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However, specific fermentation pathways carried out by gut microbes can result in the formation of toxic compounds that have the potential to damage the host epithelium and cause inflammation [ 12 , 13 , 14 ].
The three macronutrients consumed in the human diet, carbohydrates, proteins, and fat, can reach the colon upon either escaping primary digestion once the amount consumed exceeds the rate of digestion, or resisting primary digestion altogether due to the inherent structural complexity of specific biomolecules [ 14 , 15 , 16 ].
Several factors can influence digestive efficiency, which in turn modulates the substrates available to the gut microbiota for consumption, including the form and size of the food particles affected by cooking and processing , the composition of the meal affected by the relative ratios of macronutrients and presence of anti-nutrients such as α-amylase inhibitors , and transit time [ 17 ].
Transit time in particular has been shown to increase the richness and alter the composition of fecal microbial communities [ 18 ], which itself results from several variables including diet, physical activity, genetics, drugs e.
The bioavailability of micronutrients to the host can also be influenced by gut microbial metabolic processes. Colonic bacteria can endogenously synthesize essential co-factors for host energy metabolism and regulation of gene expression, such as B vitamins [ 20 ].
The following review articles on micronutrients are recommended to readers since this topic encompasses a wide scope of material [ 20 , 21 ], as such, the predominant food sources that act as precursors for the most highly concentrated metabolites will be the focus of discussion here.
The aim of this review is thus to describe the major microbial fermentation by-products derived from macronutrients and their subsequent impacts on host health.
Dietary polysaccharides can be interlinked in complex ways through a diverse array of bonds between monosaccharide units, reflected by the sheer number of carbohydrate-activating enzymes reported to have been found in the human gut microbiome [ 22 ].
For example, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron possesses glycoside hydrolases in its genome alone [ 23 ], which emphasizes the evolutionary requirement for adaptation in order to maximize utilization of resistant starch and the assortment of fibers available as part of the human diet.
In contrast, human cells produce very few of these enzymes although they do produce amylase to remove α-linked sugar units from starch and can use sugars such as glucose, fructose, sucrose, and lactose in the small intestine and so rely on gut microbes to harvest energy from the remaining complex carbohydrates [ 17 , 24 ].
However, once the rate-limiting step of primary degradation is surpassed, the resulting monosaccharides can be rapidly consumed by the gut microbiota with often little interconversion necessary for substrates to enter the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway, Entner-Doudoroff pathway, or Pentose phosphate pathway for pyruvate and subsequent ATP production [ 25 ].
Conversely, dietary proteins are characterized by conserved peptide bonds that can be broken down by proteases; gut bacteria can produce aspartic-, cysteine-, serine-, and metallo-proteases, but in a typical fecal sample, these bacterial enzymes are far outnumbered by proteases arising from human cells [ 26 ].
However, the 20 proteinogenic amino acid building blocks require more interconversion steps for incorporation into biochemical pathways in comparison to monosaccharide units, and thus it is not typical for a given gut microbial species to have the capacity to ferment all amino acids to produce energy [ 27 ].
Additionally, microbial incorporation of amino acids from the environment into anabolic processes would conserve more energy in comparison to their catabolic use, by relieving the necessity for amino acid biosynthesis [ 13 ]. It is for this reason that amino acids are generally not considered to be as efficient of an energy source as carbohydrates for human gut-associated microbes, and thus no surprise that the gut microbiota preferentially consume carbohydrates over proteins depending on the ratio presented to them [ 28 , 29 ].
This metabolic hierarchy is analogous to human cells such as intestinal epithelial cells IECs , in which increased amounts of autophagy occurs when access to microbially derived nutrients is scarce, as shown in germ-free mouse experiments [ 30 ].
However, there are notable exceptions to this general rule, as certain species of bacteria have adopted an asaccharolytic lifestyle, likely as a strategy to evade competition examples included in Table 1. Once pyruvate is produced, primarily from carbohydrates but also from other substrates, the human gut microbiota has developed several fermentation strategies to further generate energy, which are depicted in Fig.
Pyruvate can either be catabolized into succinate, lactate, or acetyl-CoA. However, these intermediates do not reach high concentrations in typical fecal samples, as they can be further metabolized by cross-feeders, producing the short-chain fatty acids SCFAs acetate, propionate, and butyrate Table 1 [ 33 ].
These fecal metabolites are the most abundant and well-studied microbial end-products, since their effects are physiologically important: for example, host intestinal epithelial cells IECs utilize them as a source of fuel [ 62 ]. Butyrate is the most preferred source of energy in this respect; its consumption improves the integrity of IECs by promoting tight junctions, cell proliferation, and increasing mucin production by Goblet cells [ 63 , 64 ].
Butyrate also exhibits anti-inflammatory effects, through stimulating both IECs and antigen presenting cells APCs to produce the cytokines TGF-β, IL, and IL, and inducing the differentiation of naïve T cells to T regulatory cells [ 65 ].
Acetate and propionate can also be consumed by IECs though to a much lesser degree than butyrate and have some anti-inflammatory effects [ 33 , 63 ]. Both acetate and propionate can dampen pro-inflammatory cytokine production mediated by toll-like receptor TLR 4 stimulation, and propionate, similar to butyrate, can induce the differentiation of T cells to T regulatory cells [ 33 , 34 ].
Excess SCFAs that are not metabolized by IECs are transported via the hepatic vein to the liver, where they can be incorporated as precursors into gluconeogenesis, lipogenesis, and cholesterologenesis [ 62 ].
Specifically, propionate is gluconeogenic, whereas acetate and butyrate are lipogenic. The ratio of propionate to acetate is thought to be particularly important, as propionate can inhibit the conversion of acetate to cholesterol and fat [ 62 , 66 ]. Indeed, propionate administration alone can reduce intra-abdominal tissue accretion and intrahepatocellular lipid content in overweight adults [ 67 ].
Strategies of pyruvate catabolism by the human gut microbiome. Carbohydrates are first degraded to pyruvate. Succinate may, however, also be a direct product of carbohydrate fermentation.
Succinate and lactate do not typically reach high concentrations in fecal samples, as they can be further catabolized to produce energy, but certain species do secrete them as their final fermentation end-product, which enables cross-feeding.
Acetate is produced by two pathways; 1 through direct conversion of acetyl CoA for the generation of energy brown or 2 acetogenesis red. Propionate is produced by three pathways; 1 the succinate pathway orange , 2 the acrylate pathway green , or 3 the 1,2-propanediol pathway blue.
Alternatively, lactaldehyde can be produced from lactate, or 1,2-propanediol can be fermented to propanol. Propionate can be coupled with ethanol for fermentation to valerate gray.
The precursor for butyrate, butyryl CoA, is generated from either acetyl CoA or succinate. Butyrate is then produced by two pathways; 1 the butyrate kinase pathway pink or 2 the butyryl CoA:acetyl CoA transferase pathway purple.
Butyrate-producing bacteria may also cross-feed on lactate, converting it back to pyruvate. Lactate may also be catabolized as part of sulfate reduction. In addition to SCFAs, small but significant amounts of alcohols, including ethanol, propanol, and 2,3-butanediol, can be formed as end-products of pyruvate fermentation Table 1 ; Fig.
A further alcohol, methanol, is also produced by the gut microbiota as a result of pectin degradation, demethylation of endogenous cellular proteins for regulation, or vitamin B 12 synthesis [ 69 ] rather than fermentation.
Alcohols are transported to the liver, where the detoxification process involves their conversion to SCFAs, although through pathways that yield toxic aldehydes as precursors [ 69 , 70 , 71 ].
Higher concentrations of endogenous alcohols are thus thought to be a contributing factor to the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease NAFLD [ 70 , 72 ].
Proteobacteria are known to be particularly capable of alcohol generation [ 69 , 72 ], and are, interestingly, positively associated with dysbiosis in inflammatory bowel disease IBD [ 73 ], a disease in which patients are predisposed to developing NAFLD [ 74 ].
However, alcohols can also be detoxified by many members of the gut microbiota via pathways similar to those present in mammalian cells, regulating their concentration [ 69 ].
Additionally, methanol can be used as a substrate for methanogenesis or acetogenesis [ 35 , 69 , 75 ], and ethanol can be coupled to propionate for fermentation to the SCFA, valerate Table 1 [ 36 ]. Valerate is a poorly studied metabolite, but it has been shown to inhibit growth of cancerous cells [ 76 ] and to prevent vegetative growth of Clostridioides difficile both in vitro and in vivo [ 36 ].
The human body may rapidly absorb SCFAs and alcohols, which helps to reduce their nascent concentrations within the colon, allowing for continued favorable reaction kinetics [ 15 , 77 ].
In addition, the gaseous fermentation by-products, carbon dioxide and hydrogen, must also be removed to help drive metabolism forward. The utilization of these substrates is mainly the result of cross-feeding between gut microbiota members, rather than host absorption.
Three main strategies for this activity exist in the human gut: 1 acetogens, for example, Blautia spp. A higher abundance of these cross-feeders may improve the overall efficiency of metabolism in the gut; for example, an increase in methanogens is observed in the GI tract of anorexia nervosa patients, which may be a coping strategy by the gut microbiota in response to a lack of food sources [ 78 , 79 ].
Sulfate-reducing bacteria are the most efficient of the hydrogenotrophs, but require a source of sulfate; in the gut, the most prominent source of sulfate is sulfated glycans [ 80 ]. Although some of these glycans may be obtained from the diet, the most accessible source is mucin produced by the host [ 38 ].
Sulfate-reducing bacteria obtain sulfate from these substrates via cross-feeding with microbes such as Bacteroides , which produce sulfatases [ 80 , 81 ]. Hydrogen sulfide is both directly toxic to IECs through inhibition of mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase, and pro-inflammatory via activation of T helper 17 cells [ 82 , 83 ].
Hydrogen sulfide can additionally directly act on disulfide bonds in mucin to further facilitate mucin degradation [ 84 ]. Elevated hydrogen sulfide concentrations and increased proportions of sulfate-reducing bacteria are reported in IBD [ 85 ]. The digestibility of proteins by the host is more variable than that of carbohydrates and fats, and is influenced by the previously mentioned factors of food processing, macronutrient ratios, and transit time [ 14 , 18 ], in addition to its source e.
The extra steps of interconversion required for amino acid fermentation yield a large diversity of by-products. However, it is important to note that not all amino acids are fermented to toxic products as a result of gut microbial activity; in fact, the most abundant end products are SCFAs [ 13 , 14 ].
Therefore, it may not be protein catabolism per se that negatively impacts the host, but instead specific metabolisms or overall increased protein fermentation activity. It is thus important to examine these subtleties. A microbe can exhibit one of two strategies for the initial step of amino acid catabolism, either deamination to produce a carboxylic acid plus ammonia or decarboxylation to produce an amine plus carbon dioxide [ 12 ].
Ammonia can inhibit mitochondrial oxygen consumption and decrease SCFA catabolism by IECs, which has led to the assumption that excess ammonia production can negatively impact the host [ 87 , 88 , 89 ].
However, the gut microbiota also rapidly assimilates ammonia into microbial amino acid biosynthetic processes [ 13 ], and host IECs can additionally control ammonia concentration through conversion to citrulline and glutamine, or through slow release into the bloodstream [ 90 , 91 ].
It is thus unclear how much protein catabolism is necessary to achieve toxic ammonia concentrations, and this may vary between hosts. This uncertainty, coupled with the multiple negative impacts amines can have on the host discussed below , have led to speculation that deamination would improve host outcomes.
Fortunately, deamination appears to be the more common strategy of amino acid catabolism by the gut microbiota, because high concentrations of SCFAs are produced from amino acid degradation via this pathway [ 12 , 13 ]. The next steps depend on the class of amino acid starting substrate, with most eventually resulting in tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates, pyruvate, or coenzyme A-linked SCFA precursors [ 39 , 75 ].
An exception would be the series of Stickland reactions exhibited by certain Clostridia , in which a coupled oxidation and reduction of two amino acids occurs as an alternative to using hydrogen ions as the electron acceptor [ 40 , 41 ]. Phosphate is simultaneously added to the reduced amino acid in this case, and thus oxidative phosphorylation for the production of ATP can occur directly from the resultant acyl phosphate.
In turn, branched-chain fatty acids BCFAs , such as isovalerate and isobutyrate, can be produced as end-products. Additionally, some gut microbial species, mainly from the class Bacilli, also possess a specialized branched-chain keto acid dehydrogenase complex to yield energy from the oxidized forms of the branched-chain amino acids directly, which also leads to BCFA production [ 13 , 75 ].
The major SCFA and BCFA products generated from degradation of each amino acid are presented in Table 2. BCFAs are often used as a biomarker of protein catabolism, with the promoted goal to reduce their concentration in order to improve health outcomes [ 14 ].
However, little is actually known about the impact of BCFAs on host health. In fact, preliminary work has shown that BCFAs are able to modulate glucose and lipid metabolism in the liver similarly to SCFAs [ 93 ], and isobutyrate can be used as a fuel source by IECs when butyrate is scarce [ 94 ].
What is undisputed, however, are the negative consequences of the pro-inflammatory, cytotoxic, and neuroactive compounds yielded from the sulfur-containing, basic and aromatic amino acids.
Catabolism of the sulfur-containing amino acids, cysteine and methionine, results in the production of hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol, respectively [ 13 , 14 ], and a large number of taxonomically diverse bacterial species contain the requisite degradative enzymes within their genomes, including members of the Proteobacteria phylum, the Bacilli class, and the Clostridium and Bifidobacterium genera [ 13 , 75 ].
Hydrogen sulfide can be methylated to methanethiol, which can be further methylated to dimethyl sulfide, and this methylation is thought to be part of the detoxification process due to the progressively less toxic nature of these compounds [ 95 ]. However, methanethiol may also be converted to hydrogen sulfide, then oxidized to sulfate, for detoxification; this sulfate can then be utilized by sulfate-reducing bacteria [ 80 , 81 , 95 ].
Indeed, this latter reaction has been observed in cecal tissue, and is part of the sulfur cycle of the gut [ 96 ]. A wide diversity of bacterial species within the gut microbiota can decarboxylate the basic amino acids, thus resulting in the formation of amine by-products shown in Additional file 1 , including bifidobacteria, clostridia , lactobacilli, enterococci, streptococci, and members of the Enterobacteriaceae family [ 97 ].
Agmatine inhibits the proliferation of IECs, which is thought to stem from its ability to reduce the synthesis and promote the degradation of other polyamines [ 98 ].
This effect may not be negative depending on the context; for example, the resultant decrease of fatty acid metabolism in tissues reduced both weight gain and the hormonal derangements associated with obesity in rats fed a high fat chow [ 99 ].
Agmatine also may be anti-inflammatory through inhibition of nitric oxide synthase [ ], and is a candidate neurotransmitter, with agonism for α 2 -adenoceptors and imidazoline binding sites, while simultaneously blocking ligand-gated cation channels NMDA class [ ].
The latter activity has therapeutic potential for remediating some forms of hyperalgesia and for its neuroprotectivity. Putrescine, on the other hand, is essential for the proliferation of IECs [ ]. All three polyamines improve the integrity of the gut by increasing expression of tight junction proteins [ ], promoting intestinal restitution [ ] and increasing mucus secretion [ , ].
Finally, both putrescine and spermine are able to inhibit the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-1, IL-6, and TNF-α [ , ]. Therefore, any benefits of agmatine must be weighed against its consequent reduction of these polyamines; it may be effective in the treatment of certain conditions such as metabolic syndrome but could be detrimental in excess under normal conditions.
Arginine can additionally be converted to glutamate, which can be deaminated to produce 4-aminobutryate GABA. GABA is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter of the central nervous system, and alterations in the expression of its receptor have been linked to the pathogenesis of depression and anxiety [ ].
Administration of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria that produce GABA to mice and rats has resulted in a decrease of depressive behaviors, a reduction of corticosterone induced stress and anxiety, and lessened visceral pain sensation [ , , ].
GABA can additionally regulate the proliferation of T cells and thus has immunomodulatory properties [ ]. Interestingly, chronic GI inflammation not only induces anxiety in mice, but depression and anxiety often present comorbidity with GI disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome IBS [ , ].
The catabolism of histidine can produce histamine Additional file 1. Histamine may be synonymous with its exertion of inflammation in allergic responses, but bacterially produced histamine has actually been shown to inhibit the production of the pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α in vivo [ ], and IL-1, and IL in vitro [ ], while simultaneously preventing intestinal bacterial translocation.
Histamine is also a neurotransmitter, modulating several processes such as wakefulness, motor control, dendritic cell activity, pain perception, and learning and memory [ ].
The catabolism of lysine can produce cadaverine Additional file 1. Cadaverine is a poorly studied metabolite; it can be toxic, but only in high amounts [ 13 , 97 ]. Cadaverine has, however, been shown to potentiate histamine toxicity [ ] and higher concentrations of cadaverine are associated with ulcerative colitis UC [ ].
Aromatic amino acid degradation can yield a wide diversity of indolic and phenolic compounds that can act as toxins or neurotransmitters as shown in Additional file 2. The catabolism of tryptophan can produce tryptamine and indoles Additional file 2. Tryptamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a role in regulating intestinal motility and immune function [ ].
Particularly, it is able to interact with both indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and the aryl hydrocarbon receptor to heighten immune surveillance, and dampen the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, respectively [ , ].
A lack of these activities has therefore been implicated in the pathology of IBD; although, it should be noted that most tryptophan metabolites can interact with these receptors, thus it is not tryptamine-specific [ 13 , , ]. Tryptamine can also both potentiate the inhibitory response of cells to serotonin and induce its release from enteroendocrine cells [ , ].
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter involved in many processes including mood, appetite, hemostasis, immunity, and bone development [ 13 , ]. Its dysregulation is thus reported in many disorders, including IBD [ ], IBS [ ], cardiovascular disease [ ], and osteoporosis [ ].
Tryptophan decarboxylation is a rare activity among species of the gut microbiota, but certain Firmicutes have been found to be capable of it, including the IBD-associated species, Ruminococcus gnavus [ , ].
Indole, on the other hand, is a major bacterial metabolite of tryptophan, produced by many species of Bacteroides and Enterobacteriaceae [ ]. It plays an important role in host defense, by interacting with the pregnane X receptor and the aryl hydrocarbon receptor [ ].
This activity fortifies the intestinal barrier by increasing tight junction protein expression and downregulates the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines [ , ]. It also induces glucagon like peptide-1 an incretin secretion by enteroendocrine cells, inhibiting gastric secretion and motility, to promote satiety [ , ].
Indole is additionally a signaling molecule for bacteria, influencing motility, biofilm formation, antibiotic resistance, and virulence, and shown to inhibit the colonization capabilities of pathogens such as Salmonella enterica [ ].
However, indole overproduction can increase its export to the liver, where it is sulfated to indoxyl sulfate, a uremic toxin associated with chronic kidney disease [ ].
Further, its effects as a signaling molecule for both enteroendocrine cells and bacteria are dose dependent, with high concentrations rendering it ineffective [ , , ].
The catabolism of tyrosine can produce tyramine, phenols, and p-coumarate Additional file 2. Tyramine is a neurotransmitter that can be produced by certain gut bacteria via decarboxylation, including Enterococcus and Enterobacteriaceae [ 97 ].
Tyramine facilitates the release of norepinephrine that induces peripheral vasoconstriction, elevates blood glucose levels, and increases cardiac output and respiration [ ]. It has also been shown to increase the synthesis of serotonin by enteroendocrine cells in the gut, elevating its release into circulation [ ].
Phenol and p-cresol are phenolic metabolites that have been shown to both decrease the integrity of the gut epithelium and the viability of IECs [ , ], and can be produced by many gut bacterial species, such as members of the Enterobacteriaceae and Clostridium clusters I, XI, and XIVa [ ].
P-cresol in particular is genotoxic, elevates the production of superoxide, and inhibits proliferation of IECs [ ]. P-cresol may additionally be sulfated to cresyl sulfate in the gut or liver, which has been found to suppress the T helper 1-mediated immune response in mice [ ], and, interestingly, phenolic sulfation was found to be impaired in the gut mucosa of UC patients [ ].
Indeed, the colonic damage induced by unconjugated phenols is similar to that observed in IBD [ ]. Cresyl sulfate is also associated with chronic kidney disease, however, as it can damage renal tubular cells through induction of oxidative stress [ ]. This compound is also particularly elevated in the urine of autistic patients, but a causative link in this case has not been elucidated [ ].
The catabolism of phenylalanine can produce phenylethylamine and trans-cinnamic acid Additional file 2. Unlike tyrosine and tryptophan, little is known about these phenylalanine-derived metabolites.
Through facilitating the release of catecholamine and serotonin, phenylethylamine in turn elevates mood, energy, and attention [ ]. However, it has been reported that ingesting phenylethylamine can induce headache, dizziness, and discomfort in individuals with a reduced ability to convert it to phenylacetate, suggesting excessive amounts have negative consequences [ ].
These metabolic pathways were found to so far specifically occur within species of Clostridium and Peptostreptococcus , respectively [ , ]. The chlorogenic acid phenotype is associated with both autism and schizophrenia, suggesting a role of altered aromatic amino acid metabolism in these disorders [ , , ].
However, further research is still needed, as there remains no mechanistic explanation of these metabolites toward disease development. Further, both trans-cinnamic acid and p-coumaric acid are negatively associated with cardiovascular disease [ , ].
P-coumaric acid, in particular, is a common phenolic compound derived from plant matter that has anti-inflammatory properties, and has been demonstrated to prevent platelet aggregation [ ]. Thus, these metabolites may simply be an indicator of altered microbial metabolism in general, when found in excess.
Microorganisms in the gut are known to possess lipases, which can degrade triglycerides and phospholipids into their polar head groups and free lipids [ 16 , ].
Certain bacteria inhabiting the GI tract, including species of lactobacilli, enterococci, clostridia, and Proteobacteria, can utilize the backbone of triglycerides as an electron sink, reducing glycerol to 1,3-propanediol [ ].
Reuterin has antimicrobial properties acting against pathogens and commensals alike [ ], but it can also be spontaneously dehydrated to acrolein [ 71 ]. Acrolein is a highly reactive genotoxin, with an equivalent mutagenic potency to formaldehyde, raising concerns about this metabolic process [ 71 , ].
Meanwhile, choline can additionally be metabolized to trimethylamine by species of the gut microbiota, particularly Clostridia especially members of Clostridium cluster XIVa and Eubacterium spp.
and Proteobacteria [ , ]. Trimethylamine is oxidized in the liver to trimethylamine N-oxide [ , ], which exacerbates atherosclerosis by promoting the formation of foam cells lipid-laden macrophages [ ] and altering cholesterol transport [ ].
High levels of serum trimethylamine N-oxide are thus associated with cardiovascular disease [ ] and atherosclerosis [ ]. However, it should be noted that active research in these areas is in its early stages, and thus the link between the gut microbiota-mediated lipid head group metabolism and health consequences is still unclear.
For example, a study on the metabolism of glycerol by fecal microbial communities found that only a subset could reduce it to 1,3-propanediol, and the authors did not detect any reuterin [ ]. Further, some members of the gut microbiota e.
In contrast to the polar head groups, microorganisms are not thought to have the ability to catabolize free lipids in the anaerobic environment of the gut [ ]. However, free lipids have antimicrobial properties [ , ] and can directly interact with host pattern recognition receptors.
Particularly, saturated fatty acids are TLR4 agonists that promote inflammation [ ], whereas omega-3 unsaturated fatty acids are TLR4 antagonists that prevent inflammation [ ]. Interestingly, chronic inflammation co-occurring with obesity has been well described [ ], and could be a result of the aforementioned pro-inflammatory properties of free lipids, the lack of anti-inflammatory SCFAs produced from carbohydrate fermentation high-fat diets tend to be low in carbohydrates , or a combination of both.
High-fat diets do have a reported impact on the composition of the gut microbiota, yet it is unclear whether it is the increased fat content per se or the relative decrease in carbohydrates, which often accompanies these diets, that is the chief influencer [ 16 , ].
Indeed, Morales et al. observed that a high-fat diet including fiber supplementation induces inflammation without altering the composition of the gut microbiota [ 16 ].
Regardless, the gut microbiota is required for the development of obesity, as shown in GF mice experiments, because of the ability of SCFAs to alter energy balance as previously discussed [ ]. Metabolism of exogenous substrates greatly affects the use of endogenous substrates by the gut microbiota.
Dietary fiber reduces the degradation of mucin, and the utilization of mucin is thought to cycle daily depending on the availability of food sources [ , ].
Mucin is a sulfated glycoprotein [ 38 ], thus the same concepts of carbohydrate and protein degradation from dietary sources discussed above apply. However, it should be noted that mucin turnover by the gut microbiota is a naturally occurring process, and only when it occurs in elevated amounts does it have negative connotations.
For example, Akkermansia muciniphila is a mucin-utilizing specialist that is depleted in the GI tract of IBD [ ] and metabolic syndrome [ ] patients. muciniphila has a demonstrated ability to cross-talk with host cells, promoting an increase in concentration of glucagon-like peptides, 2-arabinoglycerol, and antimicrobial peptides that improve barrier function, reduce inflammation, and induce proliferation of IECs [ ].
Through this communication, A. muciniphila also, paradoxically, restored the thickness of the mucin layer in obese mice. Dietary fat intake can also alter the profile of bile acids.
Dairy-derived saturated lipids increase the relative amount of taurine-conjugation, and this sulfur-containing compound leads to the expansion of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the gut [ ].
Bile acid turnover is, however, a naturally occurring process, which modulates bile acid reabsorption, inflammation, triglyceride control, and glucose homeostasis from IEC signaling [ ].
The critical contributions of the gut microbiota toward human digestion have just begun to be elucidated. Particularly, more recent research is revealing how the impacts of microbial metabolism extend beyond the GI tract, denoting the so-called gut-brain e.
The primary focus to date has been on the SCFAs derived mainly from complex carbohydrates, and crucial knowledge gaps still remain in this area, specifically on how the SCFAs modulate glucose metabolism and fat deposition upon reaching the liver. However, the degradation of proteins and fats are comparatively less well understood.
Due to both the diversity of metabolites that can be yielded and the complexity of microbial pathways, which can act as a self-regulating system that removes toxic by-products, it is not merely a matter of such processes effecting health positively or negatively, but rather how they are balanced.
Further, the presentation of these substrates to the gut microbiota, as influenced by the relatively understudied host digestive processes occurring in the small intestine, is equally important. Future work could therefore aim to determine which of these pathways are upregulated and downregulated in disease states, such as autism and depression gut-brain , NAFLD gut-liver , chronic kidney disease gut-kidney , and cardiovascular disease gut-heart.
Further, a combination of human- and culture- in vitro and in vivo based studies could resolve the spectrum of protein and fat degradation present among healthy individuals, in order to further our understanding of nutrient cycling in gut microbial ecosystems, and thus gain a necessary perspective for improving wellness.
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Duncan SH, Hold GL, Harmsen HJM, Stewart CS, Flint HJ. Ripeness of fruit: The riper the fruit, the more sugar it contains, and the higher its glycemic index. Fat or acid content: The more fat or acid a food contains, the more slowly it is digested and the more slowly its sugars are absorbed into the bloodstream.
Preparation: How a food is prepared can influence how quickly it is absorbed into the bloodstream. Generally, cooking or grinding a food increases its glycemic index because these processes make food easier to digest and absorb.
Other factors: The way the body processes food varies from person to person, affecting how quickly carbohydrates are converted to sugar and absorbed. How well a food is chewed and how quickly it is swallowed also have an effect.
The glycemic index is thought to be important because carbohydrates that increase blood sugar levels quickly those with a high glycemic index also quickly increase insulin levels. The increase in insulin may result in low blood sugar levels hypoglycemia Hypoglycemia Hypoglycemia is abnormally low levels of sugar glucose in the blood.
Hypoglycemia is most often caused by medications taken to control diabetes. Much less common causes of hypoglycemia include read more and hunger, which tends to lead to consuming excess calories and gaining weight.
However, diet experts no longer think that eating foods with a low glycemic index helps people lose weight. Carbohydrates with a low glycemic index do not increase insulin levels so much. As a result, people feel satiated longer after eating. Consuming carbohydrates with a low glycemic index also tends to result in more healthful cholesterol levels and reduces the risk of obesity Obesity Obesity is a chronic, recurring complex disorder characterized by excess body weight.
read more and diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus DM Diabetes mellitus is a disorder in which the body does not produce enough or respond normally to insulin, causing blood sugar glucose levels to be abnormally high.
read more and, in people with diabetes, the risk of complications due to diabetes Complications of Diabetes Mellitus People with diabetes mellitus have many serious long-term complications that affect many areas of the body, particularly the blood vessels, nerves, eyes, and kidneys.
See also Diabetes Mellitus In spite of the association between foods with a low glycemic index and improved health, using the index to choose foods does not automatically lead to a healthy diet. For example, the glycemic index of potato chips and some candy bars—not healthful choices—is lower than that of some healthful foods, such as brown rice.
Some foods with a high glycemic index contain valuable vitamins and minerals. Thus, this index should be used only as a general guide to food choices.
The glycemic index indicates only how quickly carbohydrates in a food are absorbed into the bloodstream. It does not take into account how much carbohydrate a food contains, which is also important.
Glycemic load includes the glycemic index and the amount of carbohydrate in a food. A food, such as carrots, bananas, watermelon, or whole-wheat bread, may have a high glycemic index but contain relatively little carbohydrate and thus have a low glycemic load. Such foods have little effect on the blood sugar level.
Glycemic load also includes how changes in blood sugar are affected by the combination of foods eaten together. The glycemic index does not. Proteins consist of units called amino acids, strung together in complex formations. Because proteins are complex molecules, the body takes longer to break them down.
As a result, they are a much slower and longer-lasting source of energy than carbohydrates. There are 20 amino acids. The body synthesizes some of them from components within the body, but it cannot synthesize 9 of the amino acids—called essential amino acids.
They must be consumed in the diet. Everyone needs 8 of these amino acids: isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan , and valine. Infants also need a 9th one, histidine. The percentage of protein the body can use to synthesize essential amino acids varies from protein to protein.
The body can use a little less than half of the protein in most vegetables and cereals. The body needs protein to maintain and replace tissues and to function and grow. Protein is not usually used for energy.
However, if the body is not getting enough calories from other nutrients or from the fat stored in the body, protein is broken down into ketone bodies to be used for energy. If more protein is consumed than is needed, the body breaks the protein down and stores its components as fat.
The body contains large amounts of protein. Protein, the main building block in the body, is the primary component of most cells. For example, muscle, connective tissues, and skin are all built of protein. Adults need to eat about 60 grams of protein per day 0. Whether consuming more helps most adults is controversial.
Adults who are trying to build muscle need more. Children also need more protein because they are growing. People who are pregnant or lactating or who have critical illness also need more. People who are limiting calories to lose weight typically need a higher amount of protein to prevent loss of muscle while they are losing weight.
Older people may require higher levels of protein up to 1. However, this amount is excessive and potentially harmful in certain conditions such as renal insufficiency and kidney failure. Absorption of monosaccharides is by specific transport proteins. Glucose is absorbed by the SGLT1 sodium-glucose co-transporter, and fructose by the GLUT5 transporter.
Of these, the distribution is greatest in the proximal small bowel, predominantly the proximal jejunum and distal duodenum. Fats in the diet of a normal person or a booked-out ICU patient enjoying hospital food are mainly in the form of triglycerides, with only a small minority arriving in the form of fatty acids.
Saliva contains lipase, sometimes referred to as lingual lipase because its origin is generally the tongue to be precise, it comes from Von Ebner serous glands. This contributes somewhat to the processing of fats, and patients with pancreatic insufficiency might be somewhat dependent on this enzyme.
Under normal circumstances, its role as a digestive enzyme is probably secondary. Gastric acid probably plays only some sort of bystander role in the overall digestive process for fats, though some enzyme-mediated gastric lipolysis does occur.
The main actors here were probably swallowed lingual lipase and the gastric lipase secreted by chief cells. Overall, the only reason these have any influence whatsoever is probably that fatty meals tend to delay gastric emptying, which means the fat and lipase get to spend some quality time together.
Bile salts empty from the gall bladder in response to cholecystokinin, the release of which is triggered by fat being detected in the duodenum.
They have several roles:. Bile needs to be mentioned here because their contribution to digestion is very important, as the performance of other lipolytic enzymes is dependent on their effect.
This importance is demonstrated by the effects of chronic cholestasis in humans, where weight loss due to poor energy intake and other fairly hideous effects resulting from the deficiency of fat-soluble vitamins. However, it is not completely essential. When in a series of nightmarish experiments Minish et al diverted the bile ducts of rats to empty externally, they found the rats still capable of absorbing fatty acids, and when they examined their small intestine microscopically they were greeted with an unexpectedly tall forest of villi.
Clearly there are adaptations which can compensate somewhat for a lack of bile. Pancreatic lipase and colipase are the main digestive forces behind the hydrolysis of dietary fat. Most of the work is done in the proximal jejunum. Triglycerides are degraded into 2-monoacylglycerol and fatty acids, which are available for absorption.
Absorption of fat occurs via various poorly defined mechanisms. There's certainly plenty of fatty acid-binding proteins on the enterocyte apical membrane, which has resulted in the impression that protein-mediated uptake is more important. Protein-mediated uptake is also how cholesterol is absorbed a process that is thought to be inhibited by ezetimibe.
Munro , in an estimate which has been described as conservative, suggested that about g of gastric and intestinal mucus protein and 30g or so of dead sloughed enterocytes ends up being reabsorbed every day. Most of the work of digesting protein is done by the pancreatic enzymes, and most of the products of digestion are absorbed in the proximal small bowel:.
What effect critical illness has on this, remains to be fully determined. What happens to them, nobody seems to know. Nor do we have a clear idea of whether or not exogenous protein supplementation has much of an effect on the rate of muscle catabolism during critical illness.
From this, we may surmise that it might be possible to rebuild a critically weakened ICU patient by hyperalimenting them with protein and all evidence seems to suggest that critically ill patients benefit from more protein in their diet.
Anyway, this is a digression into CICM Part Two material, but is perhaps helpful to anchor the discussion to something clinically relevant and useful. Now, back to abstract theory:.
Saliva and mastication play no role in the breakdown of protein. Just forget about the oral cavity, all the real business is below. Gastric acid and gastric pepsin are responsible for the initial stages of protein digestion, and specifically gastric acid is a necessary element.
Gastric acid denatures the proteins, making them unravel and expose more of their amino acids to the endopeptidases. It also activates pepsinogen, which is an inactive form of pepsin.
Pepsin then goes on to hydrolyse the proteins into peptide fragments of various lengths. Logically, one might extend to thinking that PPIs and other drugs which neutralise gastric pH may somehow prevent the proper digestion of protein. Certainly, in laboratory tests this seems to be the case.
However, there does not seem to be any clinical relevance to this, to the point that authors such as Keller have called the very need for gastric acid into question " Brauchen wir Magensäure? For this reason, people who have had a total gastrectomy do not suffer from any serious protein malnutrition.
Pancreatic peptidases take over the work started by pepsin. These are all secreted as inactive pro-enzymes which are activated by the change in duodenal pH otherwise they would autodigest the pancreas. It is probably not essential for the CICM trainee to know every detail about these enzymes, other than perhaps some of their names trypsin, chymotrypsin, elastase, carboxypeptidase, etc.
The bottom line is that the end product of their activity are small protein fragments and solitary amino acids. Protein absorption then takes place, with the majority of the breakdown products taking the shape of tripeptides, dipeptides or amino acids.
In infancy, neonates are able to absorb whole proteins by pinocytosis in this fashion passive immunity can be conveyed via mother's milk , but adult enterocytes can only absorb small protein fragments. This absorption occurs by transmembrane transport proteins.
Each can transport multiple different amino acids, and they tend to be stereoselective, with a higher affinity for L-amino acids.
Of the oligopeptide transporters at the gut border, the ICU trainee probably needs to know about PEPT1 the most. It is so nonselective that it accepts incredibly random things as substrates, and is probably responsible for the absorption of all the more important drugs.
Brandsch lists β-lactams, cephalosporins, antiparkinson drugs, and various antiviral drugs as just some of the possible beneficiaries of this transport mechanism.
For something that seems really important, there is remarkably little literature out there to describe what happens to ingested vitamins and micronutrients.
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A defect in any aspect of this process can result in malabsorption and malnutrition amongst other gastrointestinal pathologies. Clinical tests for defects in digestion or deficiencies in digestive enzymes are often indicated after a patient presents with gastrointestinal symptoms.
An example is testing for lactose intolerance due to a lactase defect or deficiency. Lactase is a disaccharidase produced by the pancreas that hydrolyzes the glycosidic bond in lactose to form the carbohydrate monomers glucose and galactose; this is necessary, as glucose and galactose are absorbable by the SGLT1 cotransporters on the luminal surface of enterocytes in the small intestine, but lactose cannot.
: Macronutrients and digestion| What are macronutrients? - Life's Simple Ingredient | Also, prioritize using healthy fats when cooking. This induces Nad state of Joint flexibility benefitsand may help with Macronutrients and digestion loss. B2 Macronutrients and digestion is absorbed diegstion the small and Digestikn bowel. Amylases in general target the α-1,4 glycosidic bonds between sugar molecules in an oligosaccharide, snipping the long molecules into smaller chunks. We could follow the uptake of the digested compounds into the enterocyte or we could finish following what has escaped digestion and is going to continue into the large intestine. Brooks, Frank P. |
| Macronutrients: Definition, importance, and food sources | In the High-intensity circuit training of food, Diet for injury rehabilitation Macronutrients and digestion deflates inward, and its mucosa Macronutrietns submucosa fall into a large fold called a rugae 6. Difestion more about the Merck Manuals and our dgiestion to Global Macronutrisnts Knowledge. After digestion of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats Macdonutrients complete, the Macdonutrients below are ready for uptake into the enterocyte. How well a food is chewed and how quickly it is swallowed also have an effect. It has a specific site from which it enters the bloodstream, where it begins its journey to target cells that it influences. Organ Systems Involved Gastrointestinal System: Oral cavity. The enzymes involved in digestion include salivary amylase, which acts on polysaccharides carbohydrates ; pancreatic amylase, also on polysaccharides; maltase, on maltose a disaccharide short-chain carbohydrate ; pepsin, on proteins; trypsin and chymotrypsin, on peptides short-string amino acids ; peptidases, on peptides; and lipase, on lipids fats. |
| 3.3 Macronutrient Digestion | Maccronutrients PubMed Google Scholar Ozdal Macronutrients and digestion, Sela DA, Macronutriengs J, Boyacioglu D, Chen F, DTH Recharge Online E. Introduction to ajd human gut microbiota. Cremin Macronutgients, Fitch MD, Fleming SE. Propionate can be coupled with ethanol for fermentation to valerate gray. The guidelines also recommend that adults get at least grams of carbs per day. Availability of data and materials Not applicable. We have now reached a fork in the digestive road. |
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