Effect of Lactobacillus gasseri BNR17 on blood glucose levels and body weight in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the effect of Lactobacillus gasseri BNR17 isolated from human breast milk on blood glucose and body weight in type 2 diabetic animals.


RESULTS
db/db mice were divided into one control group and five sample groups; the sample groups received BNR17 (10(7), 10(8), 10(9) and 10(10) CFU) or rosiglitazone (8 mg kg(-1)) orally twice a day for 12 weeks. BNR17 groups had a dose-dependent reduction in food, water intake and amount of excrement. Body weight loss was not seen in the BNR17 groups. Fasting and postprandial 2 h blood glucose levels were significantly lower in the BNR17 (10(10) CFU) group compared with the control group. HbA1c decreased in the BNR17 group, although it was not statistically significant. During the oral glucose tolerance test, the BNR17 groups exhibited dose-dependent improvement in glucose sensitivity.


CONCLUSIONS
Lactobacillus gasseri BNR17 has a suppressing effect on blood glucose levels and improved diabetic symptoms in db/db mice.


CONCLUSIONS
Blood glucose-lowering lactic acid bacteria are expected to be useful as a therapeutic for treating type 2 diabetes in humans.
Yun
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R&D Center, BIONEER Co., Daejeon, South Korea.
Park
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Kang
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D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000382:microbiology; D023421:Models, Animal; D000077154:Rosiglitazone; D045162:Thiazolidinediones / Q000627:therapeutic use
D001786:Blood Glucose; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D045162:Thiazolidinediones; D000077154:Rosiglitazone