巴马小型猪肝硬化前后肠道乳杆菌的比较研究

目的比较巴马小型猪诱导型肝硬化造模前(正常猪)和造模成功后(肝硬化猪)肠道乳杆菌的变化情况,探讨小型猪肝硬化模型在肝硬化肠道微生态研究中的适用性。方法收集肝硬化造模前和CCl4诱导肝硬化造模成功后巴马小型猪的新鲜粪便,提取粪便总菌DNA,用乳杆菌特异性引物进行PCR扩增,对扩增产物进行变性梯度凝胶电泳(Denaturing Gradient Gel-Electrophoresis,DGGE),即用PCR-DGGE分析巴马小型猪肝硬化前后肠道乳杆菌的相似性和多样性。结果聚类分析和主成分分析显示巴马小型猪肝硬化前(正常猪)和肝硬化后混杂排列,无明显界限;多样性数据分析显示巴马小型猪肝硬化前后肠道乳杆菌的丰富度(S)、微生物区系Shannon-Wiener指数(H′)和均匀度(E)差异均无统计学意义(P0.05)。结论巴马小型猪肝硬化后肠道乳杆菌与正常猪比较差异无统计学意义。     

Diversity of insect intestinal microflora

The influence of geographic location, season, age, and part of the digestive tract on bacterial diversity was evaluated on intestinal microflora of honeybees, wasps, and cockroaches using DGGE analysis. PCR-DGGE analyses with universal bacterial primers targeting 200-bp region of the 16S rDNA gene afforded the profile of complex bacterial DNA; specific primers were used to determine the profile of bifidobacteria whose concentration in digestive tract was determined by real-time PCR. Selected PCR products were identified by sequencing. The microflora of the bees exhibited little variations among the hives from distant locations. Their bifidobacterial population formed 2.8-8.4 % of total bacteria and was very homogeneous. The total gut microflora of wasps was also homogeneous, only two samples being affected by the season or the location; on the other hand, wasp bifidobacterial population was very heterogeneous. Cockroaches showed the highest variations in microflora composition, the age and diet being the ultimate factors; bifidobacteria counts also varied among tested individuals (0.1-34.1 % of total bacteria). Our results suggest that nutrition habits are the strongest factor affecting the insect microflora, giving higher variations to omnivorous species.     

四氯化碳一过性处理对巴马香猪肠道菌群的影响

目的探讨四氯化碳（CCl4）一过性处理对巴马香猪肠道菌群的影响,评估CCl4诱导处理的肝损伤动物模型能否用于肠道微生态研究。方法选取3头雄性巴马香猪,一次性按每千克体重腹腔注射0.25 ml[0.25ml/（kg·bw）]40%CCl4橄榄油溶液。于注射12 h之后的第1、2、3、4、7和10天连续采集粪便,以注射CCl4溶液之前所采集粪便样作对照。分别提取粪样总DNA,采用变性梯度凝胶电泳技术（DGGE）对CCl4一过性处理后巴马香猪肠道菌群的多样性变化进行动态监测。结果PCR-DGGE法分析表明,巴马香猪肠道菌群组成在注射CCl4前后差异无显著性（P〉0.05）。相似性聚类分析结果表明,菌群组成在注射CCl4前后相似度在65%以上。结论CCl4一过性处理后巴马香猪肠道菌群组成未发生显著变化。表明CCl4处理诱导的肝损伤动物模型可以用来研究相关疾病与肠道菌群之间的关系。     

Altered transit and bacterial overgrowth in the cystic fibrosis mouse small intestine

Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) may play an important role in the gastrointestinal complications of cystic fibrosis (CF). This work explored two potential factors in development of SIBO in the CF (cftr(tm1UNC)) mouse: impaired Paneth cell innate defenses and altered gastrointestinal motility. Postnatal differentiation of Paneth cells was followed by Defcr, Lyzs, and Ang4 gene expression, and SIBO was measured by quantitative PCR of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene. Paneth cell gene expression was low in 4-day-old CF and wild-type (WT) mice and increased similarly in both groups of mice between 12 and 16 days. Peak Paneth cell gene expression was reached by 40 days of age and was less for Defcr and Lyzs in CF mice compared with WT, whereas Ang4 levels were greater in CF mice. SIBO occurred by postnatal day 8 in CF mice, which is before Paneth cell development. With the use of gavaged rhodamine-dextran to follow motility, gastric emptying in CF mice was slightly decreased compared with WT, and small intestinal transit was dramatically less. Since antibiotics improve weight gain in CF mice, their effects on gastric emptying and small intestinal transit were determined. Antibiotics did not affect gastric emptying or transit in CF mice but did significantly slow intestinal transit in WT mice, suggesting a potential role of normal microflora in regulating transit. In conclusion, small intestinal transit was significantly slower in CF mice, and this is likely a major factor in SIBO in CF.     

Monitoring of antibiotic-induced alterations in the human intestinal microflora and detection of probiotic strains by use of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism

Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) was investigated as a tool for monitoring the human intestinal microflora during antibiotic treatment and during ingestion of a probiotic product. Fecal samples from eight healthy volunteers were taken before, during, and after administration of clindamycin. During treatment, four subjects were given a probiotic, and four subjects were given a placebo. Changes in the microbial intestinal community composition and relative abundance of specific microbial populations in each subject were monitored by using viable counts and T-RFLP fingerprints. T-RFLP was also used to monitor specific bacterial populations that were either positively or negatively affected by clindamycin. Some dominant bacterial groups, such as Eubacterium spp., were easily monitored by T-RFLP, while they were hard to recover by cultivation. Furthermore, the two probiotic Lactobacillus strains were easily tracked by T-RFLP and were shown to be the dominant Lactobacillus community members in the intestinal microflora of subjects who received the probiotic.     

灵芝孢子粉对重症急性胰腺炎大鼠肠道微生态失调的调整作用

目的探讨灵芝孢子粉对重症急性胰腺炎（SAP）导致的肠道微生态失调的调整作用。方法采用胆胰管逆行注射5％牛磺胆酸钠法造成SAP模型;SD大鼠随机分为假手术组、模型组、奥曲肽治疗组、灵芝孢子粉治疗组及灵芝孢子粉奥曲肽联合治疗组;于给药7d后处死大鼠,进行肠道菌群、肝脏及胰腺细菌易位检测。结果SAP时出现明显的肠道菌群紊乱,细菌易位。经治疗后发现,灵芝孢子粉能够扶植双歧杆菌、乳酸杆菌的生长,使肠杆菌的数量减少,并可控制细菌易位。将灵芝孢子粉与奥曲肽合用作用更佳,与其他治疗组相比差异有显著性（P〈0．05）。结论灵芝孢子粉可调整SAP时出现的肠道微生态失调,其与奥曲肽联合应用治疗SAP可降低感染率,取得较好的疗效。     

水溶性壳聚糖对小鼠肠道菌群的影响

目的 应用聚合酶链式反应-变性梯度凝胶电泳（PCR-DGGE）技术研究水溶性壳聚糖对正常小鼠肠道菌群的影响。方法 使用SPF级昆明小鼠18只,随机分为3组,每组6只,依次为正常对照组（NC）、水溶性壳聚糖高（WSC-H）和低浓度组（WSC-L）,灌服对应药物30 d后收取鼠便,细菌基因组DNA提取,PCR-DGGE电泳得到肠道菌群图谱,计算菌群结构多样性指数,聚类分析相似性并鉴定优势条带序列。结果 水溶性壳聚糖处理后小鼠肠道菌群结构发生改变,多样性指数、丰富度和均匀度较低,乳杆菌成为肠道中的优势菌群。结论 水溶性壳聚糖能够增加肠道中乳杆菌的种类和数量,起到益生元的作用来调节肠道微生态平衡。     

Bacterial overgrowth in the jejunum of ICR mice and Wistar rats orally administered with a single lethal dose of fusarenon-X, a trichothecene mycotoxin

A single oral dose of fusarenon-X (F-X), a trichothecene mycotoxin, resulted in abnormal microflora in the jejunum in ICR mice and Wistar rats with some differences in dose response between the species. In the acute phase, enterobacteria, streptococci, Clostridium perfringens and bacteroides showed remarkably increased counts in the jejunum of mice and rats dosed with F-X while lactobacilli showed a decrease in count. F-X brought an invasion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa into the livers, lungs, kidneys and spleens of ICR mice. Changes in the jejunal microflora appeared after 7 h in ICR mice and after 24 h in Wistar rats after a single oral dose of F-X of 7–5 and 4–0 mg/kg b.w., respectively, and the microflora returned to its normal state at 72 h in mice and 96 h in rats. The changes of intestinal microflora were followed by alterations in the growth curves of both animal species. The pH in the glandular stomach was also greatly enhanced before changes in the jejunal microflora. Acute F-X intoxication may be an involved manifestation of essential cytotoxicity of F-X mycotoxin alone and secondary bacterial overgrowth in the bowel.     

Bacterial overgrowth in the jejunum of ICR mice and Wistar rats orally administered with a single lethal dose of fusarenon-X, a trichothecene mycotoxin

A single oral dose of fusarenon-X (F-X), a trichothecene mycotoxin, resulted in abnormal microflora in the jejunum in ICR mice and Wistar rats with some differences in dose response between the species. In the acute phase, enterobacteria, streptococci, Clostridium perfringens and bacteroides showed remarkably increased counts in the jejunum of mice and rats dosed with F-X while lactobacilli showed a decrease in count. F-X brought an invasion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa into the livers, lungs, kidneys and spleens of ICR mice. Changes in the jejunal microflora appeared after 7 h in ICR mice and after 24 h in Wistar rats after a single oral dose of F-X of 7.5 and 4.0 mg/kg b.w., respectively, and the microflora returned to its normal state at 72 h in mice and 96 h in rats. The changes of intestinal microflora were followed by alterations in the growth curves of both animal species. The pH in the glandular stomach was also greatly enhanced before changes in the jejunal microflora. Acute F-X intoxication may be an involved manifestation of essential cytotoxicity of F-X mycotoxin alone and secondary bacterial overgrowth in the bowel.     

Mechanisms of the protective action of sulfur-containing radioprotectors on the intestinal epithelium

In studying the influence of cystamine and gammaphos on the recovery of mouse jejunum epithelium after irradiation with doses inducing intestinal form of acute radiation sickness, it was shown that the radioprotective agents did not influence D0 value for intestinal epithelium stem cells, but in crypts the number of DNA-synthesizing enterocytes that entered mitosis increased after the preventive administration of the radioprotectors. All this caused the number of cells per villus to increase and intestinal mucosa to recover more readily.     

Indigenous microbes and their soluble factors differentially modulate intestinal glycosylation steps in vivo

It has been shown that Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a representative member of the gut microflora, signals intestinal epithelial cells both in vivo and in vitro and modulate specific glycosylation processes that may mediate intestinal functions. However it is not known whether these modulations depend on the presence of live bacteria or may be elicited by soluble factors produced in vitro by this bacterium. We used lectins and an histochemical approach to survey tissue sections prepared from various cellular compartments of the small and large intestine of NRMI/KI mice grown under gnotobiotic conditions. We compared the results obtained with bacterial culture supernatant and live B. thetaiotaomicron to those obtained from germ-free mice or mice having a conventional microflora. This approach allowed us to conclude that (1) a small but specific number of glycan patterns were restored after treatment with bacterial culture supernatant and (2) the B. thetaiotaomicron associated mice restored a larger number of patterns, however, the complete conventional mice pattern must be a function of the whole microflora in the gut. The possibility to modulate this complex glycosylation pattern by introducing exogenous bacteria and bacterial products should be considered as a promising approach towards understanding the molecular basis of microbial-host interactions.     

Effects of peptide YY on intestinal blood flow distribution and motility in the dog

Previous investigators in our laboratory have demonstrated that peptide YY (PYY), a putative gut hormone, exerts a potent emetic effect when administered intravenously to conscious dogs. The current study was carried out to examine the effects of an emetic dose of PYY on cardiovascular status, splanchnic blood flow distribution (estimated using 15 micron microspheres) and small intestinal motility in anesthetized dogs. PYY, infused i.v. at a dose of 25 pmol/kg/min led to a localized significant reduction in small intestinal muscularis externa blood flow both 15 and 30 min after the start of PYY infusion in both jejunum and ileum. This decreased muscularis perfusion was not accompanied by any significant change in whole gut wall blood flow and was explained on the basis of an observed significant redistribution of blood flow away from the muscularis towards the mucosa/submucosa. Similar, although non-significant, effects of PYY on colonic blood flow distribution were also observed. Despite the effects on jejunum and ileum, PYY exerted minimal effects on duodenal blood flow. The decrease in ileal and jejunal muscularis blood flows was accompanied by a significant increase in the amplitude of intestinal contractions in these regions. Frequency of contractions was unaltered however. These results demonstrate that PYY infusion leads to concurrent changes in small intestinal blood flow and motility.     

Effects of dietary antibiotics on intestinal microflora in broiler chickens

Changes were examined in the intestinal microflora in broiler chickens fed a diet containing antibiotics to obtain fundamental information on the mechanisms of beneficial effect of the antibiotics upon livestock production. Three antibiotics (colistin, bacitracin, and enramycin) were employed as feed additives. Experiments were conducted with broiler chickens in two ways. In one way dietary antibiotics were fed continually at levels approved for use as feed additives for a long term. In the other they were fed the same antibiotics for a short term. Significant changes in microflora were observed mainly in such bacterial groups as aerobic bacteria and Lactobacillus. In the long term administration, three possible modes of variance in the bacterial flora were postulated: Changes directly related to the antibacterial spectrum of antibiotics. Antagonistic changes related to an ecological balance in the bacterial flora. Changes in quantitative balance of bacteria constituting each bacterial group. The change in the intestinal microflora during administration of the antibiotic diet was expressed as a complex form of these transition modes. In the short term administration, it was demonstrated that the effect of the antibiotic diet lingered even 7 days after administration. This suggests that antibiotics used as feed additives may possibly affect the stability of the intestinal microflora.     

Variations in metabolism of the soy isoflavonoid daidzein by human intestinal microfloras from different individuals

Isoflavonoids found in legumes, such as soybeans, are converted by intestinal bacteria to metabolites that might have increased or decreased estrogenic activity. Variation in the effects of dietary isoflavonoids among individuals has been attributed to differences in their metabolism by intestinal bacteria. To investigate this variation, the metabolism of the isoflavonoid daidzein by bacteria from ten fecal samples, provided at different times by six individuals on soy-containing diets, was compared. After anaerobic incubation of bacteria with daidzein for 2 weeks, four samples had metabolized daidzein and six samples had not. Three of the positive samples were from individuals whose microflora had not metabolized daidzein in previous samples. Dihydrodaidzein was observed in one sample, dihydrodaidzein and equol in another sample, and equol and O-desmethylangolensin in two other samples. These results corroborate the hypothesis that the microflora of the gastrointestinal tract of an individual influences the particular isoflavone metabolites produced following consumption.     

大蒜素对急性酒精性肝损伤小鼠 肠道菌群失调的预防作用研究

目的应用肠杆菌基因间重复共有序列基因扩增(ERIC-PCR)和聚合酶链式反应—变性梯度凝胶电泳(PCR-DGGE)研究大蒜素对急性酒精性肝损伤小鼠肠道菌群失调的预防作用。方法 SPF级昆明小鼠40只,分为正常对照组、急性酒精性肝损伤组、护肝片组、大蒜素高和低浓度组,每组8只。灌服相应药物30d,除正常对照组,其他组灌胃14 mL/kg红星二锅头,12h后收集鼠便,提取粪便细菌DNA,利用ERIC-PCR和PCR-DGGE电泳获得肠道菌群指纹图谱,主成分分析(PCA)和聚类分析(UPGMA)研究肠道菌群整体差异并鉴定优势条带序列。结果 ERIC-PCR表明急性酒精性肝损伤小鼠肠道中细菌条带较少,以300bp和500bp左右的条带为特征条带,PCR-DGGE显示肠球菌为优势菌型;大蒜素灌胃小鼠肠道菌群结构组成发生改变,优杆菌属为优势菌型。结论大蒜素预防给药可以扶持肠道中优杆菌属等益生菌生长,抑制肠球菌等病原菌的增殖,调节急性酒精性肝损伤伴有的肠道菌群失调。     

Gram-negative bacteria aggravate murine small intestinal Th1-type immunopathology following oral infection with Toxoplasma gondii

Oral infection of susceptible mice with Toxoplasma gondii results in Th1-type immunopathology in the ileum. We investigated gut flora changes during ileitis and determined contributions of gut bacteria to intestinal inflammation. Analysis of the intestinal microflora revealed that ileitis was accompanied by increasing bacterial load, decreasing species diversity, and bacterial translocation. Gram-negative bacteria identified as Escherichia coli and Bacteroides/Prevotella spp. accumulated in inflamed ileum at high concentrations. Prophylactic or therapeutic administration of ciprofloxacin and/or metronidazole ameliorated ileal immunopathology and reduced intestinal NO and IFN-gamma levels. Most strikingly, gnotobiotic mice in which cultivable gut bacteria were removed by quintuple antibiotic treatment did not develop ileitis after Toxoplasma gondii infection. A reduction in total numbers of lymphocytes was observed in the lamina propria of specific pathogen-free (SPF), but not gnotobiotic, mice upon development of ileitis. Relative numbers of CD4(+) T cells did not differ in naive vs infected gnotobiotic or SPF mice, but infected SPF mice showed a significant increase in the frequencies of activated CD4(+) T cells compared with gnotobiotic mice. Furthermore, recolonization with total gut flora, E. coli, or Bacteroides/Prevotella spp., but not Lactobacillus johnsonii, induced immunopathology in gnotobiotic mice. Animals recolonized with E. coli and/or total gut flora, but not L. johnsonii, showed elevated ileal NO and/or IFN-gamma levels. In conclusion, Gram-negative bacteria, i.e., E. coli, aggravate pathogen-induced intestinal Th1-type immunopathology. Thus, pathogen-induced acute ileitis may prove useful to study bacteria-host interactions in small intestinal inflammation and to test novel therapies based on modulation of gut flora.     

Effect of cereal type and plant extract addition on the growth performance,intestinal morphology,caecal microflora,and gut barriers gene expression of broiler chickens

Feeding broiler chickens on diets based on cereal grains of high non-starch polysaccharides content such as wheat and barley can negatively impact their performance and gut health. Plant extracts can be used as a potential tool to alleviate these negative effects. The present study assessed the effects of dietary cereal type and the inclusion of a plant extract blend (PEB) on the growth performance, intestinal histomorphology, caecal microflora, and gene expression of selected biomarkers for gut integrity in broiler chickens in a 42-d experiment. Ross-308 male broilers were assigned into different dietary treatments and fed on two cereal types (corn- vs. wheat/barley-based) with/without added graded concentrations of a PEB (0, 250, 500, 1000, and 2000 mg/kg diet). There were no significant differences in the growth performance parameters, intestinal histomorphology, and caecal microflora due to the impact of dietary cereal type. However, lactobacilli count in the caecal microflora was increased in the group fed on a corn-based diet. The PEB supplementation especially at a level of 500 to 1000 mg/kg diet significantly increased the average BW and decreased the feed conversion ratio. It also increased the villi length of duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, decreased the duodenal crypt depth, and increased the villi length to crypt depth ratio in the duodenum, jejunum and ileum. Supplementation of the PEB decreased the total bacterial and coliform count and increased the lactobacilli count in a linear pattern. Gene expression of Occludin and Junction Adhesion Molecule was significantly increased in the PEB supplemented diets, whereby no influence was observed on mucin expression. In conclusion, supplementation of a PEB at levels of 500–1000 mg/kg can be used as a tool to improve broiler performance and gut health.     

Changes in intestinal endocrine cells in the mouse after unilateral cervical vagotomy

The effect of right or left unilateral cervical vagotomy on the intestinal endocrine cells was studied in 23 mice at 2 and 8 weeks after operation, respectively. The results were compared with that from 10 sham operated mice. Various types of endocrine cells in duodenum and proximal colon were detected by immunohistochemistry and quantified by computerized image analysis. In mouse duodenum, chromogranin-, CCK/gastrin-, GIP- and somatostatin-cells were significantly decreased at 2 weeks after right vagotomy, but returned to the control levels at 8 weeks. Serotonin-cells were reduced at both 2 and 8 weeks after right vagotomy. The amount of the duodenal endocrine cells did not change after left vagotomy with the exception of secretin-cells, which were diminished at 8 weeks after both right and left vagotomy. In the proximal colon, chromogranin-cells were also decreased at 2 weeks after right vagotomy. Serotonin-cells were reduced at 8 weeks after left vagotomy but not right vagotomy. There was no significant difference between the unilaterally vagotomized and the sham operated mice with regard to PYY- and glucagon-cells. It was concluded that vagotomy affected the intestinal endocrine cells in mouse. The influence was more pronounced in the small intestine than the proximal colon. The right vagus nerves seemed to exert more effect on the intestinal endocrine cells than the left ones.     

Differences in the gut bacterial flora of healthy and milk-hypersensitive adults, as measured by fluorescence in situ hybridization

We enumerated the predominant gut genera from fecal samples of nine healthy and eight milk-hypersensitive adults both before and after 4 weeks Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) supplementation. The anaerobic intestinal microflora of milk-hypersensitive adults was found to resemble that of healthy adults. LGG-consumption resulted in a significant increase in the number of bifidobacteria in healthy but not in milk-hypersensitive subjects, as well as a general increase in bacterial numbers in all other bacterial genera tested in both groups. In conclusion, the composition of the gut microbiota in milk-hypersensitive adults appears to be normal. LGG may have potential in reinforcing the endogenous flora.     

Bacterial Community Mapping of the Mouse Gastrointestinal Tract

Keeping mammalian gastrointestinal (GI) tract communities in balance is crucial for host health maintenance. However, our understanding of microbial communities in the GI tract is still very limited. In this study, samples taken from the GI tracts of C57BL/6 mice were subjected to 16S rRNA gene sequence-based analysis to examine the characteristic bacterial communities along the mouse GI tract, including those present in the stomach, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, colon and feces. Further analyses of the 283,234 valid sequences obtained from pyrosequencing revealed that the gastric, duodenal, large intestinal and fecal samples had higher phylogenetic diversity than the jejunum and ileum samples did. The microbial communities found in the small intestine and stomach were different from those seen in the large intestine and fecal samples. A greater proportion of Lactobacillaceae were found in the stomach and small intestine, while a larger proportion of anaerobes such as Bacteroidaceae, Prevotellaceae, Rikenellaceae, Lachnospiraceae, and Ruminococcaceae were found in the large intestine and feces. In addition, inter-mouse variations of microbiota were observed between the large intestinal and fecal samples, which were much smaller than those between the gastric and small intestinal samples. As far as we can ascertain, ours is the first study to systematically characterize bacterial communities from the GI tracts of C57BL/6 mice.