School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, People's Republic of China.
National Engineering Laboratory for AIDS Vaccine, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, People's Republic of China.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2018 Dec;102(24):10713-10727. doi: 10.1007/s00253-018-9438-y. Epub 2018 Nov 5.
Weaning stress has serious negative effects on piglets' health and the swine industry. Probiotics-fermented Chinese herbal medicines are potential feed additives to ameliorate weaning stress. In this study, the effects of probiotics-fermented Massa Medicata Fermentata (MMFP) on intestinal homeostasis were evaluated in weaning piglets. Dietary supplementation with MMFP promoted the development of the intestinal structure and elevated the concentrations of lactic acid and short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) in the intestinal contents and antioxidant capacities in serum. MMFP reduced the levels of inflammatory factors in the intestinal mucosa. Microbial community analysis demonstrated that MMFP led to the selective and progressive enrichment of lactic acid- and SCFA-producing bacteria along the gastrointestinal tract, in particular, OTUs corresponding to Lactobacillus, Streptococcus, Acetitomaculum, Roseburia, and Eubacterium xylanophilum group, while MMFP reduced the relative abundance of pathogenic bacteria. On the contrary, antibiotics had negative effects on intestinal histology and increased the relative abundance of pro-inflammatory bacterium, such as Marvinbryantia, Peptococcus, Turicibacter, and Blautia. Correlation analysis reflected that the bacteria enriched in MMFP group were positively correlated with enhanced intestinal homeostasis, which suggested that dietary supplementation with MMFP enhanced host intestinal homeostasis by modulating the composition of gut microbiota and the levels of beneficial SCFAs, thus ameliorating weaning stress in piglets.
断奶应激对仔猪的健康和养猪业有严重的负面影响。益生菌发酵中草药是改善断奶应激的潜在饲料添加剂。在这项研究中,评估了益生菌发酵神曲(MMFP)对断奶仔猪肠道稳态的影响。日粮中添加 MMFP 促进了肠道结构的发育,并提高了肠道内容物中乳酸和短链脂肪酸(SCFAs)的浓度以及血清中的抗氧化能力。MMFP 降低了肠道黏膜中炎症因子的水平。微生物群落分析表明,MMFP 导致了沿胃肠道选择性和渐进性富集产乳酸和 SCFA 的细菌,特别是与乳杆菌、链球菌、醋杆菌、罗斯伯里氏菌和木聚糖分解菌属相对应的 OTUs,而 MMFP 降低了致病菌的相对丰度。相反,抗生素对肠道组织学有负面影响,并增加了促炎菌(如 Marvinbryantia、消化球菌、Turicibacter 和 Blautia)的相对丰度。相关性分析反映了 MMFP 组中富集的细菌与增强的肠道稳态呈正相关,这表明日粮中添加 MMFP 通过调节肠道微生物群落的组成和有益 SCFAs 的水平来增强宿主肠道稳态,从而改善仔猪的断奶应激。
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