Metabolic effects of Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 in people with type 2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial
Journal article, 2017

Aims: To investigate the metabolic effects of 12-week oral supplementation with Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 in patients with type 2 diabetes on insulin therapy. Materials and methods: In a double-blind trial, we randomized 46 people with type 2 diabetes to placebo or a low (10(8) CFU/d) or high dose (10(10) CFU/d) of L. reuteri DSM 17938 for 12 weeks. The primary endpoint was the effect of supplementation on glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c). Secondary endpoints were insulin sensitivity (assessed by glucose clamp), liver fat content, body composition, body fat distribution, faecal microbiota composition and serum bile acids. Results: Supplementation with L. reuteri DSM 17938 for 12 weeks did not affect HbA1c, liver steatosis, adiposity or microbiota composition. Participants who received the highest dose of L. reuteri exhibited increases in insulin sensitivity index (ISI) and serum levels of the secondary bile acid deoxycholic acid (DCA) compared with baseline, but these differences were not significant in the between-group analyses. Post hoc analysis showed that participants who responded with increased ISI after L. reuteri supplementation had higher microbial diversity at baseline, and increased serum levels of DCA after supplementation. In addition, increases in DCA levels correlated with improvement in insulin sensitivity in the probiotic recipients. Conclusions: Intake of L. reuteri DSM 17938 for 12 weeks did not affect HbA1c in people with type 2 diabetes on insulin therapy; however, L. reuteri improved insulin sensitivity in a subset of participants and we propose that high diversity of the gut microbiota at baseline may be important.

management

insulin sensitivity

metaanalysis

lipid profile

insulin-resistance

glucose-homeostasis

gut microbiota

obesity

probiotics

secretion

bile acids

gut microbiota

probiotic

controlled clinical-trial

Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938

Author

Reza Mobini

University of Gothenburg

Valentina Tremaroli

University of Gothenburg

Marcus Ståhlman

University of Gothenburg

Fredrik Karlsson

Chalmers, Biology and Biological Engineering, Systems and Synthetic Biology

Max Levin

University of Gothenburg

M. Ljungberg

University of Gothenburg

M. Sohlin

University of Gothenburg

H. B. Forslund

University of Gothenburg

Rosie Perkins

University of Gothenburg

Fredrik Bäckhed

University of Copenhagen

University of Gothenburg

P. A. Jansson

University of Gothenburg

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

1462-8902 (ISSN) 1463-1326 (eISSN)

Vol. 19 4 579-589

Subject Categories

Endocrinology and Diabetes

Other Clinical Medicine

Nutrition and Dietetics

DOI

10.1111/dom.12861

PubMed

28009106

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