Probiotics stimulate enterocyte migration and microbial diversity in the neonatal mouse intestine
Open Access
- 20 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 26 (5), 1960-1969
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.10-177980
Abstract
Beneficial microbes and probiotics show promise for the treatment of pediatric gastrointestinal diseases. However, basic mechanisms of probiosis are not well understood, and most investigations have been performed in germ-free or microbiome-depleted animals. We sought to functionally characterize probiotichost interactions in the context of normal early development. Outbred CD1 neonatal mice were orally gavaged with one of two strains of human-derived Lactobacillus reuteri or an equal volume of vehicle. Transcriptome analysis was performed on enterocyte RNA isolated by laser-capture microdissection. Enterocyte migration and proliferation were assessed by labeling cells with 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine, and fecal microbial community composition was determined by 16S metagenomic sequencing. Probiotic ingestion altered gene expression in multiple canonical pathways involving cell motility. L. reuteri strain DSM 17938 dramatically increased enterocyte migration (3-fold), proliferation (34%), and crypt height (29%) compared to vehicle-treated mice, whereas strain ATCC PTA 6475 increased cell migration (2-fold) without affecting crypt proliferative activity. In addition, both probiotic strains increased the phylogenetic diversity and evenness between taxa of the fecal microbiome 24 h after a single probiotic gavage. These experiments identify two targets of probiosis in early development, the intestinal epithelium and the gut microbiome, and suggest novel mechanisms for probiotic strain-specific effects.—Preidis, G. A., Saulnier, D. M., Blutt, S. E., Mistretta, T.-A., Riehle, K. P., Major, A. M., Venable, S. F., Finegold, M. J., Petrosino, J. F., Conner, M. E., Versalovic, J. Probiotics stimulate enterocyte migration and microbial diversity in the neonatal mouse intestine. FASEB J. 26, 1960-1969 (2012). www.fasebj.orgKeywords
Funding Information
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (F30 DK081269, R01 DK065075, UH3 DK083990, P30 DK56338)
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