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ArticleScientific reports2021

Optimization of probiotic therapeutics using machine learning in an artificial human gastrointestinal tract.

Susan Westfall, Francesca Carracci, Molly Estill, Danyue Zhao, Qing-Li Wu, Li Shen, James Simon, Giulio Maria Pasinetti

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Susan WestfallDepartment of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Francesca CarracciDepartment of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Molly EstillDepartment of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Danyue ZhaoDepartment of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Qing-Li WuDepartment of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Li ShenDepartment of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
James SimonDepartment of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Giulio Maria PasinettiDepartment of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. giulio.pasinetti@mssm.edu.

Funding

Pasinetti: Project 3; Role of Microbiome in Promotion of Cognitive and Psychological Resilience (Faith)P50AT008661 · NCCIH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI PASINETTI, GIULIO MARIA · 2015 to 2019
$11.2M
Suppression of Immune Signatures of Stress by Polyphenols SupplementsU19AT010835 · NCCIH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI SIMON, JAMES E · 2020 to 2024
$6.8M
NCCIH NIH HHS P50 AT008661NCCIH NIH HHS U19 AT010835
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbiota's metabolome is composed of bioactive metabolites that confer disease resilience. Probiotics' therapeutic potential hinges on their metabolome altering ability; however, characterizing probiotics' metabolic activity remains a formidable task. In order to solve this problem, an artificial model of the human gastrointestinal tract is introduced coined the ABIOME (A Bioreactor Imitation of the Microbiota Environment) and used to predict probiotic formulations' metabolic activity and hence therapeutic potential with machine learning tools. The ABIOME is a modular yet dynamic system with real-time monitoring of gastrointestinal conditions that support complex cultures representative of the human microbiota and its metabolome. The fecal-inoculated ABIOME was supplemented with a polyphenol-rich prebiotic and combinations of novel probiotics that altered the output of bioactive metabolites previously shown to invoke anti-inflammatory effects. To dissect the synergistic interactions between exogenous probiotics and the autochthonous microbiota a multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) model was implemented towards the development of optimized probiotic combinations with therapeutic benefits. Using this algorithm, several probiotic combinations were identified that stimulated synergistic production of bioavailable metabolites, each with a different therapeutic capacity. Based on these results, the ABIOME in combination with the MARS algorithm could be used to create probiotic formulations with specific therapeutic applications based on their signature metabolic activity.

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Machine LearningAlgorithmsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGastrointestinal TractHumansProbiotics

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