Frontiers in Microbiology (Apr 2024)

Preventive effect of Lactobacillus johnsonii YH1136 against uric acid accumulation and renal damages

  • Xingting Zhang,
  • Junliang Jiang,
  • Jinge Xin,
  • Ning Sun,
  • Zhifang Zhao,
  • Baoxing Gan,
  • Yi Jiang,
  • Xuemei Gong,
  • Hao Li,
  • Hailin Ma,
  • Xueqin Ni,
  • Yu Chen,
  • Yang Bai,
  • Yang Bai,
  • Hesong Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1364857
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15

Abstract

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BackgroundHyperuricemia (HUA) is a prevalent metabolic disorder whose development is associated with intestinal microbiota. Therefore, probiotics have emerged as a potential and safe approach for lowering uric acid (UA) levels. However, the underlying mechanisms of many effective probiotic strains remain unknown.Methods and resultsC57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into two groups: control and model groups. The model group received 12 weeks of potassium oxonate. Through 16s sequencing we found that HUA resulted in a significant decrease in the total diversity of all intestinal segments. When each intestinal segment was analyzed individually, the reduction in diversity was only significant in the cecum and colon sections. RDA analysis showed that lactobacilli in the rat colon exhibited a strong correlation with model group, suggesting that Lactobacillus may play an important role in HUA. Consequently, the preventive effects of Lactobacillus johnsonii YH1136 against HUA were investigated. C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into three groups: control, model and YH1136 groups. The results showed that administering Lactobacillus johnsonii YH1136 effectively reduced serum UA levels in vivo by inhibiting hepatic xanthine oxidase (XOD) activity and promoting renal ABCG2 transporter expression. Moreover, supplementation with Lactobacillus johnsonii YH1136 significantly ameliorated pathological damage in the kidney and liver, thereby reducing UA accumulation.ConclusionHyperuricemia is accompanied by an altered composition of multiple gut bacteria, of which Lactobacillus is a key genus. Lactobacillus johnsonii YH1136 may ameliorate renal involvement in HUA via the gut-kidney axis.

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