Negative Effects of a High-Fat Diet on Intestinal Permeability : A Review

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society for Nutrition 2019..

The intestinal tract is the largest barrier between a person and the environment. In this role, the intestinal tract is responsible not only for absorbing essential dietary nutrients, but also for protecting the host from a variety of ingested toxins and microbes. The intestinal barrier system is composed of a mucus layer, intestinal epithelial cells (IECs), tight junctions (TJs), immune cells, and a gut microbiota, which are all susceptible to external factors such as dietary fats. When components of this barrier system are disrupted, intestinal permeability to luminal contents increases, which is implicated in intestinal pathologies such as inflammatory bowel disease, necrotizing enterocolitis, and celiac disease. Currently, there is mounting evidence that consumption of excess dietary fats can enhance intestinal permeability differentially. For example, dietary fat modulates the expression and distribution of TJs, stimulates a shift to barrier-disrupting hydrophobic bile acids, and even induces IEC oxidative stress and apoptosis. In addition, a high-fat diet (HFD) enhances intestinal permeability directly by stimulating proinflammatory signaling cascades and indirectly via increasing barrier-disrupting cytokines [TNFα, interleukin (IL) 1B, IL6, and interferon γ (IFNγ)] and decreasing barrier-forming cytokines (IL10, IL17, and IL22). Finally, an HFD negatively modulates the intestinal mucus composition and enriches the gut microflora with barrier-disrupting species. Although further research is necessary to understand the precise role HFDs play in intestinal permeability, current data suggest a stronger link between diet and intestinal disease than was first thought to exist. Therefore, this review seeks to highlight the various ways an HFD disrupts the gut barrier system and its many implications in human health.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) - 11(2020), 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 77-91

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rohr, Michael W [VerfasserIn]
Narasimhulu, Chandrakala A [VerfasserIn]
Rudeski-Rohr, Trina A [VerfasserIn]
Parthasarathy, Sampath [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bile Acids and Salts
Bile acids
Cytokines
Dietary Fats
Gut barrier
Gut microbiota
High-fat diet
Inflammation
Inflammatory bowel disease
Intestinal permeability
Journal Article
Review
Shedding-proliferation axis
Superficial unstirred mucus layer
Tight junction

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Date Completed 07.01.2021

Date Revised 12.11.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/advances/nmz061

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM298817713