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The activity of probiotic products would reduce to a certain extent during storage and in the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in weakened potential probiotic properties, in this study, Lactobacillus fermentum LTP1332 from the feces of centenarians in Bama, Guangxi was microencapsulated. In this experiment, gelatin (GEL) and chitosan (CS) were introduced for compounding based on sodium alginate (SA) and CaCl2 as the main wall materials. The key factors affecting the embedding rate were found by single-factor test, the radial basis function (RBF) was constructed by using Box-Behnken design (BBD), and the encapsulation process of Lactobacillus fermentum LTP1332 microcapsules was optimized by using genetic algorithms (GA). The optimized capsules were characterized using SEM scanning electron microscopy and other methods, and the in vitro simulated digestion tests was carried out. Results showed that, the optimum preparation parameters of the microcapsule were as follows: 2.210% sodium alginate, 4.451% CaCl2, 0.1% gelatin, 13.529 min curing time. Under such conditions, the measured average embedding rate was 95.08%±0.25%. The cell survival rate of CS-GEL-SA microcapsule under the optimized processing conditions could still reach 22.48%±0.78% after being treated with simulated gastric juice for 120 min. The maximum rate of probiotic release could be reached at 90 min of digestion with simulated intestinal juice, which had good intestinal solubility. Therefore, it is considered that the long-lived elderly source probiotic microcapsule prepared under this processing condition would have a good bacterial protection effect and good prospects in development and application.

To explore the relationship between diet and human health, this study aimed to evaluate the beneficial effects of the existing Guangxi longevity dietary pattern on the human body from metabolomics. After 2 weeks of habitual diet, the selected volunteers followed this dietary pattern with high adherence for the same period. The blood and fecal samples were collected 3 times then performed metabolomics analysis, including before the habitual diet, the beginning (which was also the ending point of habitual diet) and the end of Guangxi longevity dietary pattern. The results showed that after the Guangxi longevity dietary intervention of volunteers, the relative abundance of serum histidine, glycerol, α-glucose and β-glucose was significantly increased (P

To explore the potential quantitative relationship between dietary characteristics and physical health indicators of the long-lived population in Guangxi, the longevous in Guangxi (Fengshan County, Donglan County, Shanglin County, Dahua County, and Cenxi City) and some of their descendants were recruited from 2016 to 2018. A semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was used to investigate their diet, routine physical examination indicators and blood sample analysis data of the long-lived population were collected, and the weight of the corresponding indicators obtained was calculated by the entropy weight method. Health composite index (HCI) was further introduced to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of health indicators, and stochastic forest regression algorithm was used to model the relationship between volunteers' food and nutrient intake and HCI, to explore the quantitative relationship between each parameter. The results of the model were evaluated by ‘Accuracy’. The results showed that BMI, hemoglobin, triglyceride and C-reactive protein were significantly different in different age groups. There were significant differences in food component intake and nutrient intake among different age groups (P

IntroductionRecent evidence supports a role for the gut microbe-metabolites in longevity. However, the phenomenon of hypertension is more common in the longevity area and whether hypertension is associated with longevity remains unclear. Here, we hypothesize that the levels of gut microbiota, SCFAs, and urine metabolites were different between hypertension elderly and hypertension longevity.MethodsWe recruited 46 elderly volunteers from Donglan County, Guangxi, and 32 were selected and included in the experiment. The subjects with hypertension were divided into two groups according to age, Hypertension Elderly (HTE, aged 70.5 ± 8.59, n = 19) and Hypertension Longevity (HTL, aged 100 ± 5.72, n = 13). The gut microbiota, SCFAs, and urine metabolites were determined by three-generation 16S rRNA full-length sequencing, GC-MS, and 1H-NMR, respectively.ResultsCompared with the HTL group, the HTE group had higher levels of hypertension-related genera Klebsiella and Streptococcus, while having lower levels of the SCFA-producing genera Bacteroides, Faecalibacterium, and Alistipes. Based on LEFse analysis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Lactobacillus gasseri, Streptococcus salivarius, Ruminococcus, Actinomyces, Rikenellaceae, f_Saccharimonadaceae, Clostridium perfringens, and Bacteroids, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Parabacteroides, Alistipes were biomarkers that showed significant differences between the groups. In addition, the microbial pathways associated with K. pneumoniae and E. coli may promote hypertension, while A. muciniphila may play a role in reversing the development of hypertension in long-lived elderly. Metabolomics revealed that HTL contained a lower concentration of fecal acetate and propionate than HTE, while it contained a higher concentration of serum acetate and urine acetate. Furthermore, their immune cells exhibited no significant changes in SCFAs receptors.ConclusionAlthough long-lived elderly have extremely high systolic blood pressure, their unique gut microbiota composition and efficient acetate absorption in the colon may offset the damages caused by hypertension and maintain healthy homeostasis.