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Metabolic adaptation of colonic microbiota to galactooligosaccharides: a proof-of-concept-study
- Source :
- Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 45:670-680
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2017.
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Abstract
- SummaryBackground Prebiotics have been shown to reduce abdominal symptoms in patients with functional gut disorders, despite that they are fermented by colonic bacteria and may induce gas-related symptoms. Aim To investigate changes in the metabolic activity of gut microbiota induced by a recognised prebiotic. Methods Healthy subjects (n = 20) were given a prebiotic (2.8 g/day HOST-G904, HOST Therabiomics, Jersey, Channel Islands) for 3 weeks. During 3-day periods immediately before, at the beginning and at the end of the administration subjects were put on a standard diet (low fibre diet supplemented with one portion of high fibre foods) and the following outcomes were measured: (i) number of daytime gas evacuations for 2 days by means of an event marker; (ii) volume of gas evacuated via a rectal tube during 4 h after a test meal; and (iii) microbiota composition by faecal Illumina MiSeq sequencing. Results At the beginning of administration, HOST-G904 significantly increased the number of daily anal gas evacuations (18 ± 2 vs. 12 ± 1 pre-administration; P < 0.001) and the volume of gas evacuated after the test meal (236 ± 23 mL vs. 160 ± 17 mL pre-administration; P = 0.006). However, after 3 weeks of administration, these effects diminished (11 ± 2 daily evacuations, 169 ± 23 mL gas evacuation). At day 21, relative abundance of butyrate producers (Lachnospiraceae) correlated inversely with the volume of gas evacuated (r = −0.52; P = 0.02). Conclusion The availability of substrates induces an adaptation of the colonic microbiota activity in bacterial metabolism, which produces less gas and associated issues. Clinical trials.gov NCT02618239.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Colon
medicine.medical_treatment
Metabolic adaptation
Butyrate
Gut flora
Feces
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Animal science
Humans
Medicine
Pharmacology (medical)
In patient
Bacteria
Hepatology
biology
business.industry
Microbiota
Prebiotic
Lachnospiraceae
Gastroenterology
Middle Aged
biology.organism_classification
Adaptation, Physiological
Diet
Colonic bacteria
Surgery
Prebiotics
030104 developmental biology
Fermentation
Female
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 02692813
- Volume :
- 45
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fffb26db228d5bd7e1f7854e5d5509b1