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• the present invention relates to the field of prebiotics, and especially to a composition stimulating the growth and/or activity of probiotic bacteria, typically lactic acid bacteria, in the digestive system of mammals.
• Probiotic bacteria are well known in the art, and their health benefits documented. In order to increase benefits of probiotic bacteria, they may be
• Prebiotics are nonbacterial products with a beneficial effect on the microbiota. They act as fertilizers to the colonic microbiota, thereby enhancing growth of beneficial commensal organisms, such as Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus.
• a prebiotic is typically a selectively fermented ingredient that allows specific changes, both in the composition and/or activity in the gastrointestinal microflora, also known as the gut microbiota or commensal flora, that confers benefits upon host well-being and health.
• probiotic bacteria such as typically lactic acid bacteria, e.g. Lactobacilli and Bifidobacterium
• probiotic bacteria may be beneficial in the treatment of diseases associated with disturbed gut microbiota.
• antibiotic-associated diarrhea, travellers' diarrhea, pediatric diarrhea, and irritable bowel syndrome are conditions known to be associated with disturbed gut microbiota.
• use of prebiotic agents has been associated with a reduced risk for colorectal cancer.
• disturbances in the commensal flora can occur due to a variety of other factors including, but not limited to, radiation therapy or accidental exposure, use of antibiotics and other agents influencing bacterial growth, diseases of the gut such as intolerance to gluten. Such unwanted changes can give rise to disease and disturbed immune function and be rectified by the use of prebiotics so that normal physiological growth and function of both the commensal flora and the host can be achieved.
• conditions where a beneficial gut bacterial flora is disturbed may be treated or prevented by promoting probiotic bacteria.
• the present invention preferably seeks to overcome the above- identified deficiencies in the art singly or in any combination and solves at least the above mentioned problems by providing a new and improved prebiotic composition with added benefits, which is easy to produce and safe to ingest.
• non-therapeutic use of a composition comprising isolated, enriched thylakoids, or parts thereof, as prebiotic agent is provided.
• Such use is typically for promoting lactic acid bacteria, such as Lactobacilli and
• Bifidobacterium in the intestines, such as ileum and caecum, e.g. ileum, of a mammal.
• composition comprising isolated, enriched thylakoids, or parts thereof, for use in treatment or prevention of a condition associated with disturbed gut microbiota, wherein said use includes oral administration to a mammal, such as human being, in order to promote lactic acid bacteria, such as Lactobacilli and Bifidobacterium, in the intestines, such as ileum and caecum, e.g. ileum, of said mammal is provided.
• lactic acid bacteria such as Lactobacilli and Bifidobacterium
• ileum and caecum e.g. ileum
• composition comprising isolated, enriched thylakoids, or parts thereof, and probiotic bacteria is provided.
• a method of treatment of a condition in a mammalian, associated with disturbed gut microbiota, subject by oral administration of a composition comprising isolated, enriched thylakoids, or parts thereof, is provided.
• Fig. 1 is a graph showing concentration (pM) of plasma insulin according to an embodiment
• Figs 2 and 3 are graphs showing viable count (CFU/g tissue) of Lactobacilli according to embodiments of the invention
• Fig. 4 is a graph showing viable count (CFU/g tissue) of bacteria according to an embodiment.
• Figs 5 and 6 are graphs showing principal component analysis (PC A) of T-
• Thylakoids may be extracted from the chloroplast membrane of green leaves and contain proteins, lipids and pigments (e.g. chlorophyll and carotenoids). They have been found to increase satiety, decrease hunger signals and promote weight loss in several studies, both in human and animal subjects (cf. WO 2006/132586 and
• Thylakoids interact with dietary triacylglycerides and the lipase/colipase complex and, as a result, cause a physical hindrance, thereby prolonging the digestion of the dietary fat and also the uptake of nutrients over the intestinal wall.
• Thylakoids are digested by the body, why they can be used without any toxic effects. However, thylakoids are digested more slowly than other cell compartments, such as mitochondria, which is beneficial.
• a prebiotic agent is an ingredient that allows specific changes, both in the composition and/or activity in the gastrointestinal microflora that confers benefits upon host well- being and health.
• Sprague-Dawley rats were divided in two groups and fed either a thylakoid enriched diet or a control diet, of normal rat chow, for 10 days. After 10 days a glucose-tolerance test was performed, resulting in significant lower concentration of insulin in the thylakoid- fed rats compared to control (cf. FIG 1). Analysis of bacteria showed a significant increase of Lactobacilli in ileum, induced by the addition of thylakoids, demonstrated both with bacterial culture of intestinal samples and by qPCR.
• T-RFLP terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism
• compositions comprising thylakoids, or parts thereof, to a mammal enhances the intestinal probiotic flora and promotes lactic acid bacteria.
• a composition comprising isolated, enriched thylakoids may thus function as a prebiotic agent.
• various probiotic strains, especially Lactobacilli have been shown to be useful in preventing or treating impaired immune function, , and antibiotic-associated diarrhea, travellers' diarrhea, pediatric diarrhea, and irritable bowel syndrome.
• a composition comprising isolated, enriched thylakoids, or parts thereof, is thus provided to promote lactic acid bacteria, such as Lactobacilli and Bifidobacterium, in the intestines of a mammal.
• the mammal may be a human being.
• the composition is administrated orally in order to reach the intestines.
• lactic acid bacteria in the intestines, and especially the ileum and caecum, more preferably the ileum conditions associated with disturbed gut microbiota, including, but not limited to, impaired immune function, , and antibiotic- associated diarrhea, travelers' diarrhea, pediatric diarrhea, and irritable bowel syndrome, may be prevented or treated.
• probiotic bacteria is, according to an embodiment, included in the composition.
• probiotic bacteria By including probiotic bacteria, the effect on the gut microbiota may be enhanced and the existing probiotic bacteria complemented.
• the probiotic bacteria to be included in the composition may be Bifidobacterium, e.g. Bifidobacterium infantis, and Lactobacillus, e.g. Lactobacillus plantarum.
• the thylakoids of the present composition are enriched from green leaves or green algae.
• the thylakoids are isolated and enriched from spinach.
• they may be concentrated in a manner such that the chlorophyll content of the isolated, enriched thylakoids is from about 8 mg to 150 mg chlorophyll per g.
• the content of thylakoids in the composition may correspond to a chlorophyll content of 1 mg to 75 mg chlorophyll per g composition.
• the composition used to promote lactic acid bacteria, such as Lactobacilli and Bifidobacterium, in the intestines may be a foodstuff or a medicament.
• the composition is an oral pharmaceutical or nutraceutical composition comprising a physiologically tolerable oil-in- water emulsion comprising thylakoids.
• the amount of thylakoids is 20 to 30 wt.%, such as about 25 wt.%.
• the oil-content may be 20 to 30 wt.%, such as about 25 wt.%.
• the oil used may be vegetable oils of food grade, such as rape seed oil, olive oil, sunflower oil etc.
• the daily dose of thylakoids to be administered may vary.
• the amount of the composition to be administered may be selected in manner such that the dosage correlates to a daily dose of 2.4 mg to 240 mg thylakoids per kg body mass of the mammal.
• the composition of thylakoids disclosed herein is provided for non-therapeutic use as a prebiotic agent.
• the composition of thylakoids disclosed herein may change both the composition and/or the activity of the gastrointestinal microflora it may confer benefits upon host well-being and health.
• Another embodiment relates to a method of treating or preventing a condition in a mammalian, associated with disturbed gut microbiota.
• an effective amount of the composition disclosed herein is orally administrated to the mammal suffering from a condition associated with disturbed gut microbiota.
• the method also includes oral administration to a mammal of the composition disclosed herein, in order to prevent the mammal from developing a disturbed gut microbiota.
• conditions associated with disturbed gut microbiota comprise, antibiotic- associated diarrhea, travellers' diarrhea, pediatric diarrhea, and irritable bowel syndrome.
• prevent/preventing should not be construed to mean that a condition and/or a disease never might occur again after use of a composition according to embodiments disclosed herein to achieve prevention. Further, the term should neither be construed to mean that a condition not might occur, at least to some extent, after such use to prevent said condition. Rather, “prevent/preventing” is intended to mean that the condition to be prevented, if occurring despite such use, will be less severe than without such use. According to an embodiment, “prevent/preventing” relates to prophylactic treatment.
• compositions for administration to the intestines of a mammal, such as human being, in order to increase insulin sensitivity.
• the insulin sensitivity may be increased in order to treat or prevent diabetes mellitus type 2 (non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus).
• the probiotic bacteria normally residing in the human gastrointestinal tract has an important role in nutrient acquisition and energy regulation.
• the microbiota is different between normal weight persons and overweight or obese persons.
• Numerous findings from human and animal studies have revealed that the quantity of two dominant divisions of gut bacteria, namely the gram positive Firmicutes and the gram negative Bacteroidetes, are closely related to the pathophysiology of obesity by altering the host's energy-harvesting efficiency. Accordingly, in obese animals and patients, an increase of Firmicutes and reduction of Bacteroidetes in the gut has been demonstrated. An opposite shift in the ratio of these specific bacteria occurs as obese patients lose weight on low-calorie diets.
• Prebiotics Ingestion of low-glyceamic foods, such as fibres, that referred to as prebiotics is a well-accepted as a way to enhance satiety by slowing down the intestinal digestion of carbohydrates.
• Prebiotics is a non-bacterial product with a beneficial effect on the microbiota. They act as fertilizers to the colonic microbiota, thereby enhancing growth of beneficial commensal organisms such as Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus.
• BMI body mass index
• the aim of the experimental work described below was to study the effects of thylakoids on gut microbiota in healthy rat, and also their effects on blood insulin.
• the composition of the microbiota was analysed by both cultural and culture-independent techniques. Viable count of specific bacteria based on their metabolic requirements as the cultural technique, and quantitative PCR (q-PCR), terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and 16S rDNA sequencing as the culture-independent techniques.
• a control diet 8 rats
• a thylakoid-enriched diet 8 rats
• Thylakoid membranes were extracted and purified from fresh baby-spinach leaves as described before (Emek, SC, Szilagyi A, Akerlund H E, et al. (2010) A large scale method for preparation of plant thylakoids for use in body weight regulation
• Standard rat chow (R 36, Lantmannen, Sweden) was enriched with either only rapeseed oil (control diet), or a thylakoid-oil suspension (thylakoid diet).
• the thylakoid diet was prepared by mixing 4 g thylakoid powder (corresponding to 132 mg chlorophyll), 5 g of rapeseed oil and 10 g water by using an Ultraturrax mixer.
• the amount of thylakoids supplemented was calculated by the addition of 6 mg chlorophyll per gram of normal food intake (22 g food / rat / day). Both diets were isocaloric, and had the energy (E) distribution of 25 E% carbohydrates, 60 E% fat and 15 E% proteins.
• Bodyweight was recorded every day during the 10-day experimental time. In the morning, 25 g of the normal rat chow was given to every rat for free eating during the day. In the following afternoon the remaining rat chow was removed and the amount eaten was measured. Each rat was then given 15 g of the experimental diet. On the 11th day faecal samples were collected under specific pathogen- free conditions in the morning, before a glucose tolerance test was performed.
• a 15% glucose solution with a volume of 10% of their body weight was given as a bolus-dose.
• the concentration of plasma glucose was measured by a prick in the tail at time points 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 and 120 min, whereas insulin was measured only after 120 minutes.
• the rat was then anesthetised with isoflouran (Schering- Plogh a/s, Ballerup, Denmark) before a laparotomy was performed.
• Intestinal mucosal samples from the ileum, caecum and colon were collected and immediately placed in sterile tubes containing 3 ml freezing media. The study was approved by the Lund University Ethical Review Committee for Animal Experiments and conducted according to the European Community regulations concerning the protection of experimental animals.
• the PCR reaction mixture of totally 25 ⁇ contained 0-4 ⁇ primer ENVl, 0-2 ⁇ primer ENV2, 2-5 ⁇ 10 x PCR reaction buffer (500 rriM Tris-HCl, 100 mM KC1, 50 mM (NH 4 ) 2 S0 4 , 20 mM MgCl 2 , pH 8-3), 0-2 ⁇ deoxyribonucleotide triphosphate, 2-5 U of FastStart Taq DNA polymerase (Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany), and 2 ⁇ of template DNA.
• PCR reaction buffer 500 rriM Tris-HCl, 100 mM KC1, 50 mM (NH 4 ) 2 S0 4 , 20 mM MgCl 2 , pH 8-3
• 0-2 ⁇ deoxyribonucleotide triphosphate 2-5 U of FastStart Taq DNA polymerase (Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany), and 2 ⁇ of template DNA.
• PCR was performed in an Eppendorf Master Cycler (Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany) using the following program: 95 °C for 3 min, 94 °C for 3 min, 30 cycles of 94 °C a 1 min, 50 °C for 45 sec and 72 °C for 2 min, followed by an additional extension of 72 °C for 7 min.
• PCRs containing only reagents without sample DNA were run in parallel as negative PCR controls.
• PCR products (2 ⁇ ) were verified on 1 -5% agarose gel.
• amplification products were sent in 96-well plates for sequencing at MWG-Biotech (Ebersbery, Germany). The generated sequences were compared to the GenBank database (National Center for Biotechnology Information, Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, USA)
• Faecal and intestinal segments of ileum and colon were thawed and placed in an ultrasonic bath (Millipore, Sundbyberg, Sweden) for 5 min and vortex for 2 min before centrifuged (Eppendorf 5804R, Hamburg, Germany) at 12851 g for 10 min. The supernatant was discarded and 190 ⁇ buffer G2 and 15 ⁇ Proteinase K (DNA Tissue Kit; Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) were added to the intestinal samples. PBS buffer (500 ⁇ / 50 mg) was added to the faecal samples before all samples were incubated at 56°C over-night in a shaking water bath.
• Bacterial groups were estimated using separate quantitative PCR assays. Each assay reaction contained ⁇ QuantiTect ® SYBR Green PCR Master Mix (Qiagen), 0-5 ⁇ of each primer (table 1), 2 ⁇ of template DNA and RNase-free water to reach a final volume of 20 ⁇ . Samples, standards and non-template controls were run as duplicates. The thermal cycling was carried out in Rotor-Gene Q (Qiagen) with a program of 95°C for 15 min, followed by 40 cycles with denaturation at 95°C for 15 sec, annealing at 56°C to 60°C for 30 sec and elongation at 72°C for 30 sec. The fluorescent products were detected at the last step of each cycle.
• Qiagen QuantiTect ® SYBR Green PCR Master Mix
• DNA extraction was performed by using QIAprep ® (Miniprep kit, Qiagen). The concentration of DNA (ng/ ⁇ ) was finally measured with Nanodrop ND-1000 (Saveen Werner AB, Malmo, Sweden), and used for copy number calculation. Tenfold dilution series of the DNA products were made in TE buffer (10 mM Tris, ImM EDTA, pH 8 ). Numbers of bacteria were expressed as numbers of amplicon copies/g wet weight of faeces or tissue.
• T-RFLP Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism
• 16S rRNA genes were amplified as described above with the exception that the forward primer ENV1 was fluorescently labelled with a fluorescent dye (FAM) at the 5' end. Triplicate reactions were carried out for each sample and a negative control was included in all PCR runs. PCR products were verified on a 1 -5 % agarose gel. PCR products of each sample were pooled and further purified by using the MinElute PCR purification Kit (Qiagen). DNA was finally eluted in 15 ⁇ of PE buffer and DNA concentration measured by Nanodrop ND-1000 (Saveen Werner AB).
• FAM fluorescent dye
• the data from the electrophoresis were analysed with GeneMapper ® (version 4.0, Applied Biosystems, Foster city, CA, USA) and the fragments sizes and peak areas were estimated using the Southern method (GeneMapper ).
• the size range was set from 30 base pairs (bp) to 600 bp.
• the peak amplitude threshold was set to 50 relative fluorescence units (rfu) for samples and 10 rfu for the internal standard.
• the total peak area for each sample was calculated by summarizing the area for all peaks in a sample. The individual relative peak area was expressed as percentage of the total area.
• Fig. 2 shows the viable count (CFU/g tissue) of Lactobacilli in the mucosa of ileum, caecum, colon and in faeces.
• FIG. 3 shows the qPCR analyses of the content of lactobacilli in the mucosa of ileum, colon and in faeces.
• the qPCR but not the viable count, showed a significant decrease of lactobacilli in the fecal samples for the thylakoid group, as seen in Fig. 3.
• gram positive bacteria as a group was significantly decreased in the thylakoid group compared to control in both the mucosa of ceacum, colon and in feaces, as seen in Fig. 4.
• viable count (CFU/g tissue) of bacteria grown on the bifidobacteria selective media in the mucosa of ileum, caecum and colon, and in faeces is shown.
• These Gram positive bacteria were identified as Staphylococcus spp, Kocuria and Bacillus Simplex (data not shown).
• PCA principal component analysis
• thylakoids modulate the microbiota in several ways.
• Bifidobacterium may be important for body weight regulation, by acting as an anti- obesity factor. Also, overweight subjects have been proposed to have an increased growth of some Gram positive bacteria, as Stapholycoccus aureus, compared to lean subjects. Elimination of harmful Gram positive bacteria, and the overall composition of the bacterial flora, appears thus to be important for energy balance. Moreover, it has been shown that Lactobacillus reuteri has health-promoting effects restricting growth of harmful bacteria, and other lactobacilli species, as Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Lactobacillus gasseri, have been found to reduce adiposity and inflammation associated with obesity. The observed decrease of potentially harmful bacteria as Staphylococcus species, Kocuria and Bacillus simplex can either be a direct effect of thylakoids, or as an second effect of the increased colonization of Lactobacillus reuteri.
• thylakoids regulate the gut microbiota, leading to an increased colonisation of Lactobacilli, and a decreased growth of potentially harmful Gram positive bacteria.
• thylakoids are a prebiotic agent.
• Thylakoids also increase the insulin sensitivity, possibly by reinforcing the intestinal barrier function.
• Lactobacillus Lact-16S-F GGAATCTTCCACAATGGACG (SEQ ID 1) 216
• Lact-16S-R CG CTTTACG CCCAATAAATCCGG (SEQ ID 2)
• Bifidobacterium Bifido-F TCGCGTCYGGTGTGAAAG (SEQ ID 2) 243
• Bifido-R CCACATCCAGCRTCCAC (SEQ ID 4)
• Bacteroides prevotella qBacPre-F TTTATTGGGTTTAAAGGGAGGGTA (SEQ ID 7) 166
• qBacPre-R C AATCG G AGTTCTTCGTG ATATCTA (SEQ ID 8)
• E-coli 8-27-F AGAGTTTGATIITGGCTCAG (SEQ ID 9)
• E-coli 1511-1492-R CGGITACCTTGTTACGACTT (SEQ ID 10)
• Lactobacillus ruminis 0/29 0 0/31 0 ns
• Lactobacillus gasseri 0/25 0 1/25 4 ns

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