Effects of starch-rich or fat-rich diets on metabolism, adiposity, and glycemia in immune-biased, C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice

J Nutr Biochem. 2022 Oct:108:109086. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2022.109086. Epub 2022 Jun 10.

Abstract

Diet maintains health by regulating host metabolism and immunity. The results revealed the consequence of starch-, unsaturated fat-, and saturated fat-rich diets on differentially immune-biased mice C57BL/6 and BALB/c. Time-course of various diets on differentially immune-biased mice revealed that starch-rich and unsaturated fat-rich diets reduced insulin resistance (IR) and visceral adiposity in BALB/c mice while a saturated fat-rich diet enhanced both parameters. In C57BL/6 mice, a fat-rich diet enhanced IR with time while visceral adiposity remained unchanged. Eight weeks' consumption of saturated fat-rich diet induced highest visceral adiposity in C57BL/6 mice, while the same diet resulted in the maximum IR in BALB/c mice. The current report presented a detailed metabolomic analysis of diets and evaluated differential index of each treatment for each mouse strain using a vector analysis of the multivariate linear discriminant data. The outcome identified metabolites that affected lipid and glucose metabolism to establish the inter-strain physiological differences.

Keywords: Diets; Glycemic index; Immune-biased mice; Metabolism; Vector analysis; Visceral adiposity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adiposity*
  • Animals
  • Blood Glucose
  • Diet
  • Diet, High-Fat / adverse effects
  • Fats, Unsaturated / pharmacology
  • Fatty Acids / pharmacology
  • Insulin / metabolism
  • Insulin Resistance*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Obesity
  • Starch / metabolism

Substances

  • Blood Glucose
  • Fats, Unsaturated
  • Fatty Acids
  • Insulin
  • Starch