Deleterious effects of high sucrose diet on intestinal homeostasis in mice
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ABSTRACT: Objective Western Diet (WD) appears to be an important factor associated with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Refined sugars represent up to 40% of caloric intake in industrialized countries. Unlike fats, the impact of dietary sugar on healthy and inflamed intestine remains poorly described. Design We investigated the effects of a high sucrose diet (HSD) on dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis and on healthy intestine in mice. Several techniques ranging from macroscopic to molecular were used in vivo and direct effect of sugars was examined in cellulo on Caco-2 cell distinguishing differential effect of fructose and glucose. Results During established colitis in mice, HSD aggravated inflammation by increasing gut permeability, raising immune cells in spleen and impairing autophagy process in colonic mucosa. On healthy intestine, HSD caused spontaneous endoscopic lesions, systemic broad immunosuppression and dysregulation of stress-related genes, associated with gut microbiota dysbiosis. Global reprogramming of colonic transcriptome was detected in HSD-fed mice and amazingly, functional annotations demonstrated association with IBD and “colitis” without DSS-treatment. In vitro, low dose of fructose as well as high dose of glucose induced alteration of junctions confirming the deleterious effects of sugar on intestine. These effects seem to be partially reversible on microbiome and transcriptome of mice after switching back to normal diet. Conclusions Our results demonstrated for the first time that under pathological conditions mimicking pre-diabetes (mild hyperglycemia-associated with overweight), a pre-IBD state is established and depending on host sensitivity, in colitis conditions, this exacerbates the inflammation severity by disturbing cell-cell junction organization and autophagy process.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE151400 | GEO | 2022/08/21
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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