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Microbiome Based Probiotics Flashcards

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Shaping immune system by probiotics can lead to

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Stimulate production of GI hormones

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Manipulation of microbiota via passive processes

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Hygiene, diet, lifestyle

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Hygiene

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Sanitary practices shift primary colonizers

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Diet

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Phylogenetic variations

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Lifestyle

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Diversity affected by physical activity (more diverse in athletes)

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Active processes to manipulate the microbiome

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Antibiotics and prebiotics

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Antibiotics lead to (4)

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Dysbiosis, low diversity, taxonomic richness, and evenness

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Gene altering by antibiotics (3)

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Decreased SCFA, glycolysis, vitamin production…for bacterial survival

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Why antibiotics lead to negative effects

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Have chemicals that inhibit specific functions in cell to stress bacteria

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10
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Probiotics affect host

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Directly or through its products

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11
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Probiotics best studied for

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Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium

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Monostrain

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Only one strain supplied

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Multistrain

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Several strains of different species/genera and are most products on market

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Multistrains may have

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Synergistic effects

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15
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Examples of multistrain probiotics

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VSL#3 and EcologicRTolerance/Syngut

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VSL#3 (7)

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S. thermophilus, Eubacterium faecium, B. breve, B. infantis, L. acidophilus, L. Plantum, L. casei, L. delbruekii sb. bulgarisus

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Syngut/EcologicTolerance (4)

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B. lactis, L. acidophilus, L. pantum, L. lactis

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Multistrains work in…

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Healthy people, not sick

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19
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Probiotics isolated from commensal gut bacteria

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Can’t be given definition of probiotics until stability, content, and health effects characterised

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20
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Select microbes in gut by…

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Understanding which microbes are decreased in different diseases (chose that one to restore microbiome)

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MAM

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Microbial anti-inflammatory molecules

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MAM produced by

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Faecalibacterium prausnitzii

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PSA

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Polysaccharide A from Bacteriodes fragilis

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Lactocephin

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Inhibitor molecule to get NfKb triggering and T-regs stimulated

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Lactocephrin produced by

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L. paracasei

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Next Generation Probiotics

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Develop based on epidemiological studies that find associations between specific taxa and progression from health to subclinical and clinical conditions

27
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Next Generation Probiotics (6)

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Faecalibacterium prausnitizii, Akkermansia muciniphila, Bacterodies uniformis and B. fragilis, Eubacterium hallii, Clostridium clusters IV, XIVa, XVIII

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F. prausnitzii taxonomy

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Firmicutes –> Clostridia –> Clostridiales –> Clostridiaceae (cluster IV)

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3-5% of fecal bacteria in humans

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F. prausnitizii and A. muciniphila

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F. prausnitzii benefits

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Decreased in CD (and IBS, UC, and colorectal cancer) –> involved in several dysbiosises

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Sensor of intestinal health

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F. prausnitzii

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F. prausnitzii overall mechanism

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Inhibit NfkB activation + Induce T-regs + prevent Th17 activation

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How F. prausnitzii inhibits NFkB

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Block pro-inflammatory stimulus + butyrate production

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How F. prausnitzii activates T-regs

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Components interact with DCs that can then go to MLN and induce + Transcytosis through M-cells into lymphoid structures + IL-10 produced by APCs

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Th17 blocking by F. prausnitzii

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IL-10 from APCs block pro-inflammatory stimuli

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Akkermansia muciniphila Taxonomy

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Verrucomicrobia, Verrucomicrobiae, Verucomicrobiales, Verrucomicrobiaceae

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A. muciniphila lower in (5)

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Type 2 Diabetes, obesity, intestinal inflammation, liver disease, chronic alcohol consumption

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Adapted to a glycan-rich environment

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A. muciniphila via mucus degrading enzymes

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How to increase A. muciniphila

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prebiotic inulin

40
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Mechanism of A. muciniphila decreases

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Thin mucus layer –> Tight junction proteins are compromised –> leaky gut so they can pass through –> LPS stimulates hepatic problems, inflammation, insulin resistance

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Mechanism of A muciniphila increases

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Mucus thickens to strengthen tight junctions (bacteria cannot get through mucus)

42
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25% of our gut microbiota

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Bacteroides species (commensals)

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Most common Bacteroides isolate

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B. fragilis

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Roles of B. fragilis

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PSA activates T-cells + Development of immune system homeostasis

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B. uniformis

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Ameliorate metabolic disorders and immunological dysfunction in obese mice

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B. uniformis isolation

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Originally from healthy baby

47
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Eubacterium hallii

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Important anaerobic butyrate producer resident in out gut

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Butyrate functions

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  1. Lower mucosal inflammation and oxidation
  2. Strengthen epithelial barrier function
  3. Modulate intestinal motility
  4. Colonocytes energy source
  5. Produce SCFA from variety of substances
49
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Inter-relationship between…

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Bifidobacterium (degrade complex fibers) and Eubacterium hallii (produce butyrate from broken down complex fibers)

50
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Products of Bifidobacterium include

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Formate and lactate and acetate

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