title: The effect of dietary prebiotics and probiotics on body weight, large intestine indices, and fecal bile acid profile in wild type and IL10-/- mice.
abstract: Previous studies have suggested roles of probiotics and prebiotics on body weight management and intestinal function. Here, the effects of a dietary prebiotic, inulin (50 mg/g diet), and probiotic, Bfidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (Bb12) (final dose verified at 10(5) colony forming unit (cfu)/g diet, comparable to human consumption), were determined separately and in combination in mice using cellulose-based AIN-93G diets under conditions allowed for the growth of commensal bacteria. Continuous consumption of Bb12 and/or inulin did not affect food intake or body, liver, and spleen weights of young and adult mice. Fecal bile acid profiles were determined by nanoESI-MS/MS tandem mass spectrometry. In the presence of inulin, more bacterial deconjugation of taurine from primary bile acids was observed along with an increased cecal weight. Consumption of inulin in the absence or presence of Bb12 also increased the villus cell height in the proximal colon along with a trend of higher bile acid sulfation by intestinal cells. Feeding Bb12 alone at the physiological dose did not affect bile acid deconjugation and had little effect on other intestinal indices. Although interleukin (IL)10-null mice are susceptible to enterocolitis, they maintained the same body weight as the wild type mice under our specific pathogen-free housing condition and showed no signs of inflammation. Nevertheless, they had smaller cecum suggesting a mildly compromised intestinal development even before the disease manifestation. Our results are consistent with the notion that dietary factors such as prebiotics play important roles in the growth of intestinal microbiota and may impact on the intestinal health. In addition, fecal bile acid profiling could potentially be a non-invasive tool in monitoring the intestinal environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA. smkuo@buffalo.edu
authors.forename: Shiu-Ming
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Patricia M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Merhige
authors.forename: Lee R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Hagey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007420:Intestine, Large / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D007444:Inulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D056692:Prebiotics; D019936:Probiotics / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D056692:Prebiotics; D016753:Interleukin-10; D007444:Inulin
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