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Table 1 Effects of milk oligosaccharides on intestinal development and health

From: Role of milk carbohydrates in intestinal health of nursery pigs: a review

Model

Effects

Source

Reference

In vitro

↑ Differentiation in HT-29 cells by 36% and HIEC cells by 32%

Sialyllactose

[96]

↑ Apoptosis in HT-29 cells by 300% and in HIEC cells by 200%

Neutral oligosaccharides

 ↑ Inhibition enteropathogenic E. coli adhesion by 40% to HEp-2 cells

HMO

[155]

Intestinal microbial colonization

↓ Enterococcus by 88%, Streptococcus by 89%, Veillonella by 42%, Eubacterium by 81%, Clostridium by 80%, and E. coli by 73%,

↑ Bifidobacterium infantis. by 20% and Bacteroides vulgatus by 24%

HMO

[67]

↑ HMO consumption and growth of bifidobacterial strains by maximum 200%

HMO

[156]

↓ Binding activity of pathogen (Neisseria meningitidis) to carbohydrate receptors by 80%

HMO + BMO2

[157]

↓ The release of mucosal proinflammatory signals of IL-8 by 60 to 70% and IL-1β attenuated C. jejuni invasion by 80 to 90%

↓ Acute-phase mucosal immune response by 50 to 60%

Fucosyllactose

[158]

↑ Re-epithelialization of Ca9–22 cells by 86%

↑ Bifidobacterium in infant batch culture by 206%

↑ Bacteroides in infant batch culture by 480%

Sialyllactose

[159]

↓ IL-8 secretion by 20% in HCT8 IECs induced by Enterotoxigenic E. coli infection

↓ CD14 transcription and translation cells in E. coli infected mice by 65%

HMO

[160]

↑ Cell apoptosis by 20% and necrosis by 56% in Caco-2Bbe cells

↑ Cell differentiation in HT-29 cells by 25%

HMO

[161]

↓ Adhesion of E. coli by 25%, V. cholerae by 9%, and S. fyris by 9% to Caco-2 cells

HMO

[148]

↓ Adhesion of Escherichia coli to intestinal epithelial cells

Fucosyllactose + Sialyllactose

[162]

↑ Binding with bacterial toxins including CTB5, HLTB5, Stx1B5, Stx2, TcdA2 and TcdB1 with ranging from 600 to 15,000 M− 1

HMO

[152]

Human

↓ Significantly frequency of diarrhea in infants

Fucosylated oligosaccharides

[163]

↑ Actinobacteria and Bifidobacterium

↓ Firmicutes and Proteobacteria in fecal microbiota

Fucosyllactose and lacto-N-neotetraose

[164]

↑ Firmicutes in the feces of infants by 250%,

↓ Enterobacteriales infants by 50%,

HMO

[165]

Rodent

↑ Abundance of Lactobacillus by 30% in cecal and colonic microbiota

↓ mRNA levels of colonic tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) by 70% in cecum and colon

BMO

[166]

↓ Gene expression of TNF-a by 85%, IL-6 by 50%, and IL-1ß by 70% in colon of mice

↑ Gene expression of TGF-ß by 90% and occludin by 95% in colon of mice

Fucosyllactose

[167]

Porcine

↑Glutamate dehydrogenase by 44% in the serum

Sialyllactose

[168]

↓ Diarrhea occurrence by 32% induced by rotavirus

↑ Dry matter contents by 5% of colonic contents

↑ IFN-γ by 25% and Il-10 by 30% in the ileum

↑ Relative abundance of Lachnospiraeae as butyrate-producing bacteria by 100% in colon

HMO

[169]

↑ Length of villi by 16% in the ileum

↓ BW loss by 80% induced by E.coli challenge

Fucosyllactose

[170]

↑ Il-12 by 300% in the ileum, short chain fatty acids production by 43%, and expression of TLR4 by 40% in the colon

HMO

[171]

  1. 1Human milk oligosaccharides
  2. 2Bovine milk oligosaccharides