Abstract
The combination of diet, lifestyle, and the exposure to food obesogens categorized into “microbiota disrupting chemicals” (MDC) could determine obesogenic-related dysbiosis and modify the microbiota diversity that impacts on individual health–disease balances, inducing altered pathogenesis phenotypes. Specific, complementary, and combined treatments are needed to face these altered microbial patterns and the specific misbalances triggered. In this sense, searching for next-generation beneficial microbes or next-generation probiotics (NGP) by microbiota culturing, and focusing on their demonstrated, extensive scope and well-defined functions could contribute to counteracting and repairing the effects of obesogens. Therefore, this review presents a perspective through compiling information and key strategies for directed searching and culturing of NGP that could be administered for obesity and endocrine-related dysbiosis by (i) observing the differential abundance of specific microbiota taxa in obesity-related patients and analyzing their functional roles, (ii) developing microbiota-directed strategies for culturing these taxa groups, and (iii) applying the successful compiled criteria from recent NGP clinical studies. New isolated or cultivable microorganisms from healthy gut microbiota specifically related to obesogens’ neutralization effects might be used as an NGP single strain or in consortia, both presenting functions and the ability to palliate metabolic-related disorders. Identification of holistic approaches for searching and using potential NGP, key aspects, the bias, gaps, and proposals of solutions are also considered in this review.
Keywords: next-generation probiotics, culturing, dietary obesogens exposure, obesity, endocrine pathogenesis, Endobolome
1. Introduction
1.1. Microbiota Gut Dysbiosis
The microbiota is a microbial community that lives on and in the human body and it varies according to several factors such as age, diet, and lifestyle [1]. These microorganisms play a very important role in maintaining the health homeostasis or eubiosis [2]. It has been well-demonstrated that gastrointestinal tract (GIT) disorders are linked to microbiota alterations patterns (such as constipation, diarrhea, inflammatory bowel diseases [3,4]) that can be treated with probiotics. Moreover, important metabolic disorders, presenting altered levels of triacylglycerols, lipids, cholesterol, and fasting plasma glucose as clinical outcomes [5] are also linked to GIT dysbiosis. Similarly, fertility disorders such as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) [6], gastrointestinal and reproductive cancers [7], or mental health disorders like depression, anorexia, or anxiety are also connected to microbiota dysbiosis [8].
1.2. Traditional Probiotics vs. NGP in Obesity-Related Interventions and Treatments
Probiotics, known as “live microorganisms, which, when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host” by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) [9], have been empirically selected due to their extensive use in fermented foods for centuries and their safety history. Conversely, because of this broad definition, their use has become widespread, making them less effective against specific diseases [10]. Since then, numerous studies have been published in order to demonstrate the benefits of probiotics in an extensive list of disorders and/or diseases, traditional probiotics corresponding to strains or species generally within Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium genera, and a few from other genera [11]. Traditional probiotics for clinical interventions in obesity-related disorders have been largely used, with huge differential impact on the clinical parameters and outcomes, depending on the basis of the individual microbiota (Table 1).
Table 1.
Traditional probiotics for obesity-related interventional clinical trials and preclinical studies.
Lactobacillus Strains [15] | Study Design, Target Species | Reference Study |
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L. bulgaricus Nutricion Medica® | ICT—Human | [16] |
L. casei Shirota | ICT—Human | [17] |
L. gasseri BNR17 | ICT—Human | [18] |
L. reuteri V3401 | ICT—Human | [19] |
L. rhamnosus CGMCC1.3724 | ICT—Human | [20] |
L. acidophilus NS1 | PCS—Mice | [21] |
L. johnsonii JNU3402 | PCS—Mice | [22] |
L. plantarum Ln4 | PCS—Mice | [23] |
L.curvatus HY7601 | PCS—Mice | [24] |
L. fermentum CQPC07 | PCS—Mice | [25] |
Bifidobacterium strains | Study design, Target Species, | Reference study |
B. animalis subsp. lactis 420 | ICT—Human | [26] |
B. breve B-3 | ICT—Human | [27] |
B. infantis DSM24737 (VSL#3) | ICT—Human | [28] |
B. lactis HN019 | ICT—Human | [29] |
B. longum APC1472 | ICT–Human/PCS–Mice | [30] |
B. adolescentis | PCS—Mice | [31] |
B. bifidum BGN4 | PCS—Mice | [32] |
Bacillus, Enterococcus, Streptococcus strains | Study design, Target Species, | Reference study |
Bacillus coagulans Unique IS2 | ICT—Human | [33] |
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SC06 | PCS—Mice | [34] |
Bacillus spp. | PCS—Mice | [35] |
Enterococcus faecium R0026 | PCS—Mice | [36] |
Enterococcus faecalis AG5 | PCS—Rats | [37] |
Streptococcus thermophiles MN-ZLW-002 | PCS—Mice | [38] |
Saccharomyces strains | Study design, Target Species, | Reference study |
S. boulardii Biocodex | PCS–Mice | [39] |
S. cerevisiae SFBE | PCS–Rats | [40] |
Traditional probiotics strains with obesity and anti-obesity effects. ICT: interventional clinical trials; PCS: preclinical studies.
Additionally, it is well-known that the functional and specific positive biological effects of probiotics are strain-dependent. Therefore, validated clinical studies should define well the specific strains administered to the subjects as shown in Table 1 [12,13].
However, new advances in high-throughput and -omics technologies allowed scientific community to characterize and identify new microorganisms called next generation probiotics (NGP) according to the beneficial basic definition of a probiotic, but they are better characterized by targeting specific diseases and clinical outcomes. NGPs have been initially well-designed and tested for obesity-related disorders (Table 2). Moreover, according to O’Toole et al. [14], there are substantial differences in the way of investigating traditional probiotics vs. NGP, driven by the high-throughput current technologies available and cumulated data evidence. Traditional probiotics harbor a limited number of microbial genera and species and they were initially selected according to their long history of safe use. Also, these probiotics tend to be searched and marketed by companies targeting general, narrowly defined populations. While NGPs belong to a wide range of genera and species, they are investigated by multidisciplinary approaches with microbiome and clinical expertise, the main goal of which is to obtain effective biosources to palliate specific microbiota dysbiosis and associated phenotypic disorders.
Table 2.
Next-generation probiotic strains used in obesity-related clinical trials and preclinical studies.
NGP Microbial Strains, Target Species, Study Reference |
Study Design | Dietary Aspects | Clinical Effects and Functionality |
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Akkermansia muciniphila Muc [CIP 107961]—Human [41] [ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02637115] |
ICT: randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study Live probiotics 1010/day vs. pasteurized probiotics 1010/day vs. placebo in patients with metabolic syndrome |
Normal dietary intake and physical activity during the study period | ↑ Insulin sensitivity, ↓ insulinemia and ↓plasma total cholesterol |
Akkermansia muciniphila WST01—Human [42] [ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04797442] | ICT: randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical trial Probiotics vs. placebo in overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes |
Intervention added onto lifestyle | Results will be available in June 2022 |
Christensenella minuta Xla1—Human [43] [ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04663139] |
ICT: randomized, partially placebo-controlled double-blind Probiotics vs. placebo in healthy volunteers, overweight, and obese adults |
Agreement to keep food, drink, physical activities, and alcohol consumption habits unchanged throughout the study | Results will be available in October 2021 |
Eubacterium hallii—Human [44] [ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04529473] |
ICT:double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled Probiotics vs. placebo |
Maintenance of dietary habits and physical activity levels throughout the study period | Results will be available on January 2022 |
Hafnia alvei HA4597—Human [45] [ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03657186] |
ICT: multicenter, randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled study. Probiotics vs. placebo on weight reduction in overweight subjects |
−20% hypocaloric diet and maintainance of the usual physical activity | ↑ Weight loss in overweight subjects, ↑ feeling of fullness, ↑ loss of hip circumference, ↓ fasting glycemia |
Lactococcus lactis NRRL-B50571—Human [46] [ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02670811] |
ICT: double-blind randomized controlled Probiotics vs. placebo on prehypertensive subjects |
Participants were asked not to change their diet or lifestyle during the intervention | ↓ Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, ↓ Triglyceride, total cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein |
Escherichia coli Nissle 1917—Human [47] [ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02144948] |
ICT: single group assignment. Patients with type 2 diabetes |
- | Results not yet available or posted on ClinicalTrials.gov November 2021 |
Akkermansia muciniphila—Muc [CIP 107961]—Mice [48,49] | PCS: probiotics vs. control. Obesity | High-fat diet/standard diet | ↓ Fat-mass gain, ↑ insulin sensitivity, restore gut barrier function by acting on TLR2, ↑ mucus later thickness; similar effects by a purified membrane protein alone (Amuc_1100) |
Clostridium butyricum CGMCC0313.1—Mice [50] | PCS: probiotics vs. control. Obesity | High-fat diet/standard diet | ↓ Lipid accumulation in liver and serum, ↓ insulin levels, ↑ glucose tolerance, ↑ insulin sensitivity, ↓ TNF-α and ↑ IL-10 and IL-22 in colon |
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii VPI C13-20-A—Mice [51] | PCS: probiotics vs. control. Obesity | High-fat diet/standard diet | ↑ Hepatic health, ↓ adipose tissue inflammation |
Bacteroides uniformis CECT 7771– Mice [52] | PCS: probiotics vs. control. Obesity | High-fat diet/standard diet | ↓ Weight gain; ↓ dietary fat absorption; ↓ liver steatosis; ↓ serum cholesterol, triglyceride, glucose, insulin and leptin; ↑ glucose tolerance; ↑ TNF-α by DCs after LPS stimulation;↑ phagocytosis |
Parabacteroides goldsteinii JCM 13446—Mice [53] | PCS: probiotics vs. control. Obesity | High-fat diet/standard diet | ↓ Obesity by ↑ adipose tissue thermogenesis, ↑ intestinal integrity ↓ inflammation, ↑ insulin sensitivity |
Christensenella minuta—Mice [54] | PCS: probiotics vs. control. Obesity | High-fat diet/standard diet | ↓ Weight gain, ↓ adiposity. Highly heritable in a lean host phenotype |
Eubacterium hallii DSM 17630—Mice [55] | PCS: probiotics vs. control. Diabetes | High-fat diet/standard diet | ↑ Energy metabolism and ↑ insulin sensitivity through glycerol conversion 3hydroxypropionaldehyde |
Hafnia alvei HA4597—Mice [56] | PCS: probiotics vs. control. Obesity | High-fat diet/standard diet | ↑ Beneficial anti-obesity and metabolic effects, ↓ food intake, ↓ body weight and ↓ fat mass gain |
Lactococcus lactis (GMM) LL-pCYT: HSP65-6P277 and LL-pHJ—Mice [57] | PCS: probiotics vs. control. Obesity | High-fat diet/standard diet | ↓ Antigen-specific of cellular immunity |
Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (EcN-GMM)– Mice [58] | PCS: probiotics vs. control. Obesity | High-fat diet/standard diet | Modulation of the neuropeptide expression of energy intake and expenditure in the hypothalamus |
NGP tested with anti-obesity effects; DC: dendritic cells; IL: interleukin; ICT: interventional clinical trials; LPS: lipopolysaccharide; PCS: preclinical studies; TLR2: toll-like receptor 2; TNF: tumor necrosis factor.
2. Information and Criteria for Searching and Culturing Next-Generation Probiotics
The search for NGP that are able to modulate the effects of obesogenic and microbiota disruptor chemicals will request the following information according to the corresponding stepwise criteria (Figure 1).
Figure 1.
Next Generation Probiotics (NGP) criteria to be applied for searching strategies, Whole Genome Sequencign (WGS), Next Generation Sequencing (NGS):
2.1. Target Diseases, Microbiome Variability Composition, Biomarkers and Clinical Traits
2.1.1. Obesity, Metabolic, and Endocrine Diseases: Variability of Microbiota Composition
Interestingly, multiple convergent clinical studies have found differences between the microbiota of obese and healthy patients [59]. The clearest biomarker related to obesity appears to be Firmicutes-to-Bacteroidetes ratio. A higher ratio has been observed in obese or metabolic syndrome populations compared to the healthy ones [60,61]. Specific taxa seem to contribute to this ratio in obese patients: the genera Staphylococcus [62,63] and Clostridium [64], inside the Firmicutes phylum, have been shown to have a positive association with obesity. Moreover, an increase in butyrate and acetate synthesis may contribute to an increase in energy harvest in obese people, and many butyrate-producing species belong to the Firmicutes phylum [65].
The main variations of microbiota taxa found in patients suffering from obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, liver diseases, and endocrine-related disorders are summarized in Table 3. The present work focused on those species or taxa whose abundance was comparatively different between patients and healthy individuals. Therefore, isolating and culturing these microbial species would allow us to test and verify their biological functions, and if the effects were clinically proved, they could be proposed as beneficial microbial or NGP.
Table 3.
Clinical trials and variations of the main microbiota taxa found in specimens from patients suffering metabolic- and endocrine-related diseases.
Reference | Subjects and Disease |
Dietary Aspects | Sample Size and Clinical Traits | Detection Technique | Microbial Taxa Modifications |
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Zhong et al. [66] | Human Obesity |
NA | N = 382; MHNO n = 191; MUNO n = 61; MHO n = 66; MUO n = 64 | MiSeq platform (Illumina) V3–V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene |
↑ Lachnospiraceae, Bacteroidaceae, Methanobacteriaceae and Pasteurellaceae in MHNO and MUNO |
Jonduo et al. [67] | Human Obesity |
Participant’s predominantly plant-based diet: vegetables (e.g., sweet potato, cassava, plantain, and beans) |
n = 18; OB n = 9; Non-OB n = 9 | 454 GS FLX platform or 454 GS JUNIOR system (Roche) V1-V2 region of the 16S rRNA gene |
↑ Prevotella in almost all individuals |
Thingholm et al. [68] | Human Obesity |
NA | n = 1280; LH n = 633; OBH n = 494; OBT2D n = 153 | MiSeq platform (Illumina) V1-V2 region of 16S rRNA gene |
↓ Akkermansia, Faecalibacterium, Oscillibacter, and Alistipes in obese individuals ↓ Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in obese individuals |
Schwiertz et al. [65] | Human Obesity |
Western diet | n= 98; HC n = 30; OW n = 35; OB n = 33 | qPCR | ↑ Bacteroides in overweight vs. HC ↓ Ruminococcus flavefaciens in overweight and obese ↓ Bifidobacterium and Clostridium leptum in obese ↓ Methanobrevibacter in overweight and obese |
Gao et al. [69] | Human Obesity |
NA | n = 192; HC n = 25; OW n = 22; OB n = 145 | MiSeq platform (Illumina) V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene |
↑ Lachnoclostridium, Fusobacterium, Escherichia-Shigella, Klebsiella, Bacillus, and Pseudomonas in OW and OB ↑ Clostridia, Faecalibacterium, Ruminococcus, Bifidobacterium, and Lachnospiraceae_UCG_008 in HC |
Armougom et al. [70] | Human Obesity Anorexia nervosa |
NA | n= 49; HC n = 20; OB n = 20; AN n = 9 | qPCR | ↑ Lactobacillus in OB |
Horie et al. [71] | Mice Type 2 diabetes |
NA | 5-week-old TSNO mice n = 5; 5-week-old TSOD mice n = 5; 12-week-old TSNO mice n = 5; 12-week-old TSOD mice n = 5 | qPCR | ↑ Lactobacillus in TSOD vs. TSNO ↑ Bacteroidales and Lachnospiraceae in TSNO vs. TSOD ↑ Turicibacter and SMB53 in TSOD |
Larsen et al. [72] | Human Type 2 diabetes |
NA | n = 36; HC n = 18; T2D n = 18 | MiSeq platform (Illumina) V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene |
↑ Firmicutes in HC ↑ Bacteroidetes and Betaproteobacteria in T2D ↓ Clostridia in T2D |
Sedighi et al. [73] | Human Type 2 diabetes |
NA | n = 36; HC n = 18; T2D n = 18 | qPCR | ↑ Lactobacillus in T2D ↑ Bifidobacterium in HC ↑ Fusobacterium in T2D |
Moghadam et al. [74] | Human Tipe 2 diabetes |
NA | n = 36; HC n = 18; T2D n = 18 | qPCR | ↑ Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in HC |
Ahmad et al. [75] | Human Type 2 diabetes Obesity |
Eastern dietary habits (high carbohydrate and fat intake, low fiber intake) | n = 60; HC n = 20; Obese-T2D n = 40 | MiSeq platform (Illumina) V3–V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene |
↑ Firmicutes in Obese-T2D ↑ Clostridia, Negativicutes, Coriobacteria, Acidobacteria, Deferribacteres, and Gemmatimonadetes in obese-T2D ↑ Verrucomicrobia, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, and Elusimicrobia in HC ↑ Prevotella P4_76, Clostridiales, Porphyromonadaceae bacterium DJF B175, Candidatus Alistipes marseilloanorexic AP11, Bacillus sporothermodurans, Staphylococcus SV3, and Iamia in obese-T2D |
Ejtahed et al. [76] | Human Type 2 diabetes Type 1 diabetes |
NA |
n = 110; HC n = 40; T2D n = 49; T1D n = 21 |
qPCR | ↑ Escherichia, Prevotella, and Lactobacillus in T1D and T2D ↑ Bifidobacterium, Roseburia, and Bacteroides in HC ↓ Faecalibacterium in T1D vs. HC and T2D |
Takagi et al. [77] | Human Type 2 diabetes Hypertension Hyperlipidemia |
NA |
n = 239; HC n = 54; HT n = 97; HL n = 96; T2D n = 162 |
MiSeq platform (Illumina) V3–V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene |
↑ Actinobacteria in HT, HL, T2D, RISK2, and RISK3 ↓ Bacteroidetes in HT, HL, T2D and RISK3 ↑ Bifidobacterium in HL, T2D, RISK1 and RISK2 ↑ Collinsella in HT, HL, T2D, RISK2 and RISK3 ↑ Escherichia in RISK 3 ↓ Alistipes in HL |
Wang et al. [78] | Human Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease |
Omnivorous Chinese diet | n = 126; HC n = 83; NAFLD n = 43 | 454 Life Sciences Genome Sequencer FLX system (Roche) V3 region of the 16S rRNA gene |
↓ Firmicutes ↑Bacteroidetes in NAFLD ↑ Bacteroidia ↓ Clostridia in NAFLD ↓ Coprococcus, Pseudobutyrivibrio, Moryella, Roseburia, Anaerotruncus, Ruminococcus, Anaerosporobacter, andLactobacillus in NAFLD |
Li et al. [79] | Human Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease |
No dietary restrictions imposed | n = 67; HC n = 37; NAFLD n = 30 | MiSeq platform (Illumina) V4 region of the16S rRNA gene |
↑ Lactobacillaceae,
Peptostreptococcaceae, Veillonellaceae, EtOH8,
Coprobacillaceae, and Erysipelotrichaceae in NAFLD ↑ Porphyromonas and Succinivibrio in NAFLD ↓ Odoribacter and Proteus in NAFLD |
Shen et al. [80] | Human Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease |
NA | n = 47; HC n = 22; NAFLD n = 25 | 454 GS-FLX platform (Roche) V3-V5 region of the 16S rRNA gene |
↑ Proteobacteria, Fusobacteria, Lachnospiraceae_Incertae_Sedis and Blautia in NAFLD ↑ Bacteroidetes and Prevotella in HC ↑ Escherichia_Shigella, Clostridium_XVIII, and Staphylococcus in NAFLD |
Raman et al. [81] | Human Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease |
No dietary restrictions imposed | n = 60; HC n = 30; NAFLD n = 30 | qPCR | ↑ Lactobacillus, Roseburia, Dorea, and Robinsoniella in NAFLD ↓Oscillibacterin NAFLD |
Michail et al. [82] | Human Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Obesity |
No dietary restrictions imposed | n = 50; HC n = 26; NAFLD n = 13; Obese non-NAFLD n = 11 | qPCR | ↑ Gammaproteobacteria, Prevotella, and Epsilonproteobacteria in NAFLD ↓ Clostridia ↑ Alphaproteobacteria in obese non-NAFLD |
Nistal et al. [83] | Human Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Obesity |
NA | n = 73; HC n = 20; Obese-NAFLD n = 36; Obese non-NAFLD n = 17 | MiSeq platform (Illumina) V3–V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene |
↑ Bacilli in obese-NAFLD ↓ Betaproteobacteria in obese-NAFLD vs. obese non-NAFLD ↓ Oscillospira, Akkermansia, and Eubacterium in obese-NAFLD and obese non-NAFLD vs. HC ↑ Megasphaera, Lactobacillus, Acidominococcus in obese-NAFLD, and obese non-NAFLD vs. HC ↓ Blautia, Alkaliphilus, and Flavobacterium in obese-NAFLD ↑ Staphylococcus in obese-NAFLD |
Loomba et al. [84] | Human Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Fibrosis |
NA |
n= 86; NAFLD n = 72; Fibrosis n = 14 |
qPCR | ↑ Firmicutes in NAFLD, ↑ Proteobacteria in fibrosis ↑ Eubacterium rectale and Bacteroides vulgatus in NAFLD ↑ Bacteroides vulgatus and Escherichia coli in fibrosis ↓ Ruminococcus obeum, and Eubacterium rectale in fibrosis |
Del Chierico et al. [85] |
Human Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis Obesity |
NA |
n= 115; HC n = 54, OB n = 8; NAFLD n = 27; NASH n = 26 |
454- Junior Genome Sequencer FLX system (Roche) V1-V3 region of the 16S rRNA gene |
↑ Bradyrhizobium, Anaerococcus, Peptoniphilus, Propionibacterium acnes, Dorea, and Ruminococcus
↓ Oscillospira and Rikenellaceae in NAFLD ↑ Ruminococcus, Dorea, and Blautia in NASH |
Da Silva et al. [86] | Human Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis Simple steatosis |
7-day food record | n = 67; HC n = 28; SS n = 15: NASH n = 24 | MiSeq platform (Illumina) | ↓ Ruminococcus, Faecalibacteriumprausnitzii, and Coprococcus in NASH and SS vs. HC |
Mouzaki et al. [87] | Human Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis Simple steatosis |
HC patients were consuming more calories per kg compared to patients with NASH | n = 50; HC n = 17; SS n = 11; NASH n = 22 | qPCR | ↓ Bacteroidetes in NASH vs. SS and HC ↑ Clostridium coccoides in NASH vs. SS |
Zhu et al. [88] | Human Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis Obesity |
NA | n= 63; HC n = 16; OB n = 25; NASH n = 22 | qPCR | ↑ Bacteroides ↓ Firmicutes in NASH and OB ↓ Blautia and Faecalibacterium in NASH and OB |
Boursier et al. [89] | Human Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis Fibrosis |
NA |
n = 57; Non-NASH n = 20 NASH n = 10; Fibrosis ≥ 2 n = 27 |
Illumina V4 region of 16S rRNA gene |
↑ Bacteroides ↓Prevotella in NASH ↑ Bacteroides and Ruminococcus in fibrosis ≥ 2 ↓ Prevotella in fibrosis ≥ 2 |
Qin et al. [90] | Human Cirrhosis |
NA | n= 179; HC n = 83; Cirrhosis n = 96 | qPCR | ↑ Streptococcus, Veillonella, Clostridium and Prevotella in cirrhosis ↑ Eubacterium and Alistipes in HC ↓ Bacteroides in cirrhosis |
Lim et al. [91] | Human Methabolic syndrome |
NA | n = 655; Monozygotic twins n = 306; Dizygotic twins n = 74; Siblings n = 275 | MiSeq platform (Illumina) V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene |
↑ Lactobacillus, Sutterella and Methanobrevibacter in MetS ↓ Parabacteroides, Bifidobacterium, Odoribacter, Akkermansia and Christensenella in MetS |
Genera and species in bold letters highlight the decreased microorganisms to be considered as potential NGP to be searched, cultured and assayed for their anti-obesity modulation effects. AN: anorexia nervosa; HC: healthy control; HL: hyperlipidemia; HT: hypertension; LH: lean healthy; MetS: metabolic syndrome; MHNO: metabolically healthy non-obese; MHO: metabolically healthy obese; MUNO: metabolically unhealthy non-obese; MUO: metabolically unhealthy obese; NA: Not applicable; NAFLD: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; NASH: non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; OB: obese; OBH: obese healthy; OBT2D: obese type 2 diabetes; OW: overweight; RISK1: patients with only one disease; RISK2: patients with two diseases; RISK3: patients with three diseases; SS: simple steatosis; T1D: type 1 diabetes; T2D: type 2 diabetes; TSNO: Tsumura Suzuki Obese Diabetes mice; TSOD: Tsumura Suzuki, Non-Obesity mice.
Interestingly, levels of traditional probiotics from the genera Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium seem to be higher in obesity- and endocrine-related diseases accordint to data retrieved and summarized in Table 3. Conversely, the species of NGP that are recognized and clinically tested, seem to be lower in obesity-related patients. Therefore, species tested from the genera Akkermansia, Faecalibacterium, Eubacterium, Bacteroides, Parabacteroides, and Christensenella could contribute to restore the microbial misbalances observed. In this sense, new beneficial microbes or NGP searching approaches might be successfully based on culturing and isolating those new genera and species that present a differential abundance between patients and healthy subjects and they can be linked to relevant clinical outcome.
2.1.2. Nutrition and Diets, Dietary Exposure to Obesogens, and Microbiome Interactions
Dietary intake is considered one of the determining factors that modulate the microbial composition and diversity of the gut microbiome, which could promote either beneficial or negative effects on host health and physiological functions [92,93]. A Western-style diet, rich in animal-based foods, can increase the patient’s levels of bile-tolerant bacteria, including Bacteroidetes (e.g., Bacteroides and Alistipes), and Proteobacteria (Bilophila), and decrease levels of fiber-degrading bacteria such as Firmicutes (e.g., Eubacterium and Ruminococccus) [94]. Conversely, the Mediterranean diet and plant-based diets can promote fiber-degrading bacteria, mainly including genera of the Firmicutes phylum, together with increased overall diversity of the gut microbiota [95]. There are fewer studies about the associations between dietary habits and the gut microbiota in the Asiatic populations [96,97], which are characterized by higher intakes of several fermented foods containing microorganisms similar to probiotic strains [98,99], which could affect the composition and diversity of the gut microbiota, thus affecting human health [100].
In addition, globalized population has incorporated much more processed foods and artificial products into their diets to keep up with the rapid pace of lifestyles. Therefore, the exposure to dietary contaminants became a cause of health concern worldwide [101,102,103]. Processed foods could contain obesogens derived from endocrine-disrupting chemicals that have also an effect on the gut microbiota, promoting adipogenesis and weight gain, as well as microbiome dysbiosis [104,105], which is linked to multiple diseases and adverse health outcomes [106,107]. The enzymatic arsenal of gut microbiota plays a key role in metabolizing dietary obesogens from processed or cooked food, promoting different outcomes: (i) Gut microbiota could protect against the carcinogenic and genotoxic substances by degrading or biotransforming them to less toxic compounds or facilitating their excretion [108,109]. (ii) Gut microbiota may also detoxify xenobiotics, for example, into genotoxins, or may reverse the detoxification implied by the host metabolism [110]. (iii) Gut microbiota is capable of transforming xenobiotics into less toxic and mutagenic substances, thus it may be able to lessen the chances of cancer and other dysbiosis effects [111]. (iv) Gut microbiome (human/animals) might be negatively affected by several food/feed additives (sweeteners, emulsifiers, preservatives, etc.) and other contaminants (BPA, Parabens, Pesticides, etc.) through triggering microbiota dysbiosis. Consequently, advances in toxicomicrobiomics are needed to study these complex and mutual influences between the ever-changing microbiome and obesogens of various origins, with emphasis on their fate and toxicity, and xenobiotic-modifying enzymes [112].
2.2. Culturing and Isolation of NGP through Combined Methodologies
The search for microbiological differences between the study groups (such as the healthy and the dysbiotic taxa groups) allows us to identify potential probiotics, and even detoxifying microorganisms, which could be used as NGP. However, this is followed by isolation and characterization of potential probiotics, and so far, none of the bacteria in the microbiota can be cultured in vitro yet [113]. This could be due to the difficulties of replicating essential aspects of their anaerobic environment [114] or the need to coculture with other bacteria from the same environment [115]. However, new media and modified procedures, such as improved culturomics, are continuously developing and evolving. They consist of multiple culture conditions with rapid identification of bacteria, raising the level of cultured bacteria and their possible use as bioresources or even NGP [116]. Table 4 summarizes the main putative new species isolated from recent culturing approaches in connection with the highlighted species underrepresented in obesity, which could be restored by a supplemented formula. Moreover, the isolation of strains from human microbiota able to biodegrade xenobiotics is successful through a directed cultivation approach with enriched media containing the specific xenobiotic [117]. BPA-tolerant strains were isolated in 30% of infant fecal microbial culture libraries analyzed. Most isolated strains were phylogenetically related to the operational taxonomic group Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. The culture media most used for cultivation of specific gut microbial strains with success were yeast-extract-casein hydrolysate-fatty acids (YCFA); gifu anaerobic medium (GAM); brain–heart infusion (BHI); eosin methylene blue (EMB); Lactobacillus selection (LBS); gut microbiota medium (GMM); and Man, Rogosa, and Sharpe (MRS).
Table 4.
Culturing approaches to favor specific microbiota species and NGP taxa and candidatus species.
Reference/Sample | Culture Media | Culture Media Modifications | Selected Favored Cultured Microorganisms | Outcome and Observations: New Species Cultured: Potential NGP |
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Browne et al. [118] Human |
YCFA | Glucose (0.2%), maltose (0.2%), and cellobiose (0.2%) | Aero-intolerant genus and species | 68 new isolated species: 16S RNA similarity 86–97% Anaerotruncus colihominis Blautia luti; B. hydrogenotrophica Clostridium boltae; C. celerecrescens; C. celerescens; C. clostridioforme; C. cocleatum; C. disporicum; C. ghonii; C. hathewayi; C. innocuum; C. lituseburense; C. methylpentosum; C. nexile; C. oroticum; C. saccharogumia; C. saccharolyticum; C. thermocellum; C. xylanolyticum Coprococcus eutactus Oscillibacter valericigenes Roseburia faecis; R. inulinivorans Ruminococcus albus; R.bromii; R. flavefaciens; R. gnavus; R.obeum; R. torques |
YCFA | Pre-treatment with ethanol 70% (v/v), glucose (0.2%), maltose (0.2%), cellobiose (0.2%), sodium taurocholate (0.1%). Spore-forming gut aero-intolerant bacteria |
Alistipes finegoldii
Anaerotruncus colihominis Blautia hydrogenotrophica; B. obeum; B. wexlerae Clostridum baratti; C. bartlettii; C. clostridioforme; C. disporicum; C. hathewayi; C.innocuum; C. paraputrificum; C.perfringens Coprococcus comes; C. eutactus Prevotella copri Roseburia hominis; R. intestinalis; R. inulinvorans; Ruminococcus bromii; R. gnavus; R. obeum; R. torques |
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Chang et al. [119] Human |
YCFA | Pre-incubation in blood culture bottles supplemented with 10% sheep blood and 10% rumen | Aero-intolerant bacteria Alistipes shahii; A. onderdonkii, Clostridium bifermentans, C. innocuum, C. hiranonis, C. butiricum, C. hathewayi, C. bolteae, C. sporogenes, Odoribacter splanchnicus |
22% of species isolated increase: 16S RNA similarity 93–97% 3 new species isolated: Longicatena caemuris Bacillus alcalophilus Pseudogracilibacillus auburnensis |
Gotoh et al. [120] Microbial bank |
GAM | NA | Aero-intolerant bacteria 72% of species of the top 56 species listed in the “human gut microbial gene catalogue” cultured in GAM |
Isolated species in GAM: Anaerotruncus colihominis, Blautia hansenii, Clostridium nexile, C. asparagiforme, C. scindens, Coprococcus comes Roseburia intestinalis Ruminococcus torques, R. lactaris, R. obeum, R. gnavus. |
Lagier et al. [121] 16-years-old male |
BHI | Preincubation of the stool with lytic E. coli T1 and T4 phages | Non-fastidious aerobic and facultatively anaerobic bacteria | Enterobactermassiliensis strain JC163T |
Bailey and Coe [122] Rhesus Monkeys |
BHI | NA | Non-fastidious aerobic and facultatively anaerobic bacteria | NA |
EMB | NA | Gram-negative aerobic and facultatively anaerobic bacteria | NA | |
LBS | NA | Aerobic members of lactobacilli | Lactobacillusspp. | |
Lei et al. [123] Female mice |
GMM | NA | Gut aero-intolerant bacteria | |
López-Moreno [117] | BHI | Supplemented with Obesogens: BPA, BPS | Anaerobic facultative Firmicutes | Staphylococcus, Bacillusamyloliquefaciens group, Streptococcussalivarius |
López-Moreno [117] | MRS | Supplemented with Obesogens: BPA, BPS | Lactobacillus, Enterobacteria | Latilactobacillus sakei, Enterococcus faecium |
YCFA: yeast-extract-casein hydrolysate-fatty acids; GAM: gifu anaerobic medium; BHI: brain–heart infusion; EMB: eosin methylene blue; LBS: Lactobacillus selection; GMM: gut microbiota medium; MRS; Man, Rogosa and Sharpe; BPA: Bisphenol A; BPS: Bisphenol S. Genera and species in bold letters highlight the microorganisms to be considered as potential NGP to be searched, cultured and assayed for their anti-obesity modulation effects.
2.3. Standardize Parameters When Using NGP in Clinical Studies
Traditional probiotics (Table 1) were not regulated as drugs but instead as dietary supplements; they are not subjected to the same rigorous standards and could have quality control issues [124]. As previously described, numerous studies have been carried out to prove the benefits of probiotics in a large number of dysbioses, but without standardized steps on dosages, patterns of administration, and detailed strains.
There is no consensus on the minimum number of microorganisms that should be ingested to obtain a beneficial effect [125]. Since the effective dose of probiotics is influenced by multiple variables, it is difficult to standardize an optical dose [126]. Additionally, there is a need to investigate potential synergistic effects or antagonistic activity between strains in multi-strain vs. single-strain products [127]. Furthermore, it is well- demonstrated that the positive biological effects that the probiotics exert are strain-dependent, so it is necessary to obtain a taxonomic characterization to the strain level [12,13]. In previous reviews [128,129], we have seen an unharmonized broad range of intervention, total dose, and administration patterns of probiotics in obesity and fertility disorders. Finally, another parameter to be harmonized is the target population, since it has been seen that the beneficial effect of a probiotic in a population may not be adequate for another population, even causing potential adverse effects [130].
2.4. Whole Genome Sequencing, Next-Generation Sequencing, and Bioinformatics Analyses
The rapid evolution of cultivation-independent, next-generation sequencing, and meta-omics technologies has allowed for the integration and analyses of large datasets for the study of the diversity, complexity, and functional role of the human gut microbiome in health and disease [131]. A large part of the detected bacteria has never been cultivated [132]. Therefore, an integrative approach using both metagenome and metabolome-based characterizations of the gut microbiome together with bioinformatics and statistical filters and algorithms can provide strain-level taxonomic resolution of the taxa present in microbiomes, assess the potential functions encoded by the microbial community and quantify the metabolic activities within a complex microbiome [133].
The various platforms and reference databases developed for the marker gene (16S rRNA), metagenomics, or metatranscriptomics analysis often use similar stepwise approaches (Figure 2) with different bioinformatic tools (DADA2, Deblur, Kraken, MEGAN, HUMAnN, metaSPAdes, MEGAHIT, QIIME, Mothur, and several R packages (vegan, microbiome, etc.).
Figure 2.
Multiomics and bioinformatics analysis of microbiome components.
2.5. Omics Data Integration: Big Data and Host Clinical Responses
As previously mentioned, microbiomics give us a great insight into the regulation of gut microbiota. However, in order to understand the complex biological pathways behind diseases, the identification of novel -omics biomarkers, such as identification of genes (genomics), gene expressions and phenotype (epigenomics), messenger RNA and micro RNA (transcriptomics), proteins (proteomics), and metabolites (metabolomics, lipidomics, glycomics) could bring forward knowledge on probiotics and their effects on obesity and its modulation of pathophysiological mechanisms that have links with chronic diseases [134,135].
Integrating multi-omics datasets is an innovative assignment, due to the increased complexity and diversity of the collected data [136]. This integration is increasingly reliant on efficient bioinformatics tools and advanced statistical methods [137,138,139]. Multi-omics data integration still poses challenges, but integration of multiple meta-omics datasets lays out a promising approach to comprehensively characterizing the composition, functional, and metabolic activity of microbiomes. This is of particular importance for microbiome research to be translated into clinical applications and further improvement of human health management [140].
2.6. Safety Assessment, Regulatory Frameworks, and Market Labeling
The overview of worldwide regulatory frameworks affecting different food categories is summarized in Table 5.
Table 5.
Summary of probiotics categorization and regulation frameworks worldwide.
Country | Category | Regulatory Framework | Claims | Reference |
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USA | Drugs, nutraceuticals |
FDA | Health claims Nutrient claims Structure claims GRAS |
[145,146] |
Dietary supplements | DSHEA | Probiotics considered as foods | ||
Biological product | FDA (BLA) | Probiotics as a reference product, biosimilar product, or an interchangeable product; solely to be used for medical therapeutic purpose | ||
Life biotherapeutic agent | FDA | Probiotics as a biological product that contains live organisms and is applicable to the prevention, treatment, or cure of a disease or condition; recombinant life biotherapeutic agent | ||
Medical Food | FDA/DSHA | Probiotics specially formulated to be intended for dietary management under supervision; medical foods are exempt from the labeling requirements for nutrient content and health claims | ||
China | Functional foods | SFDA | Conventional foods mark (the presence of a specific ingredient in the label of regular foodstuffs) Healthy foods (the presence of health function) |
[147] |
Europe | Functional Food and nutraceuticals | EFSA (FUFOSE) | Health claims, nutrition claims QPS |
[143,144,148] |
Life biotherapeutic products | EMA | Probiotics as medicinal products containing live microorganisms for human use | ||
Japan | Functional foods and nutraceuticals | MHLW, FOSHU | Foods with functional claims Foods with nutrient functional claims |
[149,150] |
Canada | Natural health products | FDA (CFIA) | Nutrient content claims Health claims |
[151] |
EFSA: European Food Safety Agency; EMA: European Medicines Agency; FAO/WHO: Food and Agricultural Organization/World Health Organization; MHLW: Ministry of Health and Welfare; FOSHU: food for specified health use; FUFOSE: functional food science in Europe; SFDA: State Food and Drug Administration; DSHEA: Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act; BLA: biologic license application; CFIA: the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
Overall, in the European Union (EU), most bacteria that will be used in foods for human consumption need to comply with two different regulations [141,142], or if used as life biotherapeutic products, as clarified in the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) [143]. At the same time, in the US, probiotics should be classified as microorganisms with a qualification of “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Both regulatory frameworks largely involve scientific requirements [14]. Furthermore, in order to assess the safety of microorganisms, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) introduced the concept of qualified presumption of safety (QPS) to harmonize the safety evaluation of microorganisms used as food or feed additives, food enzymes, novel foods, or pesticides, which has to follow certain criteria [144].
However, despite all preventive effects, the consumption of probiotics may not be completely safe in certain cases or physiological states [14]. In this context, several bacterial species comprising genera other than Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium with proven efficacy, which are considered as potential NGP, may be strain-by-strain assessed in order to obtain sufficient research data, and to grant probiotic status on the species and strain levels [152].
Information of beneficial results provided by the NGP will encompass comprehensive understanding of their targeted diseases. On top of these, the underlying molecular mechanisms on how NGP work and interact with the host have to be clarified [153]. It is important to characterize in vitro bacterial physiology, genomic analysis of potential virulence and antimicrobial resistance genes, investigations on the presence or absence of potential genes involved in transferring antibiotic resistance gene, and in vivo acute toxicity studies in both healthy and immunosuppressed mice [154].
The regulation of marketed probiotics applies differently among countries according to their classifications, and the country’s nutritional and dietary habits and lifestyle. Therefore, probiotics can be classified as nutraceuticals, dietary supplements, or food. Regulation and requirements for the safety assessment of beneficial microbes is variable within countries [155,156,157,158]. Probiotics, food supplements, labeling and other information to consumers are regulated under the legislation [159,160]. On the opposite side, the US and its FDA, responsible for quality control of probiotics, has taken the approach of having minimal regulation [161]. Most probiotic products in the US are classified as food or dietary supplements, which have to comply with good manufacturing practice (GMP) guidelines [162]. Harmonization and consensus of all stakeholders involved in the probiotic market could be important since boundaries between differently regulated markets have become minimal [144].
Therefore, next-generation beneficial microbes’ approval procedures should be enforced according to their classifications [154,155,156,157,158,159], stating the general safety of the product and using harmonized descriptions: the genus, species, and strains used, the CFU/g or mL of product (colony-forming units), the recommended use, and the daily dose; as well as quality and market parameters of the products: trademarks, formulae, ingredients, expiration dates, and storage conditions [151].
3. Discussion
The use of fermented food containing beneficial microbes is an ancestral tradition. Moreover, classical probiotics have been administered in several disorders and also specifically in obesity and metabolic diseases. However, they do not always provide harmonized endpoints data [136]. Controversial results have triggered the continuous need for searching and elucidating how to better understand and optimize the use and consumption information of probiotics. The combined impact of differential diets and the complementary probiotic strains should be standardized according to the individual and their microbiota composition and status [130]. Moreover, tested administration patterns and robust evidence of probiotics’ clinical beneficial impact should be well-supported by clinical trials [14].
Therefore, NGP as well as the described new beneficial microbial species and strains [10] constitute a growing trend of searching for biotechnological uses. NGP could be considered as a complementary, preventive and/or therapeutic tool for standardized interventional clinical studies [48,49]. However, NGP searching strategies, culturing research, and clinical implementation still face challenges, and there are specific gaps to be covered regarding bioinformatics and statistical analysis, safety assessment, specific strains, and the frame regulation on marketing and labeling [145,146,147,148]. Regarding the bioinformatics analysis, the limitations are related to the capabilities of the different platforms used. Statistical analysis faced problems of high dimensionality, over-dispersion, sparsity, and zero-inflation of data. Safety assessments lack proven efficacy at species level (in vitro test; genomic analysis for identifying potential virulence and antimicrobial resistance genes; in vivo acute toxicity tests), while the regulations frame lacks global harmonization and consensus from all stakeholders involved in the probiotics market, together with clear, reliable, and truthful labeling, focusing specifically on the level of genus, species, and strain used in the product. The label should clearly state the genus, species, and strain used, CFU/g or mL of product (colony-forming units), and the recommended use and daily dose. Moreover, it should refer to the quality parameters and market conditions [151].
More standardization efforts and research intervention strategies should focus on modulatory microbiota capacities and envisage the development and use of NGP, the formulation of which requires competent preclinical studies to show their efficacy and safety status. In overall terms, such advances and directions could help researchers, clinicians, dietitians, and nutritionists in using harmonized probiotics supplementary recommendations and targeted effects. Moreover, a joint effort to incentivize the reuse of published clinical data as open access (OA) [163] will make available more data for robust comparisons.
Next-generation probiotics are emerging microorganisms with demonstrated clinical impact, well-defined modes of actions, and specific functions impacting target diseases. The microbiota of healthy individuals appeared enriched in microorganisms considered NGP such as A. muciniphila, F. prausnitzii, Eubacterium spp., within other several species that seem to contribute to a balanced intestinal microbiota [48,49]. Interestingly, these same species were lower in obesity-related disorders. Thus, the present work has focused on searching and culturing approaches for other profiled and decreased levels of microbial species in metabolic diseases.
Specific approaches for obtaining specific NGP that neutralize dietary obesogens and their effects have been discussed.
4. Conclusions
Therefore, the present work highlights the taxa culturing pathways and key topics for extrapolating and aligning investigation efforts on searching for NGP to target diseases where the interventional modulation studies of microbiota impact on health status. The present work allowed us to highlight the following needs and conclusions:
Culturing of microorganisms from microbiota is the key activity to obtain NGP from healthy individuals, mainly through isolating those microorganisms identified as differentially decreased in the target disease or abundant in healthy microbiota, focusing on candidatus species from metagenomics studies.
Screening and selection of the potential NGP in a target-disease population by using in vitro models before clinical interventions.
Harmonization on performing exhaustive pre-analysis and post-intervention of individual microbiota composition through representative and validated methodologies (e.g., V3–V4 and Illumina MiSeq technology) is needed before administering NGP.
There is a need to standardize bioinformatics and database tools for specifically designing analysis of large and universal microbiome datasets.
NGP single strains or taxa consortium should have attributable documented benefits and their safety confirmation statements.
Effective doses and well-defined patterns of administration of NGP should become factors for aligning intervention doses since the beginning of clinical translation.
International guidelines on NGP and microbiota investigations for targeting obesity-related diseases prevention or treatments are needed. This will allow for more meaningful effect comparisons of harmonized and valuable studies, facilitating more robust meta-analysis.
Data reuse and availability of open access interventional clinical trials data will contribute to obtaining significant association of clinical outcomes.
Acknowledgments
Part of the results are from Ana López-Moreno doctoral thesis, Biomedicine Doctorate Program and Inmaculada Acuña doctoral thesis, Nutrition and Food Technology Doctorate Program of the University of Granada.
Abbreviations
MDC | Microbiota-disrupting chemicals |
NGP | Next-generation probiotics |
GIT | Gastrointestinal tract |
PCOS | Polycystic ovary syndrome |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
WHO | World Health Organization |
ICT | Interventional clinical trials |
PCS | Preclinical studies |
DC | Dendritic cells |
IL | Interleukin |
LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
TLR2 | Toll-like receptor 2 |
TNF | Tumor necrosis factor |
WGS | Whole genome sequencing |
NGS | New-generation sequencing |
AN | Anorexia nervosa |
HC | Healthy control |
HL | Hyperlipidemia |
HT | Hypertension |
LH | Lean healthy |
MetS | Metabolic syndrome |
MHNO | Metabolically healthy non-obese |
MHO | Metabolically healthy obese |
MUNO | Metabolically unhealthy non-obese |
MUO | Metabolically unhealthy obese |
NAFLD | Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease |
NASH | Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis |
OB | Obese |
OBH | Obese healthy |
OBT2D | Obese type 2 diabetes |
OW | Overweight |
RISK1 | Patients with only one disease |
RISK2 | Patients with two disease |
RISK3 | Patients with three disease |
SS | Simple steatosis |
T1D | Type 1 diabetes |
T2D | Type 2 diabetes |
TSNO | Tsumura Suzuki obese diabetes mice |
TSOD | Tsumura Suzuki non obesity mice |
BPA | Bisphenol A |
BPS | Bisphenol S |
YCFA | Yeast-extract-casein hydrolysate-fatty acids |
GAM | Gifu anaerobic medium |
BHI | Brain–heart infusion |
EMB | Eosin methylene blue |
LBS | Lactobacillus selection |
GMM | Gut microbiota medium |
MRS | Man, Rogosa, and Sharpe |
RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
rRNA | Ribosomal ribonucleic acid |
DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
OTU | Operational taxonomic unit |
EU | European Union |
Ph. Eur. | European Pharmacopoeia |
US | United States |
GRAS | Generally recognized as safe |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
EFSA | European Food Safety Authority |
QPS | Qualified presumption of safety |
EMA | European Medicines Agency |
MHLW | Ministry of Health and Welfare |
FOSHU | Food for specified health use |
FUFOSE | Functional food science in Europe |
SFDA | State Food and Drug Administration |
DSHEA | Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act |
BLA | Biologic license application |
CFIA | The Canadian Food Inspection Agency |
GMP | Good manufacturing practice |
CFU | Colony-forming units |
OA | Open access |
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, A.L.-M., and M.A.; Methodology, all authors; Writing—Original Draft Preparation, A.L.-M., I.A., K.C., and M.A.; Writing—Review and Editing; M.A.; Supervision, M.A. and A.S.; Project Administration, M.A.; Funding Acquisition, M.A. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This work was carried out within the frame of GP/EFSA/ENCO/380 2018/03/G04: OBEMIRISK: Knowledge platform for assessing the risk of Bisphenols on gut microbiota and its role in obesogenic phenotype: looking for biomarkers. This research was also funded by FEDER-Infrastructure: IE_2019-198. A.L-M Incentivación de la Investigación. Plan Propio-UGR. K. Cerk is collaborating with UGR under the EU-FORA Programme (2020/2021).
Institutional Review Board Statement
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Informed Consent Statement
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Data Availability Statement
The data presented in this study are available in the article or supplementary material.
Conflicts of Interest
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