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Title: Reduction of hyperglycemia in STZ-induced diabetic mice by prophylactic treatment with heat-killed Mycobacterium aurum: possible effects on glucose utilization, mitochondrial uncoupling, and oxidative stress in liver and skeletal muscle
Authors: Abdallah, Farid
Bazzi, Samer 
Akle, Charles
Bahr, George M. 
Echtay, Karim 
Affiliations: Faculty of Medicine 
Faculty of Medicine 
Faculty of Medicine 
Faculty of Medicine 
Keywords: Diabetes
GLUT2
GLUT4
LDH
Mycobacterium aurum
Oxidative stress
Uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2)
Uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3)
Issue Date: 2024-01-01
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Part of: Frontiers in Endocrinology
Volume: 15
Abstract: 
Background: In addition to conventional treatment and modifications in physical activity and diet, alternative strategies have been investigated to manage, prevent, or delay diabetes in humans. In this regard, one strategy has relied on the immunomodulatory properties of mycobacteria, whereby Bacillus Calmette–Guerin, an attenuated live strain of Mycobacterium bovis, has been shown to improve glycemic control in patients with diabetes and to alleviate hyperglycemia in selected murine models of diabetes. A novel heat-killed (HK) whole-cell preparation of Mycobacterium aurum (M. aurum) is currently under development as a potential food supplement; nevertheless, its potential bioactivity remains largely unknown. Thus, the present study investigated the potential prophylactic anti-diabetic effects of HK M. aurum in streptozotocin (STZ)–induced diabetic mice. Methods: Mice were divided into three groups: the STZ-induced diabetic group was injected with a single intraperitoneal high dose of STZ, the HK M. aurum–treated diabetic group was prophylactically treated with three doses of HK M. aurum 6 weeks before STZ injection, and the control non-diabetic group was given three intradermal injections of borate-buffered saline and an intraperitoneal injection of citrate buffer. Liver lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2), and glucose transporter 2 (GLUT2) and skeletal muscle LDH, UCP3, and GLUT4 protein expression levels in different mouse groups were determined by Western blot. Results: Our results indicated that HK M. aurum did not cause any significant changes in glycemic levels of normal non-diabetic mice. Prophylactic administration of three doses of HK M. aurum to diabetic mice resulted in a significant reduction in their blood glucose levels when compared to those in control diabetic mice. Prophylactic treatment of diabetic mice with HK M. aurum significantly restored their disturbed protein expression levels of liver UCP2 and LDH as well as of skeletal muscle UCP3. On the other hand, prophylactic treatment of diabetic mice with HK M. aurum had no significant effect on their liver GLUT2 and skeletal muscle GLUT4 and LDH protein expression levels. Conclusions: Our findings provide the first evidence that HK M. aurum possesses a hyperglycemia-lowering capacity and might support its future use as a food supplement for the amelioration of diabetes.
URI: https://scholarhub.balamand.edu.lb/handle/uob/7540
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1427058
Open URL: Link to full text
Type: Journal Article
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