Regulatory Effects of Maternal Intake of Microbial-Derived Antioxidants on Colonization of Microbiota in Breastmilk and That of Intestinal Microbiota in Offspring
Dangjin Wu,
Ran An,
Di Wang,
Luoxin Jiang,
Liu Huang,
Tenghui Lu,
Weina Xu,
Jianxiong Xu,
Jing Zhang
Affiliations
Dangjin Wu
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary and Biotechnology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Ran An
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary and Biotechnology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Di Wang
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary and Biotechnology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Luoxin Jiang
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary and Biotechnology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Liu Huang
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary and Biotechnology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Tenghui Lu
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary and Biotechnology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Weina Xu
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary and Biotechnology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Jianxiong Xu
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary and Biotechnology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Jing Zhang
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary and Biotechnology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
In this study, sixteen Sprague Dawley (SD) female rats and eight SD male rats were co-housed to mate. Pregnant SD female rats were fed with a control diet or an MA diet. Breast milk, maternal ileum, and intestinal samples of the offspring were collected at the day of birth and ten days afterwards. The results showed that the impact of MA was more obvious on the microbiota of mature milk (p = 0.066) than on that of colostrum. In addition, MA additive did not significantly affect maternal ileal microbiota, but affected offsprings’ colonic microbiota significantly ten days after birth (p = 0.035). From the day of giving birth to ten days afterwards, in addition to the increase in microbial richness and diversity, at genus level, the dominant bacteria of breastmilk changed from Pseudomonas veronii to Bacillus and Lactococcus. Different from breastmilk microbiota, ten days after giving birth, the maternal ileal microbiota and the offsprings’ intestinal microbiota were dominated by Lactobacillus. Instead of ileal microbiota, offsprings’ colonic microbiota is a key action site of maternal MA additive. Therefore, the current findings have significant implications for the development of maternal feed aimed at modulating the intestinal microbiota of offspring, ultimately leading to improved health outcomes for both mothers and their offspring.
