Impact of high‐grain diet feeding on mucosa‐associated bacterial community and gene expression of tight junction proteins in the small intestine of goats

Abstract The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of a high‐grain (HG) diet on the microbial fermentation, the composition of the mucosa‐associated bacterial microbiota, and the gene expression of tight junction proteins in the small intestine of goats. In the present study, we rand...

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Main Authors: Junhua Liu, Chunxu Xue, Daming Sun, Weiyun Zhu, Shengyong Mao
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-06-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.745
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author Junhua Liu
Chunxu Xue
Daming Sun
Weiyun Zhu
Shengyong Mao
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Chunxu Xue
Daming Sun
Weiyun Zhu
Shengyong Mao
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description Abstract The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of a high‐grain (HG) diet on the microbial fermentation, the composition of the mucosa‐associated bacterial microbiota, and the gene expression of tight junction proteins in the small intestine of goats. In the present study, we randomly assigned 10 male goats to either a hay diet (n = 5) or a HG diet (56.5% grain; n = 5) and then examined changes in the bacterial community using Illumina MiSeq sequencing and the expression of tight junction proteins using qRT‐PCR in the mucosa of the small intestine. The results showed that HG diet decreased the luminal pH (p = 0.005) and increased the lipopolysaccharide content (p < 0.001) in the digesta of the ileum, and it increased the concentration of total volatile fatty acids in the digesta of the jejunum (p = 0.015) and ileum (p = 0.007) compared with the hay diet. MiSeq sequencing results indicated that the HG diet increased (FDR = 0.007–0.028) the percentage of the genera Stenotrophomonas, Moraxella, Lactobacillus, and Prevotella in jejunal mucosa but decreased (FDR = 0.016) the abundance of Christensenellaceae R7 group in the ileal mucosa compared with the hay diet. Furthermore, the HG diet caused downregulation of the mRNA expression of claudin‐4, occludin, and ZO‐1 in jejunal and ileal mucosa (p < 0.05). Collectively, our data suggested that the HG diet induced changes in the relative abundance of some mucosa‐associated bacteria, in addition to downregulation of the mRNA expression of tight junction proteins in the small intestine. These findings provide new insights into the adaptation response of the small intestine to HG feeding in ruminants.
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spelling doaj.art-a7c0323994104dfb91b702c99fad22d92022-12-21T18:53:38ZengWileyMicrobiologyOpen2045-88272019-06-0186n/an/a10.1002/mbo3.745Impact of high‐grain diet feeding on mucosa‐associated bacterial community and gene expression of tight junction proteins in the small intestine of goatsJunhua Liu0Chunxu Xue1Daming Sun2Weiyun Zhu3Shengyong Mao4Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Nutrition and Animal Health, Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, College of Animal Science and Technology Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Jiangsu Province ChinaJiangsu Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Nutrition and Animal Health, Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, College of Animal Science and Technology Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Jiangsu Province ChinaJiangsu Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Nutrition and Animal Health, Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, College of Animal Science and Technology Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Jiangsu Province ChinaJiangsu Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Nutrition and Animal Health, Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, College of Animal Science and Technology Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Jiangsu Province ChinaJiangsu Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Nutrition and Animal Health, Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, College of Animal Science and Technology Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Jiangsu Province ChinaAbstract The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of a high‐grain (HG) diet on the microbial fermentation, the composition of the mucosa‐associated bacterial microbiota, and the gene expression of tight junction proteins in the small intestine of goats. In the present study, we randomly assigned 10 male goats to either a hay diet (n = 5) or a HG diet (56.5% grain; n = 5) and then examined changes in the bacterial community using Illumina MiSeq sequencing and the expression of tight junction proteins using qRT‐PCR in the mucosa of the small intestine. The results showed that HG diet decreased the luminal pH (p = 0.005) and increased the lipopolysaccharide content (p < 0.001) in the digesta of the ileum, and it increased the concentration of total volatile fatty acids in the digesta of the jejunum (p = 0.015) and ileum (p = 0.007) compared with the hay diet. MiSeq sequencing results indicated that the HG diet increased (FDR = 0.007–0.028) the percentage of the genera Stenotrophomonas, Moraxella, Lactobacillus, and Prevotella in jejunal mucosa but decreased (FDR = 0.016) the abundance of Christensenellaceae R7 group in the ileal mucosa compared with the hay diet. Furthermore, the HG diet caused downregulation of the mRNA expression of claudin‐4, occludin, and ZO‐1 in jejunal and ileal mucosa (p < 0.05). Collectively, our data suggested that the HG diet induced changes in the relative abundance of some mucosa‐associated bacteria, in addition to downregulation of the mRNA expression of tight junction proteins in the small intestine. These findings provide new insights into the adaptation response of the small intestine to HG feeding in ruminants.https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.745goathigh‐grain dietmucosal bacteriasmall intestinetight junction protein
spellingShingle Junhua Liu
Chunxu Xue
Daming Sun
Weiyun Zhu
Shengyong Mao
Impact of high‐grain diet feeding on mucosa‐associated bacterial community and gene expression of tight junction proteins in the small intestine of goats
MicrobiologyOpen
goat
high‐grain diet
mucosal bacteria
small intestine
tight junction protein
title Impact of high‐grain diet feeding on mucosa‐associated bacterial community and gene expression of tight junction proteins in the small intestine of goats
title_full Impact of high‐grain diet feeding on mucosa‐associated bacterial community and gene expression of tight junction proteins in the small intestine of goats
title_fullStr Impact of high‐grain diet feeding on mucosa‐associated bacterial community and gene expression of tight junction proteins in the small intestine of goats
title_full_unstemmed Impact of high‐grain diet feeding on mucosa‐associated bacterial community and gene expression of tight junction proteins in the small intestine of goats
title_short Impact of high‐grain diet feeding on mucosa‐associated bacterial community and gene expression of tight junction proteins in the small intestine of goats
title_sort impact of high grain diet feeding on mucosa associated bacterial community and gene expression of tight junction proteins in the small intestine of goats
topic goat
high‐grain diet
mucosal bacteria
small intestine
tight junction protein
url https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.745
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