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Méndez-García LA, Bueno-Hernández N, Cid-Soto MA, De León KL, Mendoza-Martínez VM, Espinosa-Flores AJ, Carrero-Aguirre M, Esquivel-Velázquez M, León-Hernández M, Viurcos-Sanabria R, Ruíz-Barranco A, Cota-Arce JM, Álvarez-Lee A, De León-Nava MA, Meléndez G, Escobedo G. Ten-Week Sucralose Consumption Induces Gut Dysbiosis and Altered Glucose and Insulin Levels in Healthy Young Adults. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10020434. [PMID: 35208888 PMCID: PMC8880058 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10020434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Sucralose consumption alters microbiome and carbohydrate metabolism in mouse models. However, there are no conclusive studies in humans. Our goals were to examine the effect of sucralose consumption on the intestinal abundance of bacterial species belonging to Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Firmicutes and explore potential associations between microbiome profiles and glucose and insulin blood levels in healthy young adults. In this open-label clinical trial, volunteers randomly drank water, as a control (n = 20), or 48 mg sucralose (n = 20), every day for ten weeks. At the beginning and the end of the study, participants were subjected to an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) to measure serum glucose and insulin every 15 min for 3 h and provided fecal samples to assess gut microbiota using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Sucralose intake altered the abundance of Firmicutes without affecting Actinobacteria or Bacteroidetes. Two-way ANOVA revealed that volunteers drinking sucralose for ten weeks showed a 3-fold increase in Blautia coccoides and a 0.66-fold decrease in Lactobacillus acidophilus compared to the controls. Sucralose consumption increased serum insulin and the area under the glucose curve compared to water. Long-term sucralose ingestion induces gut dysbiosis associated with altered insulin and glucose levels during an OGTT.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lucía A. Méndez-García
- Laboratory of Immunometabolism, Research Division, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City 06720, Mexico; (L.A.M.-G.); (R.V.-S.)
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- Laboratory for Proteomics and Metabolomics, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City 06720, Mexico; (N.B.-H.); (K.L.D.L.); (V.M.M.-M.); (A.J.E.-F.); (M.C.-A.); (M.E.-V.); (M.L.-H.)
| | - Miguel A. Cid-Soto
- Immunogenomics and Metabolic Diseases Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Mexico City 14610, Mexico;
| | - Karen L. De León
- Laboratory for Proteomics and Metabolomics, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City 06720, Mexico; (N.B.-H.); (K.L.D.L.); (V.M.M.-M.); (A.J.E.-F.); (M.C.-A.); (M.E.-V.); (M.L.-H.)
| | - Viridiana M. Mendoza-Martínez
- Laboratory for Proteomics and Metabolomics, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City 06720, Mexico; (N.B.-H.); (K.L.D.L.); (V.M.M.-M.); (A.J.E.-F.); (M.C.-A.); (M.E.-V.); (M.L.-H.)
| | - Aranza J. Espinosa-Flores
- Laboratory for Proteomics and Metabolomics, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City 06720, Mexico; (N.B.-H.); (K.L.D.L.); (V.M.M.-M.); (A.J.E.-F.); (M.C.-A.); (M.E.-V.); (M.L.-H.)
| | - Miguel Carrero-Aguirre
- Laboratory for Proteomics and Metabolomics, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City 06720, Mexico; (N.B.-H.); (K.L.D.L.); (V.M.M.-M.); (A.J.E.-F.); (M.C.-A.); (M.E.-V.); (M.L.-H.)
| | - Marcela Esquivel-Velázquez
- Laboratory for Proteomics and Metabolomics, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City 06720, Mexico; (N.B.-H.); (K.L.D.L.); (V.M.M.-M.); (A.J.E.-F.); (M.C.-A.); (M.E.-V.); (M.L.-H.)
| | - Mireya León-Hernández
- Laboratory for Proteomics and Metabolomics, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City 06720, Mexico; (N.B.-H.); (K.L.D.L.); (V.M.M.-M.); (A.J.E.-F.); (M.C.-A.); (M.E.-V.); (M.L.-H.)
| | - Rebeca Viurcos-Sanabria
- Laboratory of Immunometabolism, Research Division, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City 06720, Mexico; (L.A.M.-G.); (R.V.-S.)
- PECEM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
| | | | - Julián M. Cota-Arce
- Department of Biomedical Innovation, Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada (CICESE), Baja California 22860, Mexico; (J.M.C.-A.); (A.Á.-L.); (M.A.D.L.-N.)
| | - Angélica Álvarez-Lee
- Department of Biomedical Innovation, Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada (CICESE), Baja California 22860, Mexico; (J.M.C.-A.); (A.Á.-L.); (M.A.D.L.-N.)
| | - Marco A. De León-Nava
- Department of Biomedical Innovation, Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada (CICESE), Baja California 22860, Mexico; (J.M.C.-A.); (A.Á.-L.); (M.A.D.L.-N.)
| | - Guillermo Meléndez
- Facultad de Salud Pública y Nutrición, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey 64460, Mexico
- Correspondence: (G.M.); (G.E.); Tel.: +52-552-789-2000 (ext. 5646) (G.E.)
| | - Galileo Escobedo
- Laboratory of Immunometabolism, Research Division, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City 06720, Mexico; (L.A.M.-G.); (R.V.-S.)
- Correspondence: (G.M.); (G.E.); Tel.: +52-552-789-2000 (ext. 5646) (G.E.)
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