Gut Lactobacillus protects against the progression of renal damage by modulating the gut environment in rats

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BACKGROUND: The role of gut microbiota in the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has not been fully elucidated.

METHODS: Renal failure was induced in 6-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rats by 5/6 nephrectomy (Nx). We analyzed the gut microbiota population to identify the relevant species potentially involved in inducing renal damage. Human colon Caco-2 cells were used to delineate the mechanism involved in the molecular changes in the gut of Nx rats.

RESULTS: Nx rats showed an increase in Bacteroides (Bact) and a decrease in Lactobacillus (Lact) species compared with sham-operated rats. Lact, but not Bact, populations were significantly associated with urinary protein excretion. Treatment of Nx rats with 1 × 10(10) CFU/kg/day Lact ameliorated increased urinary protein excretion and higher serum levels of the uremic toxins, indoxyl sulfate and p-cresyl sulfate, and serum urea nitrogen levels. Lact also attenuated systemic inflammation in Nx rats, as evaluated by serum lipopolysaccharide, interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein levels. Histologically, renal sclerosis in Nx rats was restored by Lact treatment. A reduction in the expression of tight junction proteins and the Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), a putative Lact receptor, in the colons of Nx rats were mitigated by Lact. Treatment of Caco-2 cells with indole downregulated tight junction protein expression, which was abolished by exposure to Lact. The effects of Lact were reversed by treatment with OxPAPC, a TLR inhibitor. Similarly, the increase in the permeability of the Caco-2 cell monolayer was reversed by the administration of Lact. Lact upregulated TLR2 expression in Caco-2 cells. Lact also attenuated the increase in serum indoxyl sulfate and urea levels and urinary protein excretion in Nx rats even in the pseudogerm-free environment.

CONCLUSIONS: Lact supplementation mitigated the systemic inflammation and proteinuria associated with renal failure, suggesting that in the gut microbiota, Lact plays a protective role against the progression of CKD.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 31(2016), 3 vom: 20. März, Seite 401-12

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yoshifuji, Ayumi [VerfasserIn]
Wakino, Shu [VerfasserIn]
Irie, Junichiro [VerfasserIn]
Tajima, Takaya [VerfasserIn]
Hasegawa, Kazuhiro [VerfasserIn]
Kanda, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]
Tokuyama, Hirobumi [VerfasserIn]
Hayashi, Koichi [VerfasserIn]
Itoh, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chronic kidney disease
Gut microbiota
Journal Article
Protein bound uremic retention solutes
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tight junction
Toll-like receptor

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Date Completed 18.10.2016

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/ndt/gfv353

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NLM253883288