In Vitro Infant Faecal Fermentation of Low Viscosity Barley β-Glucan and Its Acid Hydrolyzed Derivatives: Evaluation of Their Potential as Novel Prebiotics

Molecules : a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry
Ka-Lung LamPeter Chi-Keung Cheung

Abstract

Barley contains high level of β-1,3-1,4-glucans (BBGs) which can be fermented by microbes and are a potential prebiotic. In the present study, native BBG with low viscosity and a MW of 319 kDa was depolymerized by acid hydrolysis to produce a series of four structurally characterized fragments with MWs ranging from 6⁻104 kDa. In vitro fermentation of these BBG samples by infant faecal microbiome was evaluated using a validated deep-well plate protocol as parallel miniature bioreactors. Microbial taxa were identified using 16S amplicon sequencing after 40 h of anaerobic fermentation. Bioinformatics analysis including diversity indexes, predicted metagenomic KEGG functions and predicted phenotypes were performed on the sequenced data. Short chain fatty acids and dissolved ammonia were quantified and the SCFAs/NH₃ ratio was used to evaluate the eubiosis/dysbiosis potential. Correlation analysis showed that most of the parameters investigated showed a parabolic function instead of a monotonous function with the BBG samples having different MWs. Among the five BBGs, it was concluded that BBG with an intermediate MW of 28 kDa is the most promising candidate to be developed as a novel prebiotic.

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Mar 14, 2020·Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture·Xiang XiaoXinghua Zhou
Jan 1, 2019·Current Pharmacology Reports·Rachel GolonkaMatam Vijay-Kumar
Oct 17, 2019·Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry·Ka-Lung Lam, Peter Chi-Keung Cheung

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Datasets Mentioned

BETA
SRP158602

Methods Mentioned

BETA
amplicon profiling
NMR
size exclusion chromatography
protein assay
acetylation
Assay
Amplicon Sequencing
PCR
Chip

Software Mentioned

Statistical Analysis of Metagenomic Profiles ( STAMP )
PICRUSt
STAMP
LEfSe
Greengenes
PGM
Qiime
R

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