PMID- 31094396 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191210 LR - 20191217 IS - 2042-650X (Electronic) IS - 2042-6496 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 6 DP - 2019 Jun 19 TI - Hypoglycemic effects of wheat bran alkyresorcinols in high-fat/high-sucrose diet and low-dose streptozotocin-induced type 2 diabetic male mice and protection of pancreatic beta cells. PG - 3282-3290 LID - 10.1039/c8fo02396d [doi] AB - In the present study, the hypoglycemic effects of wheat bran alkyresorcinols (ARs) were investigated in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) mice induced by a high-fat/high-sucrose diet (HFSD) combined with low dose streptozotocin (STZ). After the consumption of 5 mg kg-1 d-1 acarbose (positive control) and different doses of wheat bran ARs (50, 200 and 500 mg kg-1 d-1) for 4 weeks, the fasting blood glucose (FBG) levels in T2DM mice were found to be reduced significantly (p < 0.05), and the effects of 200 and 500 mg kg-1 d-1 administration were better than that of 50 mg kg-1 d-1. The results of the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) also showed that both acarbose and AR administration significantly increased the glucose tolerance of the T2DM mice. Then, the fasting serum insulin levels (FINS) were significantly reduced by AR treatment, and the effect of 500 mg kg-1 d-1 AR administration was better than that of 5 mg kg-1 d-1 acarbose. The profile of plasma lipids was analyzed simultaneously, and the results showed that the contents of total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were significantly decreased, while the content of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) was increased significantly after 200 and 500 mg kg-1 d-1 AR treatment (p < 0.05). Furthermore, 200 and 500 mg kg-1 d-1 ARs significantly increased the content of hepatic glycogen and the activity of glucokinase (p < 0.01) in T2DM mice. The relative mRNA levels of glucose transporter 2 (GLUT2) in the liver tissue were increased markedly in 200 and 500 mg kg-1 d-1 AR treatment groups (p < 0.01), and the relative mRNA levels of glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) in the epididymal adipose tissue were increased significantly in all AR treatment groups, especially significantly higher than acarbose (p < 0.01). Histological analyses revealed that treatment with ARs exerted a protective role on pancreatic beta-cells. The results indicated that ARs could be an effective hypoglycemic active ingredient in whole grain diets. FAU - Tu, Jie AU - Tu J AD - College of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212018, China. tujie@just.edu.cn. FAU - Liu, Guanhui AU - Liu G FAU - Cao, Xitao AU - Cao X FAU - Zhu, Shuyun AU - Zhu S FAU - Li, Qiang AU - Li Q FAU - Ji, Gengsheng AU - Ji G FAU - Han, Yanhui AU - Han Y FAU - Xiao, Hang AU - Xiao H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Food Funct JT - Food & function JID - 101549033 RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 0 (Dietary Fiber) RN - 0 (Glucose Transporter Type 2) RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (Resorcinols) RN - 0 (Triglycerides) RN - 57-50-1 (Sucrose) RN - 5W494URQ81 (Streptozocin) RN - 97C5T2UQ7J (Cholesterol) RN - YUL4LO94HK (resorcinol) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blood Glucose/metabolism MH - Cholesterol/blood MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*drug therapy/etiology/genetics/metabolism MH - Diet, High-Fat/*adverse effects MH - Dietary Fiber/*administration & dosage MH - Glucose Tolerance Test MH - Glucose Transporter Type 2/genetics/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Hypoglycemic Agents/*administration & dosage/chemistry MH - Insulin/blood MH - Insulin-Secreting Cells/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Liver/drug effects/metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Resorcinols/*administration & dosage/chemistry MH - Streptozocin/adverse effects MH - Sucrose/*adverse effects MH - Triglycerides/blood EDAT- 2019/05/17 06:00 MHDA- 2019/12/18 06:00 CRDT- 2019/05/17 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/05/17 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1039/c8fo02396d [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Food Funct. 2019 Jun 19;10(6):3282-3290. doi: 10.1039/c8fo02396d.