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ArticleScientific reports2025

Cell free supernatants of Bifidobacterium adolescentis and Bifidobacterium longum suppress the tumor growth in colorectal cancer organoid model.

Min Jung Kim, Myoung-Hyun Song, Yo-Sep Ji, Ji Won Park, Young-Kyoung Shin, Soon-Chan Kim, Gihyeon Kim, Beomki Cho, Hansoo Park, Ja-Lok Ku and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Min Jung Kim *Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.
Myoung-Hyun Song *Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.
Yo-Sep JiHolzapfel Effective Microbes (HEM) Pharma, Handong Global University, Pohang, Gyungbuk, Republic of Korea.
Ji Won ParkDepartment of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.
Young-Kyoung ShinCancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.
Soon-Chan KimCancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.
Gihyeon KimDepartment of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Beomki ChoDepartment of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Hansoo ParkDepartment of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Ja-Lok KuCancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea. kujalok@snu.ac.kr.
Seung-Yong JeongDepartment of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea. syjeong@snu.ac.kr.

Funding

National Research Foundation, South Korea 2021M3H9A1030151
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The probiotic gut microbiome and its metabolites are pivotal in regulating host metabolism, inflammation, and immunity. Host genetics, colonization at birth, the host lifestyle, and exposure to diseases and drugs determine microbial composition. Dysbiosis and disruption of homeostasis in the beneficial microbiome have been reported to be involved in the tumorigenesis and progression of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the influence of bacteria-secreted metabolites on CRC growth is yet to be fully elucidated. In this study, we compared the microbial composition of CRC patients to healthy controls to identify distinct patterns of microbiota-derived metabolites in CRC patients. Metagenomic analysis demonstrated that beneficial bacteria strains; Blautia producta, Bifidobacterium adolescentis, and Bifidobacterium longum decreased, while Parabacteroides distasonis and Bacteroides ovatus were more prevalent in the CRC patient group. Treatment of cancer organoid lines with microbial culture supernatants from Blautia producta, Bifidobacterium adolescentis, and Bifidobacterium longum showed remarkable inhibition of cancer growth. This study demonstrates that the bacterial metabolites depleted in CRC patients may inhibit cancer growth and highlights the effects of microbiome-derived metabolites on CRC growth.

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Bifidobacterium adolescentisBifidobacterium longumColorectal NeoplasmsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeOrganoidsAgedCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProbioticsBifidobacteriumColorectal cancerMetaboliteMicrobiomeOrganoid

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PMID39762302
PMCPMC11704243

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