基于高通量测序的精神分裂症患者 肠道菌群多样性

目的探讨精神分裂症患者肠道菌群多样性变化。方法收集16例精神分裂症患者(schizophrenia,Sch)与18例健康者(healthy donor,HD)的粪便样本,提取肠道菌群基因组,扩增16SrRNA基因,运用Illumina平台进行测序。对测序结果进行多样性和物种组成差异分析。结果精神分裂症患者组肠道菌群在门、纲、目、科、属、种、分类操作单元(operational taxonomic units,OTUs)水平的群落种类数目少于健康对照组。Alpha多样性指标中患者组的Ace指数(226.58±31.67)、Chao1指数(222.29±34.45)和Shannon指数(2.66±0.69)明显低于健康对照组(293.63±56.07、302.2±57.99、3.59±0.36),差异均有统计学意义(Ps0.001),而Simpson指数(0.20±0.17)明显高于健康对照组(0.07±0.03),差异有统计学意义(P0.01);Beta多样性分析显示两组研究对象肠道菌群样本可被鉴别区分。精神分裂症患者组与健康对照组样本在门和属水平上肠道菌群组成和含量有差异,其中患者组拟杆菌门和软壁菌门占比明显低于健康组,差异有统计学意义(21.76%vs.27.05%,P=0.008;0.00%vs.0.20%,P=0.033),而放线菌门明显高于健康组(13.52%vs.2.88%,P=0.020),差异有统计学意义;患者组拟杆菌属和柔嫩梭菌属占比明显低于健康组(9.15%vs.20.60%,P=0.031;3.29%vs.9.58%,P=0.005),差异有统计学意义,而双歧杆菌属、普雷沃菌属和巨单胞菌属明显高于健康组(10.89%vs.1.78%,P=0.025;10.88%vs.1.98%,P=0.046;10.78%vs.2.69%,P=0.026),差异有统计学意义。结论基于16SrRNA的高通量测序有助于分析精神分裂症患者肠道菌群多样性变化,为研究肠道菌群与精神分裂症的关系提供新的思路和理论依据。     

结直肠癌与肠道菌群

肠道是集消化、吸收、内分泌、免疫、屏障等功能为一体的重要器官,肠道菌群的结构和功能与人体的健康、疾病的发生发展及机体的快速康复息息相关。结直肠癌变是个逐步发生发展的过程,从局部炎性反应、腺瘤、癌前病变到恶化的过程可达数年甚至数十年之久。结肠癌早期临床症状不明显且潜伏期较长,容易造成漏诊和误诊,贻误最佳治疗时机。近年来,国内外多项研究显示大肠埃希菌、粪肠球菌、脆弱拟杆菌、解没食子酸链球菌、具核梭杆菌等细菌与结直肠癌的发生发展关系密切,这为我们从另外一个角度来进行结直肠癌早期诊断提供了新思路和新途径。     

具减肥功效的益生菌研究进展

摘要：肥胖症患病率在全球范围内持续增长,其中导致肥胖的最主要因素是能量摄入和消耗失衡。肠道菌群是涉及肥胖和代谢紊乱的环境因素,肥胖动物和人类患者表现出了肠道菌群组成和结构的改变。这种菌群失衡能影响机体能量平衡、炎症和肠道屏障功能等,进而影响代谢。研究显示益生菌可有效改善高脂饮食造成的肥胖。改变肠道菌群可能会成为预防或控制肥胖的有效疗法,该领域尚处于早期阶段,相关数据仍有限。本综述旨在总结最新的具有减肥功效益生菌的实验研究,帮助了解减肥益生菌的最新进展,为该领域后续研究提供帮助。     

地衣芽胞杆菌BL63516对抗生素诱导的 菌群紊乱小鼠肠黏膜屏障功能的影响

目的探索地衣芽胞杆菌BL63516对肠道菌群和肠黏膜屏障功能调节的效果和可能机制,为临床疾病的治疗提供新思路。方法采用健康清洁级雄性BALB/C小鼠30只构建动物模型,将小鼠分为3组(每组10只),分别为对照组(CON组)、头孢曲松钠灌胃组(CS组)和地衣芽胞杆菌BL63516治疗组(BL组),除CON组外其余两组小鼠给予300 mg/mL头孢曲松钠0.2 mL,2次/d灌服8 d,短期大量服用抗生素以建立肠道菌群紊乱模型。第9天起BL组小鼠给予地衣芽胞杆菌干预连续8 d。第17天摘眼球处死小鼠,取血、结肠、粪便样本。ELISA方法检测小鼠血清及肝脏组织中的细胞因子及LPS水平。PCR-变性梯度凝胶电泳方法及16S rRNA高通量测序测定小鼠肠道菌群结构。结果地衣芽胞杆菌干预后小鼠血清LPS水平较模型组显著降低,屏障功能改善。且地衣芽胞杆菌治疗后BL组小鼠肠道菌群丰富度和多样性显著升高,菌群结构有所改变。结论实验结果提示地衣芽胞杆菌BL63516可以有效改善抗生素所致的肠道菌群失调,对肠屏障功能有一定调节作用。     

肠道菌群与肥胖关系的研究进展

西方化的高脂饮食方式造成了越来越多的肥胖人群。高脂饮食在一定程度上可以改变肠道菌群的结构组成和功能,促进宿主对食物营养的吸收,从而增加体重形成肥胖。高脂饮食诱导的肥胖者肠道菌群的改变会导致宿主能量吸收增加,肠道通透性和炎症增加,而有减肥功能的短链脂肪酸合成能力下降。最近研究发现肠道菌群也可以通过影响中枢神经系统,尤其是下丘脑相关基因的表达来控制食欲,从而调控肥胖的形成。本文系统介绍了最近几年高脂饮食诱导肥胖的研究,总结了一些与肥胖形成有密切关系的肠道菌群以及其在肥胖形成中的作用机制,为进一步研究肠道菌群与肥胖之间的调控作用奠定了基础。最后总结了肠道菌群可以作为一个预防和治疗肥胖的有效靶点,可以通过在食物中添加有益菌或者通过菌群移植来治疗肥胖。     

肠道菌群与高尿酸血症及痛风的相关性研究

高尿酸血症以及痛风的发病率持续升高,已经成为一个重大的公共卫生问题。肠道菌群的结构改变或失调可引起机体代谢紊乱,肠道微生态尤其与代谢性疾病的发生发展关系密切。目前研究发现高尿酸血症、痛风患者存在肠道菌群失调,降尿酸治疗后肠道菌群可发生相应改变,并且益生菌制剂具有降尿酸作用。本文概述高尿酸血症及痛风患者的肠道菌群特点,从高嘌呤及高果糖饮食对肠道菌群的影响、肠道参与嘌呤和尿酸的代谢、代谢性内毒素血症以及痛风相关炎症因子等方面探讨肠道菌群与高尿酸血症及痛风的关系,并展望肠道菌群可能成为未来诊治高尿酸血症以及痛风的一种新方法。     

与医学相关的营养与代谢方面的新概念

近年来,与医学相关的营养与代谢的研究出现不少新的认识与新发现。本文总结了以下5个方面的新概念：供能的营养物质不仅是供能,还需注意他们对健康的影响;以构成蔗糖分子一半的果糖为例,它竟然是促成代谢综合征、心脑血管病等疾病的因素;食物纤维是极其重要不可或缺的营养素;应高度重视维护正常肠道菌群,因为它与人体的健康与多种疾病密切相关;全食物营养不仅能维持生命,还能增强体质、避免和减少疾病;植物营养素具有抗氧化、抗炎症及抗癌等作用,是全食物营养不可或缺的组成部分。人体营养与物质代谢研究的终极目标是：增强体质,预防和减少疾病,健康长寿。希望本文能够带给读者一些启发。     

Detection of dental plaque and its potential pathogenicity using quantitative light‐induced fluorescence

Quantitative light‐induced fluorescence (QLF) technology can detect some dental plaque as red fluorescence. This in vivo study aimed to identify the microbial characteristics of red fluorescent (RF) dental plaque using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and evaluate the correlations between RF plaque and the clinical symptoms of dental diseases. Paired supragingival plaque samples collected from each 10 subjects and consisted of RF and non‐RF dental plaques as observed by QLF technology using a 405 nm blue light source for excitation. The characteristics of the bacterial communities in the RF and non‐RF plaque samples were compared by sequencing analysis. An increase in microbial diversity was observed in RF plaque compared with the non‐RF plaque. There were significant differences in the community compositions between the 2 types of dental plaque. Periodontopathic bacteria were significantly more abundant in the RF plaque than non‐RF plaque. The fluorescence intensity of RF plaque was significantly related to the proportion of the periodontopathic bacterial community and the presence of gingival inflammation. In conclusion, the plaque red fluorescence is associated with changes in the microbial composition and enrichment of periodontopathic pathogens, which suggests that RF plaque detected by QLF technology could be used as a risk indicator for gingival inflammation.      

Construction of a Model Culture System of Human Colonic Microbiota to Detect Decreased Lachnospiraceae Abundance and Butyrogenesis in the Feces of Ulcerative Colitis Patients

Compositional alteration of the gut microbiota is associated with ulcerative colitis (UC). Here, a model culture system is established for the in vitro human colonic microbiota of UC, which will be helpful for determining medical interventions. 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing confirms that UC models are successfully developed from fecal inoculum and retain the bacterial species biodiversity of UC feces. The UC models closely reproduce the microbial components and successfully preserve distinct clusters from the healthy subjects (HS), as observed in the feces. The relative abundance of bacteria belonging to the family Lachnospiraceae significantly decreases in the UC models compared to that in HS, as observed in the feces. The system detects significantly lower butyrogenesis in the UC models than that in HS, correlating with the decreased abundance of Lachnospiraceae. Interestingly, the relative abundance of Lachnospiraceae does not correlate with disease activity (defined as partial Mayo score), suggesting that Lachnospiraceae persists in UC patients at a decreased level, irrespective of the alteration in disease activity. Moreover, the system shows that administration of Clostridium butyricum MIYAIRI restores butyrogenesis in the UC model. Hence, the model detects deregulation in the intestinal environment in UC patients and may be useful for simulating the effect of probiotics.