Short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) and medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA) concentrations in human milk consumed by infants born at different gestational ages and the variations in concentration during lactation stages

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1869-1880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinyue Dai ◽  
Tinglan Yuan ◽  
Xinghe Zhang ◽  
Qin Zhou ◽  
Huiya Bi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Human Milk ◽  
Short Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Term Infant ◽  
Chain Fatty Acid ◽  
Short Chain ◽  
Medium Chain ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Chain Fatty Acids

Short-chain fatty acids and medium-chain fatty acids (4:0, 6:0 and 8:0) are naturally occurring in human milk triacylglycerol and are present in highest amounts in mature full-term infant milk (1.47 ± 0.66 mg g−1 fat).

scholarly journals Fecal Short-Chain Fatty Acid Concentrations Increase in Newly Paired Male Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

mSphere ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lifeng Zhu ◽  
Mallory J. Suhr Van Haute ◽  
Haley R. Hassenstab ◽  
Caroline Smith ◽  
Devin J. Rose ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Gut Microbiome ◽  
Short Chain Fatty Acid ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Common Marmoset ◽  
Short Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Chain Fatty Acid ◽  
Short Chain ◽  
Chain Fatty Acids

ABSTRACT The role by which the gut microbiome influences host health (e.g., energy equilibrium and immune system) may be partly mediated by short-chain fatty acids, which are bacterial fermentation products from the dietary fibers. However, little is known about longitudinal changes in gut microbiome metabolites during cohabitation alongside social contact. In common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus), the gut microbiome community is influenced by social contact, as newly paired males and females develop convergent microbial profiles. Here, we monitored the dynamics of short-chain fatty acid concentrations in common marmoset feces from the prepairing (PRE) to postpairing (POST) stages. In males, we observed that the concentrations of acetate, propionate, isobutyrate, and isovalerate significantly increased in the POST stage compared to the PRE stage. However, no significant changes were found in females. We further found that the propionate concentration was significantly positively correlated with the abundance of Phascolarctobacterium in the male feces. Thus, the sex difference in the changes in the concentrations of short-chain fatty acids might be related to sex-biased gut microbiome transmission after pairing. We suggest that the significant changes in the gut microbiomes and some short-chain fatty acids of the common marmoset during cohabitation may contribute to physiological homeostasis during pairing. IMPORTANCE This study addressed a knowledge gap about longitudinal changes in the gut microbiome metabolites during animal pairing. This research in the laboratory common marmoset can control for the confounding factors such as diet and other environmental conditions. Phascolarctobacterium showed the highest contribution to the sex-biased transmission of the female to the male after pairing. Here, we observed the sex difference in the increase in short-chain fatty acid concentration in the feces of newly paired marmosets, which may be caused by the sex-biased gut microbiome transmission after pairing.

scholarly journals Mouse GPR40 heterologously expressed in Xenopus oocytes is activated by short-, medium-, and long-chain fatty acids

2006 ◽  
Vol 290 (3) ◽  
pp. C785-C792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavin Stewart ◽  
Tohru Hira ◽  
Andrew Higgins ◽  
Craig P. Smith ◽  
John T. McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Short Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Chain Fatty Acid ◽  
Short Chain ◽  
Xenopus Laevis Oocytes ◽  
Long Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Intracellular Ca ◽  
Long Chain ◽  
Chain Fatty Acids

Several orphan G protein-coupled receptors, including GPR40, have recently been shown to be responsive to fatty acids. Although previous reports have suggested GPR40 detects medium- and long-chain fatty acids, it has been reported to be unresponsive to short chain fatty acids. In this study, we have heterologously expressed mouse GPR40 in Xenopus laevis oocytes and measured fatty acid-induced increases in intracellular Ca2+, via two electrode voltage clamp recordings of the endogenous Ca2+-activated chloride conductance. Exposure to 500 μM linoleic acid (C18:2), a long-chain fatty acid, stimulated significant currents in mGPR40-injected oocytes ( P < 0.01, ANOVA), but not in water-injected control oocytes (not significant, ANOVA). These currents were confirmed as Ca2+-activated chloride conductances because they were biphasic, sensitive to changes in external pH, and inhibited by DIDS. Similar currents were observed with medium-chain fatty acids, such as lauric acid (C12:0) ( P < 0.01, ANOVA), and more importantly, with short-chain fatty acids, such as butyric acid (C4:0) ( P < 0.01, ANOVA). In contrast, no responses were observed in mGPR40-injected oocytes exposed to either acetic acid (C2:0) or propionic acid (C3:0). Therefore, GPR40 has the capacity to respond to fatty acids with chain lengths of four or greater. This finding has important implications for understanding the structure:function relationship of fatty acid sensors, and potentially for short-chain fatty acid sensing in the gastrointestinal tract.

scholarly journals Short-chain fatty acid formation in the hindgut of rats fed oligosaccharides varying in monomeric composition, degree of polymerisation and solubility

2005 ◽  
Vol 94 (5) ◽  
pp. 705-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulf Nilsson ◽  
Margareta Nyman
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Butyric Acid ◽  
Short Chain Fatty Acid ◽  
Short Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Chain Fatty Acid ◽  
Short Chain ◽  
Acid Formation ◽  
Degree Of Polymerisation ◽  
Chain Fatty Acids

The contents of short-chain fatty acids were investigated in rats fed lactitol, lactulose and four fructo-oligosaccharides of different degree of polymerisation and solubility. Fructo-oligosaccharides with a low degree of polymerisation (2–8) generated the highest levels of butyric acid all along the hindgut, whereas fructo-oligosaccharides with a high degree of polymerisation (10–60) generated the highest levels of propionic acid. These specific differences were also generally reflected in the caecal pools and molar proportions of short-chain fatty acids. The lower solubility of the fructo-oligosaccharides was related to a lower degree of caecal fermentation. Lactulose and lactitol yielded high proportions of acetic acid and low proportions of butyric acid. It is concluded that both the degree of polymerisation and the solubility may affect short-chain fatty acid formation, whereas the fructose contentper seseem to be of less importance. This may be of interest when designing foods with specific health effects.

Short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) production maximization by modeling thermophilic sludge fermentation

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiqiang Zuo ◽  
Min Zheng ◽  
Huilei Xiong ◽  
Hanchang Shi ◽  
Xia Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Microbial Community ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Short Chain Fatty Acid ◽  
Short Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Chain Fatty Acid ◽  
Short Chain ◽  
Solid Retention Time ◽  
Chain Fatty Acids

Devising a model to optimize organic and microbial community inputs, temperature and solid retention time for production of more short-chain fatty acids.

scholarly journals Stimulation of fetal hemoglobin production by short chain fatty acids

Blood ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 86 (8) ◽  
pp. 3227-3235 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Liakopoulou ◽  
CA Blau ◽  
Q Li ◽  
B Josephson ◽  
JA Wolf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Globin Gene ◽  
Fetal Hemoglobin ◽  
Short Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Short Chain ◽  
Erythroid Cell ◽  
Gamma Globin ◽  
Carbon Fatty Acid ◽  
Chain Fatty Acids

Abstract Butyrate, a four-carbon fatty acid, and its two-carbon metabolic product, acetate, are inducers of gamma-globin synthesis. To test whether other short-chain fatty acids share this property, we first examined whether propionic acid, a three-carbon fatty acid that is not catabolized to acetate, induces gamma-globin expression. Sodium propionate increased the frequency of fetal hemoglobin containing erythroblasts and the gamma/gamma + beta mRNA ratios in adult erythroid cell cultures and F reticulocyte production in a nonanemic juvenile baboon. Short-chain fatty acids containing five (pentanoic), six (hexanoic), seven (heptanoic), eight (octanoic), and nine (nonanoic) carbons induced gamma-globin expression (as measured by increase in gamma-positive erythroblasts and gamma/gamma + beta mRNA ratios) in adult erythroid burst-forming unit cultures. There was a clear-cut relationship between the concentration of fatty acids in culture and the degree of induction of gamma-globin expression. Three-, four-, and five-carbon fatty acids were better inducers of gamma globin in culture as compared with six- to nine-carbon fatty acids. These results suggest that all short-chain fatty acids share the property of gamma-globin gene inducibility. The fact that valproic acid, a derivative of pentanoic acid, also induces gamma-globin expression suggests that short-chain fatty acid derivatives that are already approved for human use may possess the property of gamma-globin inducibility and may be of therapeutic relevance to the beta-chain hemoglobinopathies.

scholarly journals Human Milk From Atopic Mothers Has Lower Levels of Short Chain Fatty Acids

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa F. Stinson ◽  
Melvin C. L. Gay ◽  
Petya T. Koleva ◽  
Merete Eggesbø ◽  
Christine C. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Human Milk ◽  
Short Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Short Chain ◽  
Chain Fatty Acids

scholarly journals The impact of short-chain fatty acids on GLP-1 and PYY secretion from the isolated perfused rat colon

2018 ◽  
Vol 315 (1) ◽  
pp. G53-G65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Bayer Christiansen ◽  
Maria Buur Nordskov Gabe ◽  
Berit Svendsen ◽  
Lars Ove Dragsted ◽  
Mette Marie Rosenkilde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Source ◽  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Short Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Short Chain ◽  
Rat Colon ◽  
Glucagon Like Peptide ◽  
Glucagon Like Peptide 1 ◽  
Free Fatty Acid Receptors ◽  
Chain Fatty Acids

The colonic epithelium harbors a large number of endocrine cells, but little is known about the endocrine functions of the colon. However, the high density of glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1)- and peptide-YY (PYY)-secreting L cells is of great interest because of the potential antidiabetic and antiobesity effects of GLP-1 and PYY. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) produced by local bacterial fermentation are suggested to activate the colonic free fatty acid receptors FFAR2 (GPR43) and FFAR3 (GPR41), stimulating the colonic L cells. We used the isolated perfused rat colon as a model of colonic endocrine secretion and studied the effects of the predominant SCFAs formed: acetate, propionate, and butyrate. We show that luminal and especially vascular infusion of acetate and butyrate significantly increases colonic GLP-1 secretion, and to a minor extent also PYY secretion, but only after enhancement of intracellular cAMP. Propionate neither affected GLP-1 nor PYY secretion whether administered luminally or vascularly. A FFAR2- and FFAR3–specific agonist [( S)-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-3,3-dimethyl- N-(5-phenylthiazol-2-yl)butamide (CFMB)/ AR420626 ] had no effect on colonic GLP-1 output, and a FFAR3 antagonist ( AR399519 ) did not decrease the SCFA-induced GLP-1 response. However, the voltage-gated Ca2+-channel blocker nifedipine, the KATP-channel opener diazoxide, and the ATP synthesis inhibitor 2,4-dinitrophenol completely abolished the responses. FFAR2 receptor studies confirmed low-potent partial agonism of acetate, propionate, and butyrate, compared with CFMB, which is a full agonist with ~750-fold higher potency than the SCFAs. In conclusion, SCFAs may increase colonic GLP-1/PYY secretion, but FFAR2/FFAR3 do not seem to be involved. Rather, SCFAs are metabolized and appear to function as a colonocyte energy source.NEW & NOTEWORTHY By the use of in situ isolated perfused rat colon we show that short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) primarily are used as a colonocyte energy source in the rat, subsequently triggering glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) secretion independent of the free fatty acid receptors FFAR2 and FFAR3. Opposite many previous studies on SCFAs and FFAR2/FFAR3 and GLP-1 secretion, this experimental model allows investigation of the physiological interactions between luminal nutrients and secretion from cells whose function depend critically on their blood supply as well as nerve and paracrine interactions.

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