Not exact matches
Influence of intermittent fasting and
high -
fat diet on morphological changes of the digestive system and
on changes of lipid metabolism in the laboratory
mouse
By combining each
mouse's genome, phenome, proteome and metabolome, the scientists were able to identify a particular gene, located
on their chromosome 2, and whose presence plays an important role in the development of type 2 diabetes «The
mice with a
high -
fat diet are more or less likely to develop diabetes depending
on whether this gene is active or not,» said Evan Williams, LISP PhD student and the article's co-first author.
They identified 21 of these microRNAs that were expressed differently in the sperm of
mice fed
on a
high fat diet compared with those
on a healthy
diet.
«Binge - eating
mice reveal obesity clues: Mice fed on a high fat or chocolate - based diet show abnormal feeding behaviors such as snacking, bingeing and disrupted eating patterns.&ra
mice reveal obesity clues:
Mice fed on a high fat or chocolate - based diet show abnormal feeding behaviors such as snacking, bingeing and disrupted eating patterns.&ra
Mice fed
on a
high fat or chocolate - based
diet show abnormal feeding behaviors such as snacking, bingeing and disrupted eating patterns.»
Fat tissue taken from mice on a high - fat diet rich in omega - 3 fatty acids (right) has fewer inflammatory immune cells (shown in green) than fat tissue taken from mice that did not receive the omega - 3 supplement (lef
Fat tissue taken from
mice on a
high -
fat diet rich in omega - 3 fatty acids (right) has fewer inflammatory immune cells (shown in green) than fat tissue taken from mice that did not receive the omega - 3 supplement (lef
fat diet rich in omega - 3 fatty acids (right) has fewer inflammatory immune cells (shown in green) than
fat tissue taken from mice that did not receive the omega - 3 supplement (lef
fat tissue taken from
mice that did not receive the omega - 3 supplement (left).
They found that the
mice with the new bacteria gained significantly more weight
on a
high fat diet than control
mice, also
on a
high fat diet (International Society for Microbial Ecology, doi.org/jz9).
The findings build
on a 2015 UCLA study that demonstrated that both green tea and black tea helped prevent obesity in
mice that consumed a
high -
fat,
high - sugar
diet.
BYE BYE BUDS
Mice that became obese on a high - fat diet (right) lost a quarter of their taste buds (stained red) and also had fewer progenitor cells (stained green)-- which give rise to new taste buds — than mice of a healthy weight on a regular diet (le
Mice that became obese
on a
high -
fat diet (right) lost a quarter of their taste buds (stained red) and also had fewer progenitor cells (stained green)-- which give rise to new taste buds — than
mice of a healthy weight on a regular diet (le
mice of a healthy weight
on a regular
diet (left).
Eggen and his collaborators investigated the impact of
high - and low -
fat diets on inflammation and microglial markers in a specific brain region — the hypothalamus — of 6 - month - old
mice.
The team found that
mice on a
high -
fat diet gained weight less rapidly if fibre was added to their food.
Mice given an experimental vaccine developed by Cytos Biotechnology in Zurich, Switzerland, remained an impressive 15 percent lighter
on an all - you - can - eat
high -
fat diet.
Four recent studies in
mice, rats and monkeys suggest that a
high -
fat diet during pregnancy may have adverse effects
on offspring, adding another item to the list of things moms - to - be might fret about.
Experiments with
mice show that after just four weeks
on a
high -
fat or a
high - sugar
diet, the performance of
mice on various tests of mental and physical function began to drop, compared to animals
on a normal
diet.
In this research, after just four weeks
on a
high -
fat or a
high - sugar
diet, the performance of
mice on various tests of mental and physical function began to drop, compared to animals
on a normal
diet.
On the other hand, as they aged, these «knockout
mice» grew
fatter than the normal
mice, especially when fed a
high -
fat diet.
Experiments showed that
mice unable to produce AIM fed
on a
high -
fat diet for a year developed multiple liver tumors.
These researchers wanted to observe the effects of citrus flavanones for the first time
on mice with no genetic modifications and that were fed a
high -
fat diet.
The
high -
fat diet without the flavanones increased the levels of cell - damage markers called thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) by 80 percent in the blood and 57 percent in the liver compared to
mice on a standard
diet.
Female MRI MRI images reveal far greater amounts of abdominal
fat (in red) in
mice exposed to low doses of penicillin and fed a
high -
fat diet as opposed to
mice fed only a
high -
fat diet (image
on left).
PLAQUE BE GONE A sugar called cyclodextrin stopped cholesterol crystals (white) from building up in the arteries of
mice on a
high -
fat diet.
Mice were
on the
high -
fat or lower -
fat diet for four weeks before transplantation and maintained
on the same
diet after transplantation.
When the team fed
mice a
high -
fat diet for 18 weeks, those also given aspartame put
on more weight than those that weren't.
Transplanted hearts lasted in four groups of
mice as follows: • 21 days:
mice with hyperlipidemia caused by a genetic mutation of apolipoprotein E (ApoE) placed
on a
high -
fat diet • 51 days: healthy
mice placed
on a
high -
fat diet leading to hyperlipidemia • 61 days:
mice with hyperlipidemia caused by a genetic mutation of ApoE
on a lower -
fat diet • More than 100 days: healthy
mice placed
on a lower -
fat diet
Surprisingly, the
mice on high -
fat diet moved less before they gained the majority of the weight, suggesting that the excess weight alone was not responsible for the reduced movements.
«Our previous results
on mice showed that replacing some of the
fat in a
diet high in saturated
fats from coconut oil with soybean oil — to achieve a level common in the American
diet — causes significantly more weight gain, adiposity, diabetes and insulin resistance than in
mice fed just the
high -
fat coconut oil
diet,» Sladek said.
They found that adding one particular set of these compounds, known as oligomeric procyanidins (PCs), to the food made the biggest difference in keeping the
mice's weight down if they were
on high -
fat diets.
The researchers also set parameters to assess the impact of the effects of the
high -
fat,
high - calorie
diet on mouse pancreas tissue, such as increased inflammation and other biological signs that indicate pancreas problems.
In a set of papers out today in the journals Nature Genetics and Nature Communications, researchers at the Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) shed new light
on the genetic mechanisms that promote metastasis in the
mouse model and also implicated the typical Western
high -
fat diet as a key environmental factor driving metastasis.
Working in
mice that were put
on high -
fat diets to model diabetes, «we demonstrated that obesity increases the expression of pro-inflammatory genes in abdominal
fat, but not in other organs such as the liver or muscle, nor in subcutaneous
fat,» says Jongsoon Lee, PhD, Assistant Investigator in Joslin's Section
on Pathophysiology and Molecular Pharmacology and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
The
mice fed
on a low calorie
diet were found to experience an extreme increase in NPGL expression, while the 5 - week
high -
fat -
diet group saw a large decrease in NPGL expression.
After 6 weeks
on a
high -
fat diet, 85 % of the F4 / 80 + cells in periepididymal adipose tissue of the recipient
mice were donor - derived (i.e., CD45.1 +).
During this period, the
mice on the
high -
fat diet gained 30 to 50 percent more body mass than
mice fed a normal
diet, and they developed more intestinal tumors than
mice on a normal
diet.
However, the stem cells from
mice on a
high -
fat diet were more able to function
on their own.
The
mice were placed
on high -
fat diets, which raise the chances of developing the two conditions.
First, they found that the
mice on a
high -
fat diet had many more intestinal stem cells than
mice on a normal
diet.
Publishing in the journal Cell a group of scientists have published their research working
on mice which reports that a
high fat diet of the mother can bring about a shift in gut microbes that negatively impacts the social behaviour of the offspring
mice.
Among their experiments, the researchers studied beta cell signaling in
mice that were modified to lack expression of the proteins and experienced insulin resistance by being placed
on a
high -
fat diet, or aging, or becoming pregnant.
Of note today: non-exclusive breastfeeding increases the risk of HIV transmission via the alteration of gut microbiome / T - cell activation; Fasting altered the gut microbiome in beneficial ways but only in
mice previously fed a
high fat diet; An investigation into new species of the honey and bumblebee gut commensal genus Gilliamella; Catfish development shapes gut microbial community structure independent of
diet; A metagenomic analysis of the skin microbiome of the frog, Craugastor fitzingeri; The microbiome is altered during the bioremediation of herbicide contaminated soil; The impact of urban density
on the soil microbiome; A randomized placebo controlled clinical trial of a microbiota based drug for the prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection; and the virome of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin of Mexico
Surprisingly, the effects of obesity
on gut bacteria, inflammation, and osteoarthritis were completely prevented when the
high fat diet of obese
mice was supplemented with a common prebiotic, called oligofructose.
On either chow or
high fat diet, A / J
mice maintain low glucose and insulin levels.
Mice lacking the IRX3 gene not only weighed 25 percent to 30 less than those that had it, these animals didn't gain any weight
on a
high -
fat diet and were seemingly resistant to diabetes.
Mice fed
on a
high -
fat diet showed increased levels of free fatty acids in their blood.
Mice on the
high -
fat diet become much more obese and more insulin - resistant compared to their peers
on the glucose
diet.
To illuminate the physiological role of TRIP - Br2
on fat storage and metabolism, the scientists conducted experiments
on mice genetically engineered not to produce TRIP - Br2, known as KO (knock out)
mice, which were fed either a low -
fat diet or a
high -
fat diet.
After eight weeks
on a
high -
fat diet,
mice that had been engineered with genes to activate the Hedgehog signaling pathway didn't gain weight (left), but control animals whose Hedgehog pathways were not activated became obese (right)(Credit: Long Lab)
The treatment lowered liver weight and improved glucose tolerance among
mice on any
diet, but most strikingly among those
on the
high -
fat /
high - fructose
diet.
Over an eight - week period, a control group of
mice fed a
high -
fat diet predictably became obese, but the
mice whose Hedgehog pathway had been activated didn't gain any more weight than another control group fed
on a normal
diet.
To explore if Hedgehog signaling also has an effect
on diet - induced obesity after birth, Long and his team genetically engineered
mice so that the Hedgehog pathway in
fat cells would activate when they ate a
high -
fat diet.
In addition, the KO
mice on the
high -
fat diet had improved glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity and lower triglycerides.
The obese
mouse on the right was fed a
high -
fat diet.