis, or valine, leucine, isoleucine degradation were changed. Concordantly, the OBFR diet increased the expression of genes encoding enzymes involved in these metabolic pathways in the livers of the rats. Collectively, these results suggest that the OBFR diet altered the concentrations of metabolites in the cecal contents, plasma, and liver, and the hepatic gene expressions of rats, and that this may have mainly contributed to carbohydrate metabolism in the liver.

SUBMITTER: Kawaguchi M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7071268 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Feeding the Outer Bran Fraction of Rice Alters Hepatic Carbohydrate Metabolism in Rats.

Kawaguchi Mana M Nishikoba Nao N Shimamoto Saki S Tomonaga Shozo S Kohrogi Rukana R Yamauchi Yoko Y Fujita Yoshikazu Y Ohtsuka Akira A Ijiri Daichi D

Nutrients 20200207 2

Dietary intake of fiber-rich food has been reported to contribute to multiple health benefits. The aim of the current study is to investigate the effects of a diet containing the outer bran fraction of rice (OBFR), which is rich in insoluble fiber, on the intestinal environment and metabolite profiles of rats. Fourteen 8-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into a control group and an OBFR group. For a period of 21 days, the control group was fed a control diet, while the OBFR group wa ...[more]

PMID: 32046170

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Feeding the Outer Bran Fraction of Rice Alters Hepatic Carbohydrate Metabolism in Rats.

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Feeding the Outer Bran Fraction of Rice Alters Hepatic Carbohydrate Metabolism in Rats.

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