In
this study, Pediococcus pentococcus PP04 isolated from the Northeast pickled cabbage had good gastrointestinal
tolerance and can colonize in the intestine stably. C57BL/6N mice
were fed a high-fat diet to build animal models and treated with Pediococcus pentosaceus PP04 to evaluate the antihyperlipidemia
effect. After 8 weeks, the indicators of hyperlipidemia, liver injury,
and inflammation were measured. The treatment of P.
pentosaceus PP04 reduced the gain of total cholesterol
(TC), triglycerides (TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C),
free fatty acids (FFAs), leptin, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate
aminotransferase (AST), lipopolysaccharides (LPS), and tumor necrosis
factor-α (TNF-α) significantly. The western blotting results
suggested P. pentosaceus PP04 ameliorated
high-fat diet-induced hyperlipidemia by the AMPK signaling pathway,
which stimulated lipolysis via upregulation of PPARα and inhibited
lipogenesis by downregulation of SREBP-1c, fatty acid synthase (FAS),
and stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD1) mainly. Furthermore, P. pentosaceus PP04 improved high-fat diet-induced
oxidative stress effectively by triggering the Nrf2/CYP2E1 signaling
pathway that enhanced the antioxidant activity including superoxide
dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px).
As the functions of Lactobacilli become better understood, there are increasing numbers of applications for Lactobacillus products. Previously, we have demonstrated that Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) can prevent alcoholic liver injury. LGG granules were produced by fluid bed granulation with a media composed of starch, skimmed milk powder, whey powder, microcrystalline cellulose and maltose, and LGG fermented liquid that comprised 30-50% of the total weight. We found LGG granules dose-dependently protected against chronic alcoholic liver disease. When alcohol was consumed for 8 weeks with LGG treatment during the last 2 weeks, we demonstrated that the dose dependence of LGG granules can improve alcoholinduced liver injury through decreasing the levels of lipopolysaccharide and tumor necrosis factor-a in serum and prevent liver steatosis by suppressing triglyceride, free fatty acid, and malondialdehyde production in liver. Alcohol feeding caused a decline in the number of both Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, with a proportional increase in the number of Clostridium perfringens in ileum, and expansion of the Gram-negative bacteria Proteobacteria, Campylobacterales, and Helicobacter in cecum. However, LGG granule treatment restored the content of these microorganisms. In conclusion, LGG granule supplementation can improve the intestinal microbiota, reduce the number of gram-negative bacteria, and ameliorate alcoholic liver injury.
Lactobacillus rhamnosus
GG (LGG) has low resistance to low pH
and bile salt in the gastrointestinal juice. In this study, the gel made from
whey protein concentrate (WPC) and pullulan (PUL) was used as the wall material
to prepare the microencapsulation for LGG protection. The gelation process was
optimized and the properties of gel were also determined. The results showed the
optimal gel was made from 10% WPC and 8.0% PUL at pH 7.5, which
could get the best protective effect; the viable counts of LGG were 6.61 Log
CFU/g after exposure to simulated gastric juice (SGJ) and 9.40 Log CFU/g to
simulated intestinal juice (SIJ) for 4 h. Sodium dodecyl sulphite polyacrylamide
gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) confirmed that the WPC-PUL gel had low solubility
in SGJ, but dissolved well in SIJ, which suggested that the gel can protect LGG
under SGJ condition and release probiotics in the SIJ. Moreover, when the gel
has highest hardness and water-holding capacity, the viable counts of LGG were
not the best, suggesting the relationship between the protection and the
properties of the gel was non-linear.
BACKGROUND: Whey protein concentrate (WPC)/pullulan (PUL) hydrogel is applied as a microencapsulation wall material to protect probiotics. However, the interactions between WPC and PUL during gelation have not been clarified. In the present study, the effects of PUL concentration and pH on the interactions between WPC and PUL during gelation were evaluated with respect to appearance, zeta-potential, sulfhydryl group amount, surface hydrophobicity and infrared spectroscopy measurements. The rheological properties of WPC/PUL gels were also determined. RESULTS: The results obtained showed that a proper concentration (0.40 g mL-1) of PUL could improve the gel by enhancing the strength of hydrogen bonding, electrostatic interactions and exposure of hydrophobic groups, whereas too much PUL inhibited the formation of disulfide bonds. Furthermore, hydrophobic interactions, disulfide bonds and hydrogen bonds were destroyed in varying degrees under an alkaline environment. The rheological results also demonstrated a similar effect of PUL concentration and pH on the storage modulus (G') of WPC/PUL gels. CONCLUSION: When the WPC/PUL gel was formed at PUL concentration of 0.40 g mL-1 and pH 7.0, the interaction between WPC and PUL could be enhanced, which is beneficial for the future application of WPC/PUL gels in the food industry.
Background
Inflammatory liver diseases present a significant public health problem. Probiotics are a kind of living microorganisms, which can improve the balance of host intestinal flora, promote the proliferation of intestinal beneficial bacteria, inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria, improve immunity, reduce blood lipids and so on. Probiotics in fermented foods have attracted considerable attention lately as treatment options for liver injury.
Objective
The aim of this study was selected probiotic strain with well probiotic properties from naturally fermented foods and investigated the underlying mechanisms of screened probiotic strain on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced liver injury, which provided the theoretical foundation for the development of probiotics functional food.
Design
The probiotic characteristics of
Lactobacillus plantarum
Lp2 isolated from Chinese traditional fermented food were evaluated. Male KM mice were randomly assigned into three groups: normal chow (Control), LPS and LPS with
L. plantarum
Lp2.
L. plantarum
Lp2 were orally administered for 4 weeks before exposure to LPS. The liver injury of LPS-induced mice was observed through the evaluation of biochemical indexes, protein expression level and liver histopathology.
Results and discussions
After treatment for 4 weeks,
L. plantarum
Lp2 administration significantly reduced the LPS-induced liver coefficient and the levels of serum or liver aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and LPS, as well as decreasing the histological alterations and protein compared with the LPS group. Western-blotting results showed that
L. plantarum
Lp2 activated the signal pathway of TLR4/MAPK/NFκB/NRF2-HO-1/CYP2E1/Caspase-3 and regulated the expression of related proteins.
Conclusions
In summary,
L. plantarum
Lp2 suppressed the LPS-induced activation of inflammatory pathways, oxidative injury and apoptosis has the potential to be used to improve liver injury.
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