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ArticleBMC microbiology2023

Combined oral intake of short and long fructans alters the gut microbiota in food allergy model mice and contributes to food allergy prevention.

Hideaki Takahashi, Tadashi Fujii, Saki Yamakawa, Chikako Yamada, Kotoyo Fujiki, Nobuhiro Kondo, Kohei Funasaka, Yoshiki Hirooka, Takumi Tochio

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Article in BMC microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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Hideaki TakahashiGraduate School of Nutritional Sciences, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, Nisshin, Aichi, Japan.
Tadashi FujiiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan. tadashi.fujii@fujita-hu.ac.jp.
Saki YamakawaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
Chikako YamadaGraduate School of Nutritional Sciences, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, Nisshin, Aichi, Japan.
Kotoyo FujikiGraduate School of Nutritional Sciences, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, Nisshin, Aichi, Japan.
Nobuhiro KondoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
Kohei FunasakaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
Yoshiki HirookaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
Takumi TochioDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
Fujita Health University · JPNagoya University of Arts and Sciences · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIt has become clear that the intestinal microbiota plays a role in food allergies. The objective of this study was to assess the food allergy-preventive effects of combined intake of a short fructan (1-kestose [Kes]) and a long fructan (inulin ([Inu]) in an ovalbumin (OVA)-induced food allergy mouse model.

resultsOral administration of fructans lowered the allergenic symptom score and alleviated the decreases in rectal temperature and total IgA levels and increases in OVA-specific IgE and IgA levels induced by high-dose OVA challenge, and in particular, combined intake of Kes and Inu significantly suppressed the changes in all these parameters. The expression of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-4, which was increased in the allergy model group, was significantly suppressed by fructan administration, and the expression of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 was significantly increased upon Kes administration. 16 S rRNA amplicon sequencing of the gut microbiota and beta diversity analysis revealed that fructan administration may induce gut microbiota resistance to food allergy sensitization, rather than returning the gut microbiota to a non-sensitized state. The relative abundances of the genera Parabacteroides B 862,066 and Alloprevotella, which were significantly reduced by food allergy sensitization, were restored by fructan administration. In Parabacteroides, the relative abundances of Parabacteroides distasonis, Parabacteroides goldsteinii, and their fructan-degrading glycoside hydrolase family 32 gene copy numbers were increased upon Kes or Inu administration. The concentrations of short-chain fatty acids (acetate and propionate) and lactate were increased by fructan administration, especially significantly in the Kes + Inu, Kes, and Inu-fed (Inu, Kes + Inu) groups.

conclusionCombined intake of Kes and Inu suppressed allergy scores more effectively than single intake, suggesting that Kes and Inu have different allergy-preventive mechanisms. This indicates that the combined intake of these short and long fructans may have an allergy-preventive benefit.

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Food HypersensitivityGastrointestinal MicrobiomeAnimalsCytokinesFructansImmunoglobulin AMiceCytokinesFructansImmunoglobulin AFood allergyFructanMicrobiotaParabacteroidesShort-chain fatty acids

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PMID37737162
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