A Screening Model for Probiotics Against Specific Metabolic Diseases Based on Caco-2 Monolayer Membrane

Yang Liu; Jiang Peng; Shiya Zhu; Leilei Yu; Fengwei Tian; Jianxin Zhao; Hao Zhang; Wei Chen; Qixiao Zhai

Engineering (Jun 2023)

A Screening Model for Probiotics Against Specific Metabolic Diseases Based on Caco-2 Monolayer Membrane

Yang Liu,
Jiang Peng,
Shiya Zhu,
Leilei Yu,
Fengwei Tian,
Jianxin Zhao,
Hao Zhang,
Wei Chen,
Qixiao Zhai

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Yang Liu: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
Jiang Peng: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
Shiya Zhu: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
Leilei Yu: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
Fengwei Tian: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
Jianxin Zhao: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
Hao Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; National Engineering Research Center for Functional Food, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Wuxi Translational Medicine Research Center & Jiangsu Translational Medicine Research Institute Wuxi Branch, Wuxi 214122, China
Wei Chen: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; National Engineering Research Center for Functional Food, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
Qixiao Zhai: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25
pp. 222 – 233

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Recent studies have revealed the potency of probiotics in alleviating metabolic diseases associated with intestinal barrier dysfunction. However, an efficient model for screening probiotic strains against specific metabolic diseases has not been well developed. In the present study, a Caco-2 cell monolayer membrane model treated with tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α or alcohol was used to evaluate the effect of 139 Lactobacillus strains on intestinal barrier function in vitro. We then selected 11 Lactobacillus strains with different regulatory abilities on the gut barrier to determine their effect against ovariectomy-induced osteoporosis or chronic alcoholic liver injury in vivo. Our results showed that the Pearson coefficient between the data of cell and animal models were 0.82 and −0.97 for the protection of probiotics against osteoporosis and alcoholic liver disease, respectively, suggesting the reliability of the cell model to simulate the in vivo protective effects of probiotics. This study established a potential in vitro approach based on a Caco-2 cell monolayer membrane model for the efficient screening of potential probiotics against specific metabolic diseases such as osteoporosis and chronic alcoholic liver disease.

Published in Engineering

ISSN: 2095-8099 (Print); 2096-0026 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/engineering

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