不便秘肠道就健康了?让“第二大脑”更健康千万别忽略它
Blue poo: impact of gut transit time on the gut microbiome using a novel marker
作者:Francesco Asnicar, Emily R Leeming, Eirini Dimidi, Mohsen Mazidi, Paul W Franks, Haya Al Khatib, Ana M Valdes, Richard Davies, Elco Bakker, Lucy Francis, Andrew Chan, Rachel Gibson, George Hadjigeorgiou, Jonathan Wolf, Timothy D Spector, Nicola Segata, Sarah E Berry
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期刊:Gut
发表时间:2021/03/22
Abstract
Background and aims Gut transit time is a key modulator of host–microbiome interactions, yet this is often overlooked, partly because reliable methods are typically expensive or burdensome. The aim of this single-arm, single-blinded intervention study is to assess (1) the relationship between gut transit time and the human gut microbiome, and (2) the utility of the 'blue dye’ method as an inexpensive and scalable technique to measure transit time.
Methods We assessed interactions between the taxonomic and functional potential profiles of the gut microbiome (profiled via shotgun metagenomic sequencing), gut transit time (measured via the blue dye method), cardiometabolic health and diet in 863 healthy individuals from the PREDICT 1 study.
Results We found that gut microbiome taxonomic composition can accurately discriminate between gut transit time classes (0.82 area under the receiver operating characteristic curve) and longer gut transit time is linked with specific microbial species such as Akkermansia muciniphila, Bacteroides spp andAlistipes spp (false discovery rate-adjusted p values <0.01). The blue dye measure of gut transit time had the strongest association with the gut microbiome over typical transit time proxies such as stool consistency and frequency.
Conclusions Gut transit time, measured via the blue dye method, is a more informative marker of gut microbiome function than traditional measures of stool consistency and frequency. The blue dye method can be applied in large-scale epidemiological studies to advance diet-microbiome-health research. Clinical trial registry website https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03479866 and trial numberNCT03479866.
可能很多人有过这样痛苦的经历:使出全身力气,却依旧颗粒无收,在洗手间难受得直吆喝。我们知道便秘是不健康的,但其实莫名其妙就窜稀、一泻千里拉到脚软,也是肠道不健康的表现。
▲健康的黏液层能够阻止病原入侵,提高机体的免疫力。膳食纤维的缺乏(右)使肠道菌群构成发生变化,导致肠道微生物降解肠道黏膜、破坏黏液层,增大病原入侵风险。(图片来源:参考文献 [3])
参考资料
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