Laminarin favorably modulates gut microbiota in mice fed a high-fat diet

Nguyen, Son G.,Kim, Jungman,Guevarra, Robin B.,Lee, Ji-Hoon,Kim, Eungpil,Kim, Su-il,Unno, Tatsuya The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016 Food & Function Vol.7 No.10

<P>We investigated the anti-obesity effects of the potential prebiotic, laminarin, on mice fed a high-fat diet. A metagenomics approach was applied to characterize the ecological and functional differences of gut microbiota among mice fed a normal diet (CTL), a high-fat diet (HFD), and a laminarin-supplemented high-fat diet (HFL). The HFL mice showed a slower weight gain than the HFD mice during the laminarin-feeding period, but the rate of weight gain increased after the termination of laminarin supplementation. Gut microbial community analysis showed clear differences between the CTL and HFD mice, whereas the HFL mice were between the two. A higher abundance of carbohydrate active enzymes was observed in the HFL mice compared to the HFD mice, with especially notable increases in glycoside hydrolase and polysaccharide lyases. A significant decrease in Firmicutes and an increase in the Bacteroidetes phylum, especially the genus<I>Bacteroides</I>, were observed during laminarin ingestion. Laminarin ingestion altered the gut microbiota at the species level, which was re-shifted after termination of laminarin ingestion. Therefore, supplementing laminarin could reduce the adverse effects of a high-fat diet by shifting the gut microbiota towards a higher energy metabolism. Thus, laminarin could be used to develop anti-obesity functional foods. Our results also suggest that laminarin would need to be consumed regularly in order to prevent or manage obesity.</P>

Impacts of Initial Fertilizers and Irrigation Systems on Paddy Methanogens and Methane Emission

Nguyen, Son G.,Guevarra, Robin B.,Kim, Jungman,Ho, Cuong T.,Trinh, Mai V.,Unno, Tatsuya Springer-Verlag 2015 Water, Air and Soil Pollution Vol.226 No.9

Effects of the Antibiotics Growth Promoter Tylosin on Swine Gut Microbiota

( Jungman Kim ),( Robin B. Guevarra ),( Son G. Nguyen ),( Ji Hoon Lee ),( Dong Kee Jeong ),( Tatsuya Unno ) 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2016 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.26 No.5

Tylosin has been used as a livestock feed additive and antibiotic growth promoter for many years. However, the mode of action by which tylosin enhances animal growth is unclear. We used high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA genes to investigate the effects of tylosin as a feed additive on swine gut microbiota. No significant difference in the rate of weight increase was observed between control and tylosin-treated pigs during a 10-week feeding trial. However, tylosin-treated pigs showed rapid increases in the relative abundance of the phylum Firmicutes. Increases in Firmicutes species are associated with (so-called) obese-type gut microbiota. The abundance of species of four families of the phylum Firmicutes (Streptococcaceae, Peptococcaceae, Peptostreptococcaceae, and Clostridiaceae) correlated positively with host weight gain. The abundance of Streptococcaceae family bacteria was least affected by tylosin treatment. Distribution analysis of operational taxonomic units (OTUs) showed that both control and tylosin-treated pigs exhibited similar OTU alterations during growth. However, the tylosin-treated group showed distinctive alterations in gut microbiota when the host weighed approximately 60 kg, whereas similar alterations occurred at around 80 kg in the control group. Our results suggest that use of tylosin accelerates maturation of swine gut microbiota rather than altering its composition.

Original Article: Food Science/Microbiology : Comparison of Fecal Microbial Communities between White and Black Pigs

( Robin B. Guevarra ),( Jungman Kim ),( Son G. Nguyen ),( Tatsuya Unno ) 한국응용생명화학회 2015 Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry (J. Appl. Vol.58 No.4

Meat from black pigs (BP) is in high demand compared with that from modern white pig (WP) breeds such as Landrace pigs owing to its high quality. However, the growth rate of black pigs is slower than that of white pig breeds. We investigated differences in the fecal microbial composition between white and black pigs to explore whether these breeds differed in the composition of their gut microbial communities. The swine gut microbiota was investigated using Illumina`s MiSeq-based sequencing technology by targeting the V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene. Our results showed that the composition of the gut microbiota was significantly different between the two pig breeds. While the composition of the WP microbiota shifted according to the growth stage, fewer shifts in composition were observed for the BP gut microbiota. In addition, the WP gut microbiota showed a higher Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio compared with that of BP. A high ratio between these phyla was previously reported as an obesity-linked microbiota composition. Moreover, the WP microbiota contained a significantly higher abundance of cellulolytic bacteria, suggesting a possibility of higher fiber digestion efficiency in WP compared to BP. These findings may be important factors affecting growth performance and energy-harvesting capacities in pigs. Our findings of differences in the gut microbiota composition between the two breeds may provide new leads to understand growth rate variation across pig breeds.

Differences in swine gut microbiota in southern region of Republic of Korea

김정만,운노타쯔야,Kim, Jungman,Guevarra, Robin B.,Nguyen, Son G.,Unno, Tatsuya The Microbiological Society of Korea 2015 미생물학회지 Vol.51 No.1

성장촉진제로 항생제 사용이 금지가 된 이후, 가축들의 사망률이 증가되어 항생제 대체제를 개발해야 하는 것이 시급하다. 그러한 대체제 개발에 새로운 접근 중 하나는 숙주의 신체적 기능에 영향을 준다고 알려진 장내미생물생태를 조절하는 것이다. 하지만 가축의 장내미생물에 대한 이해가 인간과 비교하여 볼 때 많이 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 돼지장내미생물생태가 지역적 차이가 있음에 대한 기본적인 정보를 제공한다. 돼지 분변샘플은 제주(n=40), 광주(n=28), 해남(n=30) 농가로부터 채취하였으며, MiSeq을 이용하여 16S rRNA V4 지역을 시퀀싱하였다. 또한 Mothur 파이프라인을 이용하여 MiSeq으로부터 얻은 데이터를 처리하였다. 총 5,642,125 reads를 얻었으며, 에러시퀀스들을 제거한 후 최종적으로 3,868,143 reads가 남았다. Phylum 수준의 taxonomic composition 분석에서는 제주 돼지들이 Firmicutes를 가장 많이 포함하고 있었으며, Operational Taxonomic Units 분포분석에서 또한 지역적 차이에 따라 돼지장내미생물생태가 다르다는 것을 확인하였다. Non-metric multidimensional scaling과 Phyla의 풍부함 사이의 상관관계분석에서는 Actinobacter, Verrucomicrobia, Firmicutes, Fibrobacteres이 세 개의 지역에 있는 돼지들의 장내미생물생태 차이를 나타나게 하는 장내 미생물 요소라는 것을 확인하였다. 그러한 가축의 장내미생물생태는 농장에서 사용하는 사료와 사양관리에 의해 많은 영향을 미치는 것으로 생각된다. 본 연구결과는 돼지장내미생물생태가 지역적으로 많은 차이가 있다는 것을 나타내며, 추후에 가축의 장내미생물생태에 관한 연구는 지역적 차이가 있다는 것을 고려하여 설계해야 될 것이다. Since the banning of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs), the death of livestock has been increased, thus there is a strong demand for AGP-alternatives. Modulation of gut microbiota has been reported to affect host physiological functions and suggested to be a novel approach for developing AGP-alternatives. However, little has been understood about livestock gut microbiota compared to that of humans. We conducted preliminary study provide fundamental information regarding to regional differences in swine gut microbiota. Swine fecal samples were obtained from farms in Jeju (n=40), Gwangju (n=28), and Haenam (n=30). MiSeq was used to sequence 16S rRNA V4 region, and Mothur pipeline (Schloss et al., 2009) was used for data processing. A total of 5,642,125 reads were obtained and 3,868,143 reads were remained after removing erroneous reads. Analysis of taxonomic composition at the phylum level indicated greater abundance of Firmicutes among Jeju swine, and cluster analysis of distribution of operational taxonomic units also showed regional differences among swine gut microbiota. In addition, correlation analysis between non-metric multidimensional scaling and abundance of phyla suggested that the phyla Actinobacter, Verrucomicrobia, Firmicutes, and Fibrobacteres were driving factors for the regional differences. Livestock gut microbiota may be affected by diet and practices in farms. Our results indicated significant regional differences in swine gut microbiota, suggesting that future livestock gut microbiota studies should be designed with the regional differences in mind.

^[C][W][OA]LYK4, a Lysin Motif Receptor-Like Kinase, Is Important for Chitin Signaling and Plant Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis

Wan, J.,Tanaka, K.,Zhang, X.-C.,Son, G.H.,Brechenmacher, L.,Nguyen, T.H.N.,Stacey, G. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLANT BIOLOGISTS 2012 PLANT PHYSIOLOGY - Vol.160 No.1

Metagenomics analysis of methane metabolisms in manure fertilized paddy soil

응우옌 기앙 손,호 투 궝,이지훈,운노타쯔야,Nguyen, Son G.,Ho, Cuong Tu,Lee, Ji-Hoon,Unno, Tatsuya The Microbiological Society of Korea 2016 미생물학회지 Vol.52 No.2

Under flooded rice fields, methanogens produce methane which comes out through rice stalks, thus rice fields are known as one of the anthropogenic sources of atmospheric methane. Studies have shown that use of manure increases amount of methane emission from rice. To investigate mechanisms by which manure boosts methane emission, comparative soil metagenomics between inorganically (NPK) and pig manure fertilized paddy soils (PIG) were conducted. Results from taxonomy analysis showed that more abundant methanogens, methanotrophs, methylotrophs, and acetogens were found in PIG than in NPK. In addition, BLAST results indicated more abundant carbohydrate mabolisetm functional genes in PIG. Among the methane metabolism related genes, PIG sample showed higher abundance of methyl-coenzyme M reductase (mcrB/mcrD/mcrG) and trimethylamine-corrinoid protein Co-methyltransferase (mttB) genes. In contrast, genes that down regulate methane emission, such as trimethylamine monooxygenase (tmm) and phosphoserine/homoserine phosphotransferase (thrH), were observed more in NPK sample. In addition, more methanotrophic genes (pmoB/amoB/mxaJ), were found more abundant in PIG sample. Identifying key genes related to methane emission and methane oxidation may provide fundamental information regarding to mechanisms by which use of manure boosts methane emission from rice. The study presented here characterized molecular variation in rice paddy, introduced by the use of pig manure. 침수된 논토양에서는 메탄생성균이 벼 줄기를 타고 올라오는 메탄을 생성하는 것으로 알려져 있고, 그래서 논토양은 대기 메탄의 인위적인 발생원 중 하나로 알려져 있다. 또한 (분뇨)거름을 사용하면 벼로부터 메탄 배출이 증가하는 것으로 연구 결과 알려져 있다. 어떠한 기작으로 (분뇨)거름이 메탄 배출을 증가시키는지 알아보기 위하여, 무기비료를 사용한 논토양(NPK)과 돈분뇨를 처리한 논토양(PIG)에서의 미생물의 메타게놈에 대해 비교분석을 수행하였다. 미생물군집 분류 분석 결과, 메탄생성균과 메탄영양균, 메틸영양균, 초산생성균(acetogen)이 NPK에서 보다 PIG에서 더 풍부하였다. 더욱이 BLAST 비교 분석 결과 탄수화물 대사 기능유전자가 PIG에 더 풍부하였다. 메탄 대사와 관련된 유전자 중에서 메틸-조효소-M-환원효소(mcrB/mcrD/mcrG)와 트리메틸아민-코리노이드 단백질 Co-메틸전달효소(mttB)가 PIG 시료에 더 풍부하였다. 그와는 상대적으로, 트리메틸아민 모노산소첨가효소(tmm)와 포스포세린/호모세린 인산전달효소(thrH) 같은 메탄 배출을 하향 조절하는 유전자는 NPK 시료에서 더 관찰되었다. 메탄영양과 관련된 유전자(pmoB/amoB/mxaJ)들 또한 PIG에서 더 풍부하게 발견되었다. 메탄 배출과 메탄 산화와 관련된 핵심 유전자들을 환경에서 확인함으로써, (분뇨)거름 사용에 의해 벼로부터 메탄 배출이 증가하는 기작에 대해 기초적인 정보를 얻을 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구에 제시된 내용을 통해 돈분료거름을 처리한 논토양 내 미생물의 분자적 변이를 알 수 있었다.

Effects of Antibiotic Growth Promoter and Characterization of Ecological Succession in Swine Gut Microbiota

( Tatsuya Unno ),( Jung Man Kim ),( Robin B Guevarra ),( Son G Nguyen ) 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2015 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.25 No.4

Ever since the ban on antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs), the livestock death rate has increased owing to pathogenic bacterial infections. There is a need of developing AGP alternatives; however, the mechanisms by which AGP enhances livestock growth performance are not clearly understood. In this study, we fed 3-week-old swine for 9 weeks with and without AGPs containing chlortetracycline, sulfathiazole, and penicillin to investigate the effects of AGPs on swine gut microbiota. Microbial community analysis was done based on bacterial 16S rRNA genes using MiSeq. The use of AGP showed no growth promoting effect, but inhibited the growth of potential pathogens during the early growth stage. Our results showed the significant increase in species richness after the stabilization of gut microbiota during the post-weaning period (4-week-old). Moreover, the swine gut microbiota was divided into four clusters based on the distribution of operational taxonomic units, which was significantly correlated to the swine weight regardless of AGP treatments. Taxonomic abundance analysis indicated a negative correlation between host weight and the abundance of the family Prevotellaceae species, but showed positive correlation to the abundance of the family Spirochaetaceae, Clostridiaceae_1, and Peptostreptococcaeae species. Although no growth performance enhancement was observed, the use of AGP inhibited the potential pathogens in the early growth stage of swine. In addition, our results indicated the ecological succession of swine gut microbiota according to swine weight. Here, we present a characterization of swine gut microbiota with respect to the effects of AGPs on growth performance.