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Li Y, Toothaker JM, Ben-Simon S, Ozeri L, Schweitzer R, McCourt BT, McCourt CC, Werner L, Snapper SB, Shouval DS, Khatib S, Koren O, Agnihorti S, Tseng G, Konnikova L. In utero human intestine harbors unique metabolome, including bacterial metabolites. JCI Insight 2020; 5:138751. [PMID: 33001863 PMCID: PMC7710283 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.138751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Symbiotic microbial colonization through the establishment of the intestinal microbiome is critical to many intestinal functions, including nutrient metabolism, intestinal barrier integrity, and immune regulation. Recent studies suggest that education of intestinal immunity may be ongoing in utero. However, the drivers of this process are unknown. The microbiome and its byproducts are one potential source. Whether a fetal intestinal microbiome exists is controversial, and whether microbially derived metabolites are present in utero is unknown. Here, we aimed to determine whether bacterial DNA and microbially derived metabolites can be detected in second trimester human intestinal samples. Although we were unable to amplify bacterial DNA from fetal intestines, we report a fetal metabolomic intestinal profile with an abundance of bacterially derived and host-derived metabolites commonly produced in response to microbiota. Though we did not directly assess their source and function, we hypothesize that these microbial-associated metabolites either come from the maternal microbiome and are vertically transmitted to the fetus to prime the fetal immune system and prepare the gastrointestinal tract for postnatal microbial encounters or are produced locally by bacteria that were below our detection threshold. A unique human fetal metabolomic intestinal profile is reported with an abundance of bacterially derived metabolites.
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- Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel
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- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel
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- Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, Tel-Hai College, Upper Galilee, Israel
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, Tel-Hai College, Upper Galilee, Israel.,Department of Natural Compounds and Analytical Chemistry, Migal Galilee Research Institute, Kiryat Shmona, Israel
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- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel
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- Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.,Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.,Division of Reproductive Sciences and.,Program in Human and Translational Immunology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Beasley JT, Johnson AAT, Kolba N, Bonneau JP, Glahn RP, Ozeri L, Koren O, Tako E. Nicotianamine-chelated iron positively affects iron status, intestinal morphology and microbial populations in vivo (Gallus gallus). Sci Rep 2020; 10:2297. [PMID: 32041969 PMCID: PMC7010747 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-57598-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Wheat flour iron (Fe) fortification is mandatory in 75 countries worldwide yet many Fe fortificants, such as Fe-ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA), result in unwanted sensory properties and/or gastrointestinal dysfunction and dysbiosis. Nicotianamine (NA) is a natural chelator of Fe, zinc (Zn) and other metals in higher plants and NA-chelated Fe is highly bioavailable in vitro. In graminaceous plants NA serves as the biosynthetic precursor to 2' -deoxymugineic acid (DMA), a related Fe chelator and enhancer of Fe bioavailability, and increased NA/DMA biosynthesis has proved an effective Fe biofortification strategy in several cereal crops. Here we utilized the chicken (Gallus gallus) model to investigate impacts of NA-chelated Fe on Fe status and gastrointestinal health when delivered to chickens through intraamniotic administration (short-term exposure) or over a period of six weeks as part of a biofortified wheat diet containing increased NA, Fe, Zn and DMA (long-term exposure). Striking similarities in host Fe status, intestinal functionality and gut microbiome were observed between the short-term and long-term treatments, suggesting that the effects were largely if not entirely due to consumption of NA-chelated Fe. These results provide strong support for wheat with increased NA-chelated Fe as an effective biofortification strategy and uncover novel impacts of NA-chelated Fe on gastrointestinal health and functionality.
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- Jesse T Beasley
- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, USDA-ARS, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
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- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, USDA-ARS, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
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- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, 1311502, Israel
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- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, 1311502, Israel
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- Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, USDA-ARS, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA.
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Blaustein L, Segev O, Rovelli V, Bar-David S, Blank L, Polevikov A, Pezaro N, Krugman T, Showstack S, Koplovich A, Ozeri L, Templeton AR. Compassionate approaches for the conservation and protection of fire salamanders. Isr J Ecol Evol 2017. [DOI: 10.1163/22244662-06303001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Leon Blaustein
- Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838 Israel
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- Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838 Israel
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- Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838 Israel
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- Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Sede Boker 84990 Israel
- Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838 Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, ARO, Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan 50250, Israel
- Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838 Israel
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- Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838 Israel
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- Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838 Israel
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- Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838 Israel
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- Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838 Israel
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- Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838 Israel
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- Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838 Israel
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- Institute of Evolution and Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838 Israel
- Department of Biology and Division of Statistical Genomics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 USA
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