肠道微生物对肥胖影响

肠道微生物是哺乳动物最密集的微生物群落,也是最多样化的微生物群落之一。随着宏基因组学的不断发展,肠道微生物成为热门的研究领域。肠道微生物具有保护和代谢等功能,在胰岛素抵抗和肥胖等疾病中发挥重要作用。本文介绍了肠道微生物及其代谢物通过调节食欲、神经递质合成分泌、炎性反应进而调节肥胖,探讨了肠道微生物的影响因素,展望了肠道微生物对治疗人类肥胖的应用前景。     

饮食通过调节肠道微生态对肥胖的影响

肥胖的影响因素众多,而肠道微生态在肥胖发生发展中的作用逐渐引起关注。文章综述了饮食通过调节肠道微生态对肥胖的影响的研究进展。     

膳食纤维对肥胖相关的肠道微生态的影响

研究发现,肠道微生态的改变与肥胖等代谢性疾病相关。膳食纤维作为饮食的一部分,通过在肠道的作用改变肠道菌群比例及丰度、改善炎症反应、调节肠道激素及脂质代谢来改善肥胖,但膳食纤维在防治肥胖方面的推荐摄入量、种类及与肠道菌群的作用机制还需进一步研究。本文对膳食纤维对肥胖相关的肠道微生态的影响的研究进展进行了综述。     

上海市崇明区猪—土壤界面微生态与抗生素耐药性相关性分析

探究养殖场内育肥猪粪便与土壤的微生物组成和抗生素耐药基因构成,并挖掘之间的关联。

选择上海市崇明区5家猪养殖场,采集猪粪便和土壤样本,使用Illumina NovaSeq 6000高通量测序平台进行全基因组鸟枪法测序。通过主坐标分析、LEfSe分析、共现网络分析和统计学检验,探究样本微生物组成、多样性特征和抗生素耐药基因之间的关系。

猪粪便中的主要微生物包括拟杆菌门、厚壁菌门、变形菌门和放线菌门,主要耐药基因类型包括多药耐药类、四环素类、糖肽类、肽类、氟喹诺酮类和β-内酰胺类等。来自同一养猪场的样本在微生物丰度和耐药基因多样性上存在相关性。此外,研究还发现养猪场运作因素如饲料成分、饲养密度和卫生环境等,导致了不同养猪场之间的微生物组成和耐药基因的差异。在猪粪—土壤界面,一些有益微生物之间存在共生关系,具有抑制潜在病原微生物的生长能力,并对土壤微生态产生影响。不同类型的耐药基因之间也存在共生关系。

通过宏基因组学方法研究了猪粪便与土壤中的微生物和耐药基因,揭示了微生物与抗生素耐药基因之间的相关性,提出微生物群是耐药基因谱的重要驱动因素。这一发现为通过微生态调控来预防和控制抗生素耐药性提供了科学依据。

     

阴道微生态宏基因组学研究进展

女性阴道内寄居着多种微生物群落,这些微生物种群间的平衡状态与妇女阴道疾病的发生密切相关。鉴定女性阴道菌群结构多样性的特征,有助于了解其在阴道疾病发生和转归中所发挥的作用。目前基于16S rRNA的聚合酶链式反应（PCR）及宏基因组相关技术在微生物群落研究中被广泛运用,这不仅可以帮助人们最大程度地获得阴道菌群的宏基因组信息,还可有效弥补单纯微生物培养法所产生的实验数据不充足等弊端。本文对阴道微生物菌群多样性的研究中应用的宏基因组学技术如基因测序、变性/温度梯度凝胶电泳（DGGE/TGGE）、分子克隆、末端限制性酶切长度多态性（T-RFLP）等进行综述。     

肝移植与肠道微生态

肠道黏膜与肠道内共生的微生物形成了肠道黏膜屏障,可有效防止内源性及外源性微生物及毒素的侵害;肝脏与肠道关系密切,作为终末期肝病的有效治疗手段,肝移植术打破了原有的平衡,造成了肠道微生态的改变。     

肠道微生态与定植抗力

分子生物学技术的研究表明,肠道微生物群落无论是亚种或菌株水平有极大的多样性,宿主与微生物之间相互选择,构成了一个相对稳定的超级生物体.由于微生物群落是由多种细胞系组成,细胞间或细胞与宿主之间有信息交流能力,在宿主的营养、免疫和代谢中有重作用.肠道微生物定植抗力机制还未完全清楚,但至少有三种机制认为:(1)正常肠道微生物的代谢物可直接抑制致病菌的生长;(2)正常肠道微生物的生长可以竟争性的消耗掉致病菌所需的营养物质;(3)正常肠道微生物可诱导或刺激宿主的先天和后于的免疫反应.     

乳腺癌组织及肠道微生态研究进展

乳腺癌是全球女性患病率及病死率最高的恶性肿瘤,对生命健康造成极大威胁。微生物群被认为是人体“第二基因组”,在维护人类健康中扮演着重要角色,其结构及功能紊乱与疾病发生发展密切相关。随着高通量测序等生物技术的发展,诸多研究揭示了微生物群与乳腺癌关系密切,微生物群可能通过影响雌激素代谢、干预细胞增殖与凋亡、调节免疫及炎症等途径影响乳腺癌的发生发展,并可能影响乳腺癌对化疗及免疫治疗的反应。本文就乳腺癌组织微生态与肠道微生态研究概况展开综述,并提出预防和治疗乳腺癌的新策略。

     

益生元与肠道微生态

益生元是一种非消化的成分,通过选择性的刺激肠道中一种或少数种益生菌的增长和/或活性而对宿主有利.具有抵抗致病菌侵入的天然功能.目前广泛研究的有果糖和半乳糖,体内与体外试验均表明不被正常人酶类所消化,在大肠中容易发酵,粪便内未能检出这种糖的成分.通过大肠细菌对益生元的发酵产生的短链脂肪酸是刺激双歧杆菌和乳杆菌增长的重要因素.应用现代技术获得了人肠道微生物细菌群的组成与种类的多样性.本文综述有关益生元的研究状况,强调益生元选择性刺激的机制和对人生理功能的影响.     

仔鳗肠道微生态的重建与嗜食性研究

本文报告,应用不同来源肠道菌株,进行了仔鳗肠道微生态重建试验。菌株包括肠微球菌,贝内克菌分离自成鳗体内。非O-I群弧菌(NCV)分离自黑斑泥鰍(Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)肠道。两歧双歧杆菌分离自婴儿粪便。结果表明,两试验组仔鳗肠道微生态重建后,仔鳗的嗜食性比对照组均有显著性提高(t=8.282,p<0.001;t=5.458,p<0.005)。这一结果,可清楚地看出肠道微生态重建,在宿主生理功能上的重要作用。     

Early life microbial colonization of the gut and intestinal development differ between genetically divergent broiler lines

Background

Host genetic makeup plays a role in early gut microbial colonization and immune programming. Interactions between gut microbiota and host cells of the mucosal layer are of paramount importance for a proper development of host defence mechanisms. For different livestock species, it has already been shown that particular genotypes have increased susceptibilities towards disease causing pathogens.The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of genotypic variation on both early microbial colonization of the gut and functional development of intestinal tissue. From two genetically diverse chicken lines intestinal content samples were taken for microbiota analyses and intestinal tissue samples were extracted for gene expression analyses, both at three subsequent time-points (days 0, 4, and 16).

Results

The microbiota composition was significantly different between lines on each time point. In contrast, no significant differences were observed regarding changes in the microbiota diversity between the two lines throughout this study. We also observed trends in the microbiota data at genus level when comparing lines X and Y. We observed that approximately 2000 genes showed different temporal gene expression patterns when comparing line X to line Y. Immunological related differences seem to be only present at day 0, because at day 4 and 16 similar gene expression is observed for these two lines. However, for genes involved in cell cycle related processes the data show higher expression over the whole course of time in line Y in comparison to line X.

Conclusions

These data suggest the genetic background influences colonization of gut microbiota after hatch in combination with the functional development of intestinal mucosal tissue, including the programming of the immune system. The results indicate that genetically different chicken lines have different coping mechanisms in early life to cope with the outside world.

Electronic supplementary material

The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1646-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

454测序法在环境微生物生态研究中的应用

传统的Sanger测序技术虽已成熟,但其速度和成本的限制满足不了大规模测序的要求。第二代高通量测序技术结合了乳胶微粒和皮升级反应的454焦磷酸测序法,作为一种高通量测序技术,具有分析结果准确、高速、高灵敏度和高自动化的特点。对454测序法的技术原理和操作步骤进行了介绍,对近年来运用该方法在环境微生物生态研究领域的进展进行了综述。     

Trichinella spiralis infection ameliorated diet-induced obesity model in mice

Obesity is an increasingly prevalent disease worldwide, and genetic and environmental factors are known to regulate the development of obesity and associated metabolic diseases. Emerging studies indicate that innate and adaptive immune cell responses in adipose tissue play critical roles in the regulation of metabolic homeostasis. Parasitic helminths are the strongest natural inducers of type 2 inflammatory responses, and several studies have revealed that helminth infections inversely correlate with metabolic syndrome. Hence, this study investigated whether helminth infections could have preventative effects on high fat diet-induced obesity. Female C57BL/6 mice were maintained on either a low fat diet (LFD, 10% fat) or a high fat diet (HFD, 60% fat) for 6 weeks after Trichinella spiralis infection. The mice were randomly divided into four groups and were fed a normal diet, LFD, LFD after T. spiralis infection (Inf + LFD), a high fat diet (HFD), or HFD after T. spiralis infection (HFD + inf). All groups were assayed for body weight, food efficiency ratio (FER), total body weight gain (g)/total food intake amount (g) fat weight, and blood biochemical parameters. Our data indicate that the HFD + inf group significantly reduced body weight gain, fat mass, total cholesterol, and FER. Analysis of immune cell composition by flow cytometry revealed that T. spiralis promoted strong decreases in proinflammatory adipose macrophages (F4/80⁺CD11c⁺) and T cells. The alterations in microbiota from fecal samples of mice were analyzed, which showed that T. spiralis infection decreased the ratio of Firmicutes to Bacteriodetes, thereby restoring the previously increased ratio of Firmicutes to Bacteriodetes in HFD-fed mice. Moreover, elimination of T. spiralis retained the protective effects in the HFD-fed obese mice whereas flubendazole (FLBZ) treatment increased levels of the families Lachnospiraceae and Ruminococcaceae. In summary, we provided novel data suggesting that helminth infection protects against obesity and the protection was closely related to M2 macrophage proliferation, an inhibiting proinflammatory response. In addition, it alters the microbiota in the gut.     

肠道微生物多样性与能量代谢调控及肥胖关系的研究进展

肠道微生物与宿主之间相互选择,构成了一个相对稳定的超有机体。宿主基因型和遗传关系影响肠道微生物的生态学特征,而肠道微生物发酵肠道内多糖,为宿主提供可吸收利用的养分,增强肠道对养分吸收的能力。同时,肠道微生物还影响一些转录因子的活性,调控宿主基因的表达,增强宿主甘油三酯的合成和脂肪沉积,减少脂肪酸氧化分解,调控宿主能量代谢。     

人体肠道细菌群落与疾病

肠道定植有100万亿细菌,这占到了人体细菌总量的绝大多数。一旦肠道菌群失调,就会产生一系列疾病。本文介绍了人体肠道细菌群落异常与5种肠道疾病和5种肠道外疾病的关系,并推荐用益生菌和益生素来治疗人体肠道细菌群落异常。为了解人体肠道细菌群落和人体健康的关系,美国国立卫生研究院已启动了人类微生物组计划,欧洲委员会也正在资助人类肠道宏基因组学项目,而中国在此项目中亦取得了可喜进步。基于肠道宏基因组的个体化医疗时代已不再遥远。     

Dissecting the in Vivo Metabolic Potential of Two Human Gut Acetogens

Fermenting microbial communities generate hydrogen; its removal through the production of acetate, methane, or hydrogen sulfide modulates the efficiency of energy extraction from available nutrients in many ecosystems. We noted that pathway components for acetogenesis are more abundantly and consistently represented in the gut microbiomes of monozygotic twins and their mothers than components for methanogenesis or sulfate reduction and subsequently analyzed the metabolic potential of two sequenced human gut acetogens, Blautia hydrogenotrophica and Marvinbryantia formatexigens in vitro and in the intestines of gnotobiotic mice harboring a prominent saccharolytic bacterium. To do so, we developed a generally applicable method for multiplex sequencing of expressed microbial mRNAs (microbial RNA-Seq) and, together with mass spectrometry of metabolites, showed that these organisms have distinct patterns of substrate utilization. B. hydrogenotrophica targets aliphatic and aromatic amino acids. It increases the efficiency of fermentation by consuming reducing equivalents, thereby maintaining a high NAD⁺/NADH ratio and boosting acetate production. In contrast, M. formatexigens consumes oligosaccharides, does not impact the redox state of the gut, and boosts the yield of succinate. These findings have strategic implications for those who wish to manipulate the hydrogen economy of gut microbial communities in ways that modulate energy harvest.     

人类微生物组测序与比较研究

人体微生物群系影响人类的健康,与人类的各种疾病,如肥胖、糖尿病、冠心病、结肠癌等的发生具有密切的关系.近年来,人类微生物组研究日益受到重视.综述人类微生物组的测序和比较研究进展.