CIBER-EHD, Department of Pharmacology, Centre for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
CIBER-EHD, Department of Pharmacology, Centre for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain.
J Nutr Biochem. 2018 Nov;61:129-139. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2018.08.005. Epub 2018 Sep 1.
The beneficial effects exerted by probiotics in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are well known, although their exact mechanisms have not been fully elucidated, and only few studies have focused on their impact on selected miRNAs and the gut microbiota composition. Therefore, our aim was to correlate the intestinal anti-inflammatory activity of the probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii in the dextran sodium sulphate (DSS) model of mouse colitis and the changes induced in miRNA expression and gut microbiota populations. Probiotic was given orally (5×10 CFU) to C57BL/6 mice for 26 days. After 2 weeks, the colitis was induced adding DSS to the drinking water. Mice were scored daily using a Disease Activity Index (DAI). After sacrifice, the colonic specimens were evaluated by determining the expression of inflammatory markers and micro-RNAs by qRT-PCR. Moreover, changes in microbiota populations were evaluated by pyrosequencing. Probiotic ameliorated the colonic damage induced by DSS, as evidenced by lower DAI values and colonic weight/length compared with untreated mice. The treatment modified the colonic expression of different inflammatory markers and the epithelial integrity proteins, and induced changes in micro-RNAs expression. Moreover, microbiota characterization showed that probiotic treatment increased bacterial diversity, thus ameliorating the dysbiosis produced by DSS-colitis. Saccharomyces boulardii exerted intestinal anti-inflammatory effects in DSS-mouse colitis, through the modulation in the immune response, involving modification of altered miRNA expression, being associated to the improvement of the inflammation-associated dysbiosis in the intestinal lumen, which could be of great interest to control the complex pathogenesis of IBD.
益生菌对炎症性肠病(IBD)的有益作用是众所周知的,尽管其确切机制尚未完全阐明,而且只有少数研究集中在它们对选定的 miRNA 和肠道微生物群落组成的影响上。因此,我们的目的是将益生菌酿酒酵母在葡聚糖硫酸钠(DSS)诱导的小鼠结肠炎模型中的肠道抗炎活性与 miRNA 表达和肠道微生物群落变化相关联。益生菌通过口服(5×10 CFU)给予 C57BL/6 小鼠 26 天。2 周后,在饮用水中加入 DSS 诱导结肠炎。每天使用疾病活动指数(DAI)对小鼠进行评分。处死后,通过 qRT-PCR 测定炎症标志物和 micro-RNAs 的表达来评估结肠标本。此外,通过焦磷酸测序评估微生物群落的变化。益生菌改善了 DSS 诱导的结肠损伤,这表现为与未治疗的小鼠相比,DAI 值和结肠重量/长度降低。该治疗改变了不同炎症标志物和上皮完整性蛋白的结肠表达,并诱导了 micro-RNAs 表达的变化。此外,微生物特征表明益生菌治疗增加了细菌多样性,从而改善了 DSS-结肠炎引起的菌群失调。酿酒酵母通过调节免疫反应,涉及改变异常的 miRNA 表达,在 DSS 诱导的小鼠结肠炎中发挥肠道抗炎作用,这与改善肠道腔炎症相关的菌群失调有关,这可能对控制 IBD 的复杂发病机制具有重要意义。