Dietary inulin ameliorates obesity-induced severe acute pancreatitis via gut-pancreas axis

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Title: Dietary inulin ameliorates obesity-induced severe acute pancreatitis via gut-pancreas axis
Authors: Xin Li, Pan Zheng, Yaoyu Zou, Langyi Guan, Nianshuang Li, Jianping Liu, Nonghua Lu, Yin Zhu, Cong He
Source: Gut Microbes, Vol 16, Iss 1 (2024)
Publisher Information: Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Subject Terms: Acute pancreatitis, high fat diet, inulin, gut microbiota, short chain fatty acids, Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology, RC799-869
More Details: Obesity is a definitive factor of severity and mortality of acute pancreatitis (AP), and gut microbiota dysbiosis is involved in its pathogenesis. However, the effect of gut microbiota modulation by dietary components on high fat diet (HFD)-induced severe AP remains unclear. Here, we found that the inulin, a soluble dietary fiber, mitigated pancreatic injury and systematic inflammation in mice fed HFD, which was dependent on gut microbiota as this protective effect was attenuated in germ-free mice. Inulin treatment suppressed the overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria Escherichia Shigella, Enterococcus, Klebsiella, while increased the abundance of probiotics Akkermansia. Fecal microbiota transplantation from inulin-treated mice to recipient mice reduced pancreatic damage and remodeled intestinal homeostasis. Additionally, inulin increased fecal short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), strengthened gut barrier and restored Paneth cells. The beneficial effect of inulin on improving pancreatic damage and leaky gut was diminished after the suppression of SCFAs. Notably, SCFAs administration, especially butyrate, to HFD mice blocked pancreatic and intestinal injury with the inhibition of histone deacetylase 3 (HDAC3), and pharmacological HDAC3 inhibition mimicked the ameliorative effect of SCFAs. Mechanically, butyrate modulated macrophage M1/M2 polarization balance by suppressing HDAC3 and subsequent acetylation of histone H3K27. Collectively, our data offer new insights into the gut microbiota-pancreas axis that may be leveraged to augment the potential supplementation of prebiotic inulin in the management of obesity associated severe AP.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 19490976
1949-0984
1949-0976
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1949-0976; https://doaj.org/toc/1949-0984
DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2024.2436949
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/e5ebc8b712c948449fe872b21c02408f
Accession Number: edsdoj.5ebc8b712c948449fe872b21c02408f
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:19490976
19490984
DOI:10.1080/19490976.2024.2436949
Published in:Gut Microbes
Language:English