TY - JOUR
T1 - Intake of Lactobacillus reuteri Improves Incretin and Insulin Secretion in Glucose-Tolerant Humans
T2 - A Proof of Concept
AU - Simon, Marie-Christine
AU - Strassburger, Klaus
AU - Nowotny, Bettina
AU - Kolb, Hubert
AU - Nowotny, Peter
AU - Burkart, Volker
AU - Zivehe, Fariba
AU - Hwang, Jong-Hee
AU - Stehle, Peter
AU - Pacini, Giovanni
AU - Hartmann, Bolette
AU - Holst, Jens J
AU - MacKenzie, Colin
AU - Bindels, Laure B
AU - Martinez, Ines
AU - Walter, Jens
AU - Henrich, Birgit
AU - Schloot, Nanette C
AU - Roden, Michael
N1 - © 2015 by the American Diabetes Association. Readers may use this article as long as the work is properly cited, the use is educational and not for profit, and the work is not altered.
PY - 2015/10
Y1 - 2015/10
N2 - OBJECTIVE Ingestion of probiotics can modify gut microbiota and alter insulin resistance and diabetes development in rodents. We hypothesized that daily intake of Lactobacillus reuteri increases insulin sensitivity by changing cytokine release and insulin secretion via modulation of the release of glucagon-like peptides (GLP)-1 and -2. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A prospective, double-blind, randomized trial was performed in 21 glucose-tolerant humans (11 lean: Age 49 ±7 years, BMI 23.6 ±1.7 kg/m2; 10 obese: Age 51 ± 7 years, BMI 35.5 ± 4.9 kg/m2). Participants ingested 1010b.i.d. L. reuteri SD5865 or placebo over 4 weeks. Oral glucose tolerance and isoglycemic glucose infusion tests were used to assess incretin effect and GLP-1 and GLP-2 secretion, and euglycemichyperinsulinemic clamps with [6,6-2H2]glucose were used to measure peripheral insulin sensitivity and endogenous glucose production. Muscle and hepatic lipid contents were assessed by 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and immune status, cytokines, and endotoxin were measured with specific assays. RESULTS In glucose-tolerant volunteers, daily administration of L. reuteri SD5865 increased glucose-stimulated GLP-1 and GLP-2 release by 76% (P < 0.01) and 43% (P < 0.01), respectively, compared with placebo, along with 49% higher insulin (P < 0.05) and 55% higher C-peptide secretion (P < 0.05). However, the intervention did not alter peripheral and hepatic insulin sensitivity, body mass, ectopic fat content, or circulating cytokines. CONCLUSIONS Enrichment of gut microbiota with L. reuteri increases insulin secretion, possibly due to augmented incretin release, but does not directly affect insulin sensitivity or body fat distribution. This suggests that oral ingestion of one specific strainmay serve as a novel therapeutic approach to improve glucose-dependent insulin release.
AB - OBJECTIVE Ingestion of probiotics can modify gut microbiota and alter insulin resistance and diabetes development in rodents. We hypothesized that daily intake of Lactobacillus reuteri increases insulin sensitivity by changing cytokine release and insulin secretion via modulation of the release of glucagon-like peptides (GLP)-1 and -2. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A prospective, double-blind, randomized trial was performed in 21 glucose-tolerant humans (11 lean: Age 49 ±7 years, BMI 23.6 ±1.7 kg/m2; 10 obese: Age 51 ± 7 years, BMI 35.5 ± 4.9 kg/m2). Participants ingested 1010b.i.d. L. reuteri SD5865 or placebo over 4 weeks. Oral glucose tolerance and isoglycemic glucose infusion tests were used to assess incretin effect and GLP-1 and GLP-2 secretion, and euglycemichyperinsulinemic clamps with [6,6-2H2]glucose were used to measure peripheral insulin sensitivity and endogenous glucose production. Muscle and hepatic lipid contents were assessed by 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and immune status, cytokines, and endotoxin were measured with specific assays. RESULTS In glucose-tolerant volunteers, daily administration of L. reuteri SD5865 increased glucose-stimulated GLP-1 and GLP-2 release by 76% (P < 0.01) and 43% (P < 0.01), respectively, compared with placebo, along with 49% higher insulin (P < 0.05) and 55% higher C-peptide secretion (P < 0.05). However, the intervention did not alter peripheral and hepatic insulin sensitivity, body mass, ectopic fat content, or circulating cytokines. CONCLUSIONS Enrichment of gut microbiota with L. reuteri increases insulin secretion, possibly due to augmented incretin release, but does not directly affect insulin sensitivity or body fat distribution. This suggests that oral ingestion of one specific strainmay serve as a novel therapeutic approach to improve glucose-dependent insulin release.
U2 - 10.2337/dc14-2690
DO - 10.2337/dc14-2690
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26084343
SN - 0149-5992
VL - 38
SP - 1827
EP - 1834
JO - Diabetes Care
JF - Diabetes Care
IS - 10
ER -