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Fristedt R, Ruppert V, Trower T, Cooney J, Landberg R. Quantitation of circulating short-chain fatty acids in small volume blood samples from animals and humans. Talanta 2024; 272:125743. [PMID: 38382298 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2024.125743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Revised: 01/28/2024] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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BACKGROUND The role of gut microbiota in human health has been intensively studied and more recently shifted from emphasis on composition towards function. Function is partly mediated through formed metabolites. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) such as acetate, propionate, and butyrate as well as their branched analogues represent major products from gut fermentation of dietary fibre and proteins, respectively. Robust and high-throughput analysis of SCFAs in small volume blood samples have proven difficult. Major obstacles come from the ubiquitous presence of SCFAs that leads to contaminations and unstable analytical results because of the high volatility of these small molecules. Comprehensive and comparable data on the variation of SCFAs in blood samples from different blood matrices and mammal species including humans is lacking. Therefore, our aim was to develop and evaluate a stable and robust method for quantitation of 8 SCFAs and related fermentation products in small volume blood plasma samples and to investigate their variation in humans and different animal species. RESULTS Derivatization was a successful approach for measurement of SCFAs in biological samples but quenching of the derivatization reaction was crucial to obtain long-term stability of the derivatized analytes. In total 9 compounds (including succinic acid) were separated in 5 min. The method was linear over the range 0.6-3200 nM formic (FA), acetic (AA), 0.3-1600 nM propionic (PA), and 0.16-800 nM for butyric (BA)-, isobutyric (IBA)-, valeric (VA)-, isovaleric (IVA)-, succinic (SA) and caproic acid (CA). The precision ranged ≤12 % within days and ≤28 % between days (except for CA and VA) in three different plasma quality control (QC) samples (29 batches analyzed over 3 months). The extraction recovery was on average 94 % for the different SCFAs. Typical interquartile range (IQR) concentrations (μM) of SCFAs in human plasma samples were 168 μM (FA), 64 μM (AA), 2.2 μM (PA), 0.54 μM (BA), 0.66 μM (IBA), 0.18 μM (VA), 0.40 μM (IVA), and 0.34 μM (CA). In total, 55 samples per batch/day were successfully analyzed and in total 5380 human plasma samples measured over a 3-year timespan. SIGNIFICANCE The developed UHPLC-MS based method was suitable for measuring SCFAs in small blood volume samples and enabled robust quantitative data.
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- Rikard Fristedt
- Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Life Sciences, Division of Food and Nutrition Science, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Life Sciences, Division of Food and Nutrition Science, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Biological Chemistry and Bioactives Group, Food Innovation Portfolio, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Biological Chemistry and Bioactives Group, Food Innovation Portfolio, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Life Sciences, Division of Food and Nutrition Science, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Zhang C, Liu A, Zhang T, Li Y, Zhao H. Gas Chromatography Detection Protocol of Short-chain Fatty Acids in Mice Feces. Bio Protoc 2020; 10:e3672. [PMID: 33659342 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.3672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2020] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which are formed mainly by bacteria fermenting undigested carbohydrates in the colon, they are based on the number of carbon atoms in the carbon chain. Organic fatty acids with less than 6 carbon atoms are called short-chain fatty acids. SCFAs are closely related to various aspects of the human body, so more and more researchers concentrate on SCFAs. This protocol describes, a direct injection gas chromatography detection method with a pretreatment method for extracting SCFA from mice feces by combining acidification. The corresponding sample limit of quantization (LOQ) and limit of detection (LOD) are 0.8-1.0 mg/L and 0.5-0.8 mg/L, respectively. The correlation coefficient of calibration curve is greater than 0.999. The recovery rate of the spiked standard is 80%-102%. This method can be used to analyze and determine SCFAs in mice feces. Therefore, this is an economical, effective and reproducible method for SCFAs measurement in mice samples.
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- Chaozheng Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, P. R. China
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A Fast and Accurate Way to Determine Short Chain Fatty Acids in Human Serum by GC–MS and Their Distribution in Children with Digestive Diseases. Chromatographia 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10337-019-03831-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Zhang C, Fan L, Zhao H. Rapid Detection of Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Biological Samples. Chromatographia 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10337-019-03824-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Schiffels J, Selmer T. Combinatorial assembly of ferredoxin‐linked modules in
Escherichia coli
yields a testing platform for Rnf‐complexes. Biotechnol Bioeng 2019; 116:2316-2329. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.27079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Revised: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Johannes Schiffels
- Enzyme TechnologyAachen University of Applied SciencesJuelich Germany
- RWTH Aachen University, Chair of BiotechnologyWorringerweg 3 Aachen Germany
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- Enzyme TechnologyAachen University of Applied SciencesJuelich Germany
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A Review on Nanoparticles as Boon for Biogas Producers—Nano Fuels and Biosensing Monitoring. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/app9010059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Nanotechnology has an increasingly large impact on a broad scope of biotechnological, pharmacological and pure technological applications. Its current use in bioenergy production from biomass is very restricted. The present study is based on the utilization of nanoparticles as an additive to feed bacteria that break down natural substances. The novel notion of dosing ions using modified nanoparticles can be used to progress up biogas production in oxygen free digestion processes. While minute nanoparticles are unstable, they can be designed to provide ions in a controlled approach, so that the maximum enhancement of biogas production that has been reported can be obtained. Nanoparticles are dissolved in a programmed way in an anaerobic atmosphere and are supplied in a sustainable manner to microbiotic organisms responsible for the degradation of organic material, which is a role that fits them well. Therefore, biogas fabrication can be increased up to 200%, thereby increasing the degradation of organic waste.
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Han X, Guo J, You Y, Yin M, Ren C, Zhan J, Huang W. A fast and accurate way to determine short chain fatty acids in mouse feces based on GC–MS. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2018; 1099:73-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2018.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Revised: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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He L, Prodhan MAI, Yuan F, Yin X, Lorkiewicz PK, Wei X, Feng W, McClain C, Zhang X. Simultaneous quantification of straight-chain and branched-chain short chain fatty acids by gas chromatography mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2018; 1092:359-367. [PMID: 29936372 PMCID: PMC6190712 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2018.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Revised: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Biomedical research in areas such as metabolic disorders, neuromodulatory, and immunomodulatory conditions involves lipid metabolism and demands a reliable and inexpensive method for quantification of short chain fatty acids (SCFAs). We report a GC-MS method for analysis of all straight-chain and branched-chain SCFAs using pentafluorobenzyl bromide (PFBBr) as derivatization reagent. We optimized the derivatization and GC-MS conditions using a mixture containing all eight SCFA standards, i.e., five straight-chain and three branched-chain SCFAs. The optimal derivatization conditions were derivatization time 90 min, temperature 60 °C, pH 7, and (CH3)2CO:H2O ratio 2:1 (v:v). Comparing the performance of different GC column configurations, a 30 m DB-225ms hyphenated with a 30 m DB-5ms column in tandem showed the best separation of SCFAs. Using the optimized experiment conditions, we simultaneously detected all SCFAs with much improved detection limit, 0.244-0.977 μM. We further applied the developed method to measure the SCFAs in mouse feces and all SCFAs were successfully quantified. The recovery rates of the eight SCFAs ranged from 55.7% to 97.9%.
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- Liqing He
- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; University of Louisville Alcohol Research Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; University of Louisville Hepatobiology & Toxicology Program, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; Center for Regulatory and Environmental Analytical Metabolomics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; University of Louisville Alcohol Research Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; University of Louisville Hepatobiology & Toxicology Program, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; Center for Regulatory and Environmental Analytical Metabolomics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; University of Louisville Alcohol Research Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; University of Louisville Hepatobiology & Toxicology Program, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; Center for Regulatory and Environmental Analytical Metabolomics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; University of Louisville Alcohol Research Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; University of Louisville Hepatobiology & Toxicology Program, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; Center for Regulatory and Environmental Analytical Metabolomics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; Diabetes and Obesity Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; University of Louisville Alcohol Research Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; University of Louisville Hepatobiology & Toxicology Program, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; Center for Regulatory and Environmental Analytical Metabolomics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA
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- University of Louisville Hepatobiology & Toxicology Program, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; Center for Regulatory and Environmental Analytical Metabolomics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA
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- University of Louisville Hepatobiology & Toxicology Program, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; Center for Regulatory and Environmental Analytical Metabolomics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; Robley Rex Louisville VAMC, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; University of Louisville Alcohol Research Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; University of Louisville Hepatobiology & Toxicology Program, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; Center for Regulatory and Environmental Analytical Metabolomics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA
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Röhlen DL, Pilas J, Dahmen M, Keusgen M, Selmer T, Schöning MJ. Toward a Hybrid Biosensor System for Analysis of Organic and Volatile Fatty Acids in Fermentation Processes. Front Chem 2018; 6:284. [PMID: 30065922 PMCID: PMC6056648 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Monitoring of organic acids (OA) and volatile fatty acids (VFA) is crucial for the control of anaerobic digestion. In case of unstable process conditions, an accumulation of these intermediates occurs. In the present work, two different enzyme-based biosensor arrays are combined and presented for facile electrochemical determination of several process-relevant analytes. Each biosensor utilizes a platinum sensor chip (14 × 14 mm2) with five individual working electrodes. The OA biosensor enables simultaneous measurement of ethanol, formate, d- and l-lactate, based on a bi-enzymatic detection principle. The second VFA biosensor provides an amperometric platform for quantification of acetate and propionate, mediated by oxidation of hydrogen peroxide. The cross-sensitivity of both biosensors toward potential interferents, typically present in fermentation samples, was investigated. The potential for practical application in complex media was successfully demonstrated in spiked sludge samples collected from three different biogas plants. Thereby, the results obtained by both of the biosensors were in good agreement to the applied reference measurements by photometry and gas chromatography, respectively. The proposed hybrid biosensor system was also used for long-term monitoring of a lab-scale biogas reactor (0.01 m3) for a period of 2 months. In combination with typically monitored parameters, such as gas quality, pH and FOS/TAC (volatile organic acids/total anorganic carbonate), the amperometric measurements of OA and VFA concentration could enhance the understanding of ongoing fermentation processes.
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- Institute of Nano- and Biotechnologies, FH Aachen, Jülich, Germany
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Nano- and Biotechnologies, FH Aachen, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Nano- and Biotechnologies, FH Aachen, Jülich, Germany
- Institute of Complex Systems 8, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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Primec M, Mičetić-Turk D, Langerholc T. Analysis of short-chain fatty acids in human feces: A scoping review. Anal Biochem 2017; 526:9-21. [PMID: 28300535 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2017.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Revised: 02/18/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) play a crucial role in maintaining homeostasis in humans, therefore the importance of a good and reliable SCFAs analytical detection has raised a lot in the past few years. The aim of this scoping review is to show the trends in the development of different methods of SCFAs analysis in feces, based on the literature published in the last eleven years in all major indexing databases. The search criteria included analytical quantification techniques of SCFAs in different human clinical and in vivo studies. SCFAs analysis is still predominantly performed using gas chromatography (GC), followed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and capillary electrophoresis (CE). Performances, drawbacks and advantages of these methods are discussed, especially in the light of choosing a proper pretreatment, as feces is a complex biological material. Further optimization to develop a simple, cost effective and robust method for routine use is needed.
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- Maša Primec
- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Maribor, Pivola 10, 2311 Hoče, Slovenia.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, Taborska Ulica 8, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Maribor, Pivola 10, 2311 Hoče, Slovenia
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Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 enhances bioavailability of serotonin in gut tissues through modulation of synthesis and clearance. Sci Rep 2015; 5:17324. [PMID: 26616662 PMCID: PMC4663480 DOI: 10.1038/srep17324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Accumulating evidence shows indigenous gut microbes can interact with the human host through modulation of serotonin (5-HT) signaling. Here we investigate the impact of the probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (EcN) on 5-HT signalling in gut tissues. Ex-vivo mouse ileal tissue sections were treated with either EcN or the human gut commensal MG1655, and effects on levels of 5-HT, precursors, and metabolites, were evaluated using amperometry and high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection (HPLC-EC). Exposure of tissue to EcN cells, but not MG1655 cells, was found to increase levels of extra-cellular 5-HT. These effects were not observed when tissues were treated with cell-free supernatant from bacterial cultures. In contrast, when supernatant recovered from untreated ileal tissue was pre-incubated with EcN, the derivative cell-free supernatant was able to elevate 5-HT overflow when used to treat fresh ileal tissue. Measurement of 5-HT precursors and metabolites indicated EcN also increases intracellular 5-HTP and reduces 5-HIAA. The former pointed to modulation of tryptophan hydroxylase-1 to enhance 5-HT synthesis, while the latter indicates an impact on clearance into enterocytes through SERT. Taken together, these findings show EcN is able to enhance 5-HT bioavailability in ileal tissues through interaction with compounds secreted from host tissues.
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García-Gómez D, Bregy L, Barrios-Collado C, Vidal-de-Miguel G, Zenobi R. Real-Time High-Resolution Tandem Mass Spectrometry Identifies Furan Derivatives in Exhaled Breath. Anal Chem 2015; 87:6919-24. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b01509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Diego García-Gómez
- Department of Chemistry and
Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Zurich CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and
Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Zurich CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and
Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Zurich CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and
Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Zurich CH-8093, Switzerland
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Han J, Lin K, Sequeira C, Borchers CH. An isotope-labeled chemical derivatization method for the quantitation of short-chain fatty acids in human feces by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 2014; 854:86-94. [PMID: 25479871 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 342] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2014] [Revised: 11/05/2014] [Accepted: 11/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are produced by anaerobic gut microbiota in the large bowel. Qualitative and quantitative measurements of SCFAs in the intestinal tract and the fecal samples are important to understand the complex interplay between diet, gut microbiota and host metabolism homeostasis. To develop a new LC-MS/MS method for sensitive and reliable analysis of SCFAs in human fecal samples, 3-nitrophenylhydrazine (3NPH) was employed for pre-analytical derivatization to convert ten C2-C6 SCFAs to their 3-nitrophenylhydrazones under a single set of optimized reaction conditions and without the need of reaction quenching. The derivatives showed excellent in-solution chemical stability. They were separated on a reversed-phase C18 column and quantitated by negative-ion electrospray ionization - multiple-reaction monitoring (MRM)/MS. To achieve accurate quantitation, the stable isotope-labeled versions of the derivatives were synthesized in a single reaction vessel from (13)C6-3NPH, and were used as internal standard to compensate for the matrix effects in ESI. Method validation showed on-column limits of detection and quantitation over the range from low to high femtomoles for the ten SCFAs, and the intra-day and inter-day precision for determination of nine of the ten SCFAs in human fecal samples was ≤8.8% (n=6). The quantitation accuracy ranged from 93.1% to 108.4% (CVs≤4.6%, n=6). This method was used to determine the SCFA concentrations and compositions in six human fecal samples. One of the six samples, which was collected from a clinically diagnosed type 2 diabetes patient showed a significantly high molar ratio of branch-chain SCFAs to straight-chain SCFAs than the others. In summary, this work provides a new LC-MS/MS method for precise and accurate quantitation of SCFAs in human feces.
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- Jun Han
- University of Victoria - Genome BC Proteomics Centre, University of Victoria, Vancouver Island Technology Park, 3101-4464 Markham Street, Victoria, BC V8Z 7X8, Canada
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- University of Victoria - Genome BC Proteomics Centre, University of Victoria, Vancouver Island Technology Park, 3101-4464 Markham Street, Victoria, BC V8Z 7X8, Canada
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- University of Victoria - Genome BC Proteomics Centre, University of Victoria, Vancouver Island Technology Park, 3101-4464 Markham Street, Victoria, BC V8Z 7X8, Canada
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- University of Victoria - Genome BC Proteomics Centre, University of Victoria, Vancouver Island Technology Park, 3101-4464 Markham Street, Victoria, BC V8Z 7X8, Canada; Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Petch Building Room 207, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.
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Individual volatile fatty acids determination by chromogenic derivatization coupled to multi-syringe chromatography. Talanta 2013; 115:737-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2013.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2013] [Revised: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 06/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Xie G, Zhang S, Zheng X, Jia W. Metabolomics approaches for characterizing metabolic interactions between host and its commensal microbes. Electrophoresis 2013; 34:2787-98. [PMID: 23775228 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201300017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2013] [Revised: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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It is increasingly evident that the gut microbiota is involved in the regulation of multiple mammalian metabolic pathways through a series of interactive host-microbiota metabolic, signaling, and immune-inflammatory axes that physiologically connect the gut, liver, brain, and other organs. Correlation of the metabotypes with the gut microbial profiles derived from culture-independent molecular techniques is increasingly useful for deciphering inherent and intimate host-microbe relationships. Real-time analysis of the small molecule metabolites derived from gut microbial-host co-metabolism is essential for understanding the metabolic functions of the gut microbiome and has tremendous implications for personalized healthcare strategies. Metabolomics, an array of analytical techniques that includes high resolution NMR spectroscopy and chromatography-MS in conjunction with chemometrics and bioinformatics tools, enables characterization of the metabolic footprints of mammalian hosts that correlate with the microbial community in the intestinal tract. The metabolomics approach provides important information of a complete spectrum of metabolites produced from the gut microbial-mammalian co-metabolism and is improving our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying multilevel host-microbe interactions. In this review, the interactions of gut microbiota with their host are discussed and some examples of NMR- or MS-based metabolomics applications for characterizing the metabolic footprints of gut microbial-host co-metabolism are described. Advances in the metabolomic analysis of bile acids, short-chain fatty acids, and choline metabolism are also summarized.
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- Guoxiang Xie
- Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China; Center for Translational Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA; University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Zheng X, Qiu Y, Zhong W, Baxter S, Su M, Li Q, Xie G, Ore BM, Qiao S, Spencer MD, Zeisel SH, Zhou Z, Zhao A, Jia W. A targeted metabolomic protocol for short-chain fatty acids and branched-chain amino acids. Metabolomics 2013; 9:818-827. [PMID: 23997757 PMCID: PMC3756605 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-013-0500-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Research in obesity and metabolic disorders that involve intestinal microbiota demands reliable methods for the precise measurement of the short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) concentration. Here, we report a rapid method of simultaneously determining SCFAs and BCAAs in biological samples using propyl chloroformate (PCF) derivatization followed by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. A one-step derivatization using 100 µL of PCF in a reaction system of water, propanol, and pyridine (v/v/v = 8:3:2) at pH 8 provided the optimal derivatization efficiency. The best extraction efficiency of the derivatized products was achieved by a two-step extraction with hexane. The method exhibited good derivatization efficiency and recovery for a wide range of concentrations with a low limit of detection for each compound. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) of all targeted compounds showed good intra- and inter-day (within 7 days) precision (< 10%), and good stability (< 20%) within 4 days at room temperature (23-25 °C), or 7 days when stored at -20 °C. We applied our method to measure SCFA and BCAA levels in fecal samples from rats administrated with different diet. Both univariate and multivariate statistics analysis of the concentrations of these target metabolites could differentiate three groups with ethanol intervention and different oils in diet. This method was also successfully employed to determine SCFA and BCAA in the feces, plasma and urine from normal humans, providing important baseline information of the concentrations of these metabolites. This novel metabolic profile study has great potential for translational research.
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- Xiaojiao Zheng
- Center for Translational Medicine, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Center for Translational Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina 28081, USA
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- Center for Translational Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina 28081, USA
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- David H. Murdock Research Institute, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina 28081, USA
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- David H. Murdock Research Institute, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina 28081, USA
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- Center for Translational Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina 28081, USA
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- Center for Translational Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina 28081, USA
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- David H. Murdock Research Institute, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina 28081, USA
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- Center for Translational Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina 28081, USA
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- UNC Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina, Kannapolis, North Carolina 28081, USA
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- UNC Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina, Kannapolis, North Carolina 28081, USA
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- Center for Translational Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina 28081, USA
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- Center for Translational Medicine, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
- Center for Translational Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina 28081, USA
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Effect of an oxygen-tolerant bifurcating butyryl coenzyme A dehydrogenase/electron-transferring flavoprotein complex from Clostridium difficile on butyrate production in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 2013; 195:3704-13. [PMID: 23772070 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00321-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The butyrogenic genes from Clostridium difficile DSM 1296(T) have been cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The enzymes acetyl-coenzyme A (CoA) C-acetyltransferase, 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase, crotonase, phosphate butyryltransferase, and butyrate kinase and the butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase complex composed of the dehydrogenase and two electron-transferring flavoprotein subunits were individually produced in E. coli and kinetically characterized in vitro. While most of these enzymes were measured using well-established test systems, novel methods to determine butyrate kinase and butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase activities with respect to physiological function were developed. Subsequently, the individual genes were combined to form a single plasmid-encoded operon in a plasmid vector, which was successfully used to confer butyrate-forming capability to the host. In vitro and in vivo studies demonstrated that C. difficile possesses a bifurcating butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase which catalyzes the NADH-dependent reduction of ferredoxin coupled to the reduction of crotonyl-CoA also by NADH. Since the reoxidation of ferredoxin by a membrane-bound ferredoxin:NAD(+)-oxidoreductase enables electron transport phosphorylation, additional ATP is formed. The butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase from C. difficile is oxygen stable and apparently uses oxygen as a co-oxidant of NADH in the presence of air. These properties suggest that this enzyme complex might be well suited to provide butyryl-CoA for solventogenesis in recombinant strains. The central role of bifurcating butyryl-CoA dehydrogenases and membrane-bound ferredoxin:NAD oxidoreductases (Rhodobacter nitrogen fixation [RNF]), which affect the energy yield of butyrate fermentation in the clostridial metabolism, is discussed.
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