PMID- 22072352 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120312 LR - 20200204 IS - 1699-5198 (Electronic) IS - 0212-1611 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 5 DP - 2011 Sep-Oct TI - [Effect of dietary fiber in the quantitative expression of butyrate receptor GPR43 in rats colon]. PG - 1052-8 LID - S0212-16112011000500020 [pii] LID - 10.1590/S0212-16112011000500020 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: Short chain fatty acids (SCFA) acetate, propionate and butyrate are the major anions produced by the bacterial fermentation of dietary fiber (DF) in colon. Recently, butyrate has been recently studied because is important to maintain colonic functions and because it has been related with a protective effect in colorectal cancer, which is mainly, explained by its potential to regulate gene expression by inhibiting enzyme histonedeacetylase (HDAC). Several investigationsshown that SCFAreceptor GPR43 is involved insignal transduction mechanisms once they bind to ligands such as butyrate to generate different physiological effects in colonocytes. OBJECTIVE: Determine if dietary fiber consumption from nopal (Opuntia ficus I.) containing a ratio of soluble-insoluble fiber 40/60, has a direct influence on the quantitative expression of butyrate-specific receptor GPR43. METHODS: Wistar rats were fed with four different diets formulated at different concentrations of dietary fiber of 0, 5, 15 and 25% of dietary fiber from opuntia, respectively. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The results shown an increase in the expression of GPR43 (93.1%) when rats was fed with a 5% fiber diet, using beta-actin as a reference gene. The results of this investigation will contribute to determinate the relation of diet with intestinal health for the purpose of expanding the knowledge of butyric acid on colonic functions. FAU - Corte Osorio, L Y AU - Corte Osorio LY AD - Programa Institucional de Maestria en Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Mexico. FAU - Martinez Flores, H E AU - Martinez Flores HE FAU - Ortiz Alvarado, R AU - Ortiz Alvarado R LA - spa PT - Journal Article TT - Efecto del consumo de la fibra dietetica en la expresion cuantitativa del receptor de butirato GPR43 en colon de ratas. PL - Spain TA - Nutr Hosp JT - Nutricion hospitalaria JID - 9100365 RN - 0 (Actins) RN - 0 (Butyrates) RN - 0 (Dietary Fiber) RN - 0 (Ffar2 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled) RN - 63231-63-0 (RNA) SB - IM MH - Actins/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Butyrates/*metabolism MH - Colon/cytology/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Diet MH - Dietary Fiber/*pharmacology MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Enterocytes/drug effects/metabolism MH - Fermentation MH - Fluorescence MH - Ligands MH - Opuntia MH - RNA/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/*biosynthesis/*genetics EDAT- 2011/11/11 06:00 MHDA- 2012/03/13 06:00 CRDT- 2011/11/11 06:00 PHST- 2010/10/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/03/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/11/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/11/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/03/13 06:00 [medline] AID - S0212-16112011000500020 [pii] AID - 10.1590/S0212-16112011000500020 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nutr Hosp. 2011 Sep-Oct;26(5):1052-8. doi: 10.1590/S0212-16112011000500020.