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Probiotic supplements alleviate gestational diabetes mellitus by restoring the diversity of gut microbiota: a study based on 16S rRNA sequencing
Qing-Xiang Zheng 1, Xiu-Min Jiang 1, Hai-Wei Wang 1, Li Ge 2, Yu-Ting Lai 2, Xin-Yong Jiang 2, Fan Chen 2, Ping-Ping Huang 2
Journal of Microbiology 2021;59(9):827-839.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-021-1094-8
Published online: August 12, 2021
1Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350000, P. R. China, 2Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350122, P. R. China1Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350000, P. R. China, 2Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350122, P. R. China
Corresponding author:  Xiu-Min Jiang ,
Received: 16 February 2021   • Revised: 29 June 2021   • Accepted: 7 July 2021
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Probiotics effectively prevent and improve metabolic diseases such as diabetes by regulating the intestinal microenvironment and gut microbiota. However, the effects of probiotics in gestational diabetes mellitus are not clear. Here, we showed that probiotic supplements significantly improved fasting blood glucose in a gestational diabetes mellitus rat model. To further understand the mechanisms of probiotics in gestational diabetes mellitus, the gut microbiota were analyzed via 16S rRNA sequencing. We found that compared with the normal pregnant group, the gestational diabetes mellitus rats had decreased diversity of gut microbiota. Moreover, probiotic supplementation restored the diversity of the gut microbiota in gestational diabetes mellitus rats, and the gut microbiota structure tended to be similar to that of normal pregnant rats. In particular, compared with gestational diabetes mellitus rats, the abundance of Firmicutes and Actinobacteria was higher after probiotic supplementation. Furthermore, activating carbohydrate metabolism and membrane transport pathways may be involved in the potential mechanisms by which probiotic supplements alleviate gestational diabetes mellitus. Overall, our results suggested that probiotic supplementation might be a novel approach to restore the gut microbiota of gestational diabetes mellitus rats and provided an experimental evidence for the use of probiotic supplements to treat gestational diabetes melitus.

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    Probiotic supplements alleviate gestational diabetes mellitus by restoring the diversity of gut microbiota: a study based on 16S rRNA sequencing
    J. Microbiol. 2021;59(9):827-839.   Published online August 12, 2021
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-021-1094-8
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