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Arabinoxylans and inulin differentially modulate the mucosal and luminal gut microbiota and mucin-degradation in humanized rats

(2011) ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 13(10). p.2667-2680
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The endogenous gut microbiota affects the host in many ways. Prebiotics should favour beneficial intestinal microbes and thus improve host health. In this study, we investigated how a novel class of potential prebiotic long-chain arabinoxylans (LC-AX) and the well-established prebiotic inulin (IN) modulate the gut microbiota of humanized rats. Six weeks after axenic rats were inoculated with a human faecal microbiota, their colonic microbiota was similar to this inoculum (similar to 70%), whereas their caecal microbiota was enriched with Verrucomicrobia and Firmicutes concomitant with lower abundance of Bacteroidetes. Moreover, different Bifidobacterium species colonized the lumen (B. adolescentis) and mucus (B. longum and B. bifidum). Both LC-AX and IN increased SCFA levels and induced a shift from acetate towards health-promoting propionate and butyrate respectively. By applying a high-resolution phylogenetic micro-array (HITChip) at the site of fermentation (caecum), IN and LC-AX were shown to stimulate bacterial groups with known butyrate-producers (Roseburia intestinalis, Eubacterium rectale, Anaerostipes caccae) and bifidobacteria (B. longum) respectively. Prebiotic administration also resulted in lower caecal abundances of the mucin-degrading Akkermansia muciniphila and potentially more mucin production by the host. Both factors might explain the increased caecal mucin levels for LC-AX (threefold) and IN (sixfold). These mucins were degraded along the colon, resulting in high faecal abundances of Akkermansia muciniphila for LC-AX and especially IN-treated rats. Finally, the microbial changes caused an adaptation period for the host with less weight gain, after which the host fine-tuned the interaction with this altered microbiota. Our results demonstrate that next to IN, LC-AX are promising prebiotic compounds by stimulating production of health-promoting metabolites by specific microbes in the proximal regions. Further, prebiotic supplementation shifted mucin degradation to distal regions, where mucin-degraders may produce beneficial metabolites (e. g. propionate by Akkermansia muciniphila), so that prebiotics may potentially improve gut health along the entire length of the intestine.
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CHAIN FATTY-ACIDS, 16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA, GRADIENT GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS, BUTYRATE-PRODUCING BACTERIUM, HUMAN GASTROINTESTINAL-TRACT, HUMAN INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA, INFLAMMATORY-BOWEL-DISEASE, IN-VITRO FERMENTATION, FECAL MICROBIOTA, HUMAN FECES

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Van den Abbeele, Pieter, et al. “Arabinoxylans and Inulin Differentially Modulate the Mucosal and Luminal Gut Microbiota and Mucin-Degradation in Humanized Rats.” ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, vol. 13, no. 10, 2011, pp. 2667–80, doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02533.x.
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Van den Abbeele, P., Gerard, P., Rabot, S., Bruneau, A., El Aidy, S., Derrien, M., … Possemiers, S. (2011). Arabinoxylans and inulin differentially modulate the mucosal and luminal gut microbiota and mucin-degradation in humanized rats. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 13(10), 2667–2680. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02533.x
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Van den Abbeele, Pieter, Philippe Gerard, Sylvie Rabot, Aurelia Bruneau, Sahar El Aidy, Muriel Derrien, Michiel Kleerebezem, et al. 2011. “Arabinoxylans and Inulin Differentially Modulate the Mucosal and Luminal Gut Microbiota and Mucin-Degradation in Humanized Rats.” ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 13 (10): 2667–80. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02533.x.
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Van den Abbeele, Pieter, Philippe Gerard, Sylvie Rabot, Aurelia Bruneau, Sahar El Aidy, Muriel Derrien, Michiel Kleerebezem, Erwin G Zoetendal, Hauke Smidt, Willy Verstraete, Tom Van de Wiele, and Sam Possemiers. 2011. “Arabinoxylans and Inulin Differentially Modulate the Mucosal and Luminal Gut Microbiota and Mucin-Degradation in Humanized Rats.” ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 13 (10): 2667–2680. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02533.x.
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Van den Abbeele P, Gerard P, Rabot S, Bruneau A, El Aidy S, Derrien M, et al. Arabinoxylans and inulin differentially modulate the mucosal and luminal gut microbiota and mucin-degradation in humanized rats. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2011;13(10):2667–80.
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P. Van den Abbeele et al., “Arabinoxylans and inulin differentially modulate the mucosal and luminal gut microbiota and mucin-degradation in humanized rats,” ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 2667–2680, 2011.
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  abstract     = {{The endogenous gut microbiota affects the host in many ways. Prebiotics should favour beneficial intestinal microbes and thus improve host health. In this study, we investigated how a novel class of potential prebiotic long-chain arabinoxylans (LC-AX) and the well-established prebiotic inulin (IN) modulate the gut microbiota of humanized rats. Six weeks after axenic rats were inoculated with a human faecal microbiota, their colonic microbiota was similar to this inoculum (similar to 70%), whereas their caecal microbiota was enriched with Verrucomicrobia and Firmicutes concomitant with lower abundance of Bacteroidetes. Moreover, different Bifidobacterium species colonized the lumen (B. adolescentis) and mucus (B. longum and B. bifidum). Both LC-AX and IN increased SCFA levels and induced a shift from acetate towards health-promoting propionate and butyrate respectively. By applying a high-resolution phylogenetic micro-array (HITChip) at the site of fermentation (caecum), IN and LC-AX were shown to stimulate bacterial groups with known butyrate-producers (Roseburia intestinalis, Eubacterium rectale, Anaerostipes caccae) and bifidobacteria (B. longum) respectively. Prebiotic administration also resulted in lower caecal abundances of the mucin-degrading Akkermansia muciniphila and potentially more mucin production by the host. Both factors might explain the increased caecal mucin levels for LC-AX (threefold) and IN (sixfold). These mucins were degraded along the colon, resulting in high faecal abundances of Akkermansia muciniphila for LC-AX and especially IN-treated rats. Finally, the microbial changes caused an adaptation period for the host with less weight gain, after which the host fine-tuned the interaction with this altered microbiota. Our results demonstrate that next to IN, LC-AX are promising prebiotic compounds by stimulating production of health-promoting metabolites by specific microbes in the proximal regions. Further, prebiotic supplementation shifted mucin degradation to distal regions, where mucin-degraders may produce beneficial metabolites (e. g. propionate by Akkermansia muciniphila), so that prebiotics may potentially improve gut health along the entire length of the intestine.}},
  author       = {{Van den Abbeele, Pieter and Gerard, Philippe and Rabot, Sylvie and Bruneau, Aurelia and El Aidy, Sahar and Derrien, Muriel and Kleerebezem, Michiel and Zoetendal, Erwin G and Smidt, Hauke and Verstraete, Willy and Van de Wiele, Tom and Possemiers, Sam}},
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  journal      = {{ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{10}},
  pages        = {{2667--2680}},
  title        = {{Arabinoxylans and inulin differentially modulate the mucosal and luminal gut microbiota and mucin-degradation in humanized rats}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02533.x}},
  volume       = {{13}},
  year         = {{2011}},
}

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