DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF HIGH SUCROSE DIET ON THE INTESTINE

Western Diet (WD) appears to be an important factor associated with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Refined sugars represent up to 40% of caloric intake in industrialized countries. Unlike fats, the impact of dietary sugar on healthy and inflamed intestine remains poorly described.We investigated the effects of a high sucrose diet (HSD) on dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis and on healthy intestine in mice. Several techniques ranging from macroscopic to molecular were used in vivo and direct effect of sugars was examined in cellulo on Caco-2 cell distinguishing differential effect of fructose and glucose.