Journal
GENOMICS
Volume 113, Issue 5, Pages 3373-3380Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2021.07.022
Keywords
Probiotic; Evolution; In vitro; In vivo; Energy restriction
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31720103911, 31622043]
- Inner Mongolia Science & Technology Major Projects
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This study investigates the in vivo evolution of probiotics and finds individual-specific microbial genomic variants as well as divergent patterns of evolution within the host gastrointestinal tract. The research suggests that energy restriction is not the main driving force for the evolution of probiotics. Individual-specific adaptation may partially explain the varying extent of health effects seen between different individuals after probiotic consumption.
Probiotics have attracted much attention because of their health-promoting effects, but little is known about the in vivo evolution of probiotics. This study analyzed the genome adaptation of the probiotic Lactiplantibacillus plantarum P-8 strain cultivated in ordinary and glucose restrictive growth media. Then, this study re-analyzed genomes of P-8 isolates recovered from the gut contents of subjects in two feeding trials (in rat and human). The sampling time points were similar to that of the in vitro evolution experiment, which might give parallel comparison of the in vitro and in vivo evolution processes. Our results showed that intra-individual specific microbial genomic variants of the original strain were detected in all human and some rat subjects. The divergent patterns of evolution within the host gastrointestinal tract suggested intra-individual-specific environmental adaptation. Based on comprehensive analysis of adapted-isolates recovered from these experiments, our results showed that the energy restriction was not the main driving force for evolution of probiotics. The individual specific adaptation of probiotics might partially explain the varying extent of health effects seen between different individuals after probiotic consumption. In addition, the results suggest that probiotics should not only adapt to the environment of the birth canal, but also adapt to other species in the gut, revealing the Red Queen hypothesis in the process of intestinal flora.
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