title: Modulation of rat cecal microbiota by administration of raffinose and encapsulated Bifidobacterium breve.
abstract: To investigate the effects of administration of raffinose and encapsulated Bifidobacterium breve JCM 1192T cells on the rat cecal microbiota, in a preclinical synbiotic study groups of male WKAH/Hkm Slc rats were fed for 3 weeks with four different test diets: basal diet (group BD), basal diet supplemented with raffinose (group RAF), basal diet supplemented with encapsulated B. breve (group CB), and basal diet supplemented with both raffinose and encapsulated B. breve (group RCB). The bacterial populations in cecal samples were determined by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP). B. breve cells were detected only in the RCB group and accounted for about 6.3% of the total cells as determined by FISH analysis. B. breve was also detected only in the RCB group by T-RFLP analysis. This was in contrast to the CB group, in which no B. breve signals were detected by either FISH or T-RFLP. Increases in the sizes of the populations of Bifidobacterium animalis, a Bifidobacterium indigenous to the rat, were observed in the RAF and RCB groups. Principal-component analysis of T-RFLP results revealed significant alterations in the bacterial populations of rats in the RAF and RCB groups; the population in the CB group was similar to that in the control group (group BD). To the best of our knowledge, these results provide the first clear picture of the changes in the rat cecal microbiota in response to synbiotic administration.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbial Resources and Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-9 Nishi-9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan.
authors.forename: Achmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dinoto
authors.forename: Akarat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suksomcheep
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishizuka
authors.forename: Hanae
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hanada
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamagata
authors.forename: Kozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: Fusao
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yokota
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001644:Bifidobacterium / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002432:Cecum / Q000382:microbiology*; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008297:Male; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011887:Raffinose / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D011887:Raffinose