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rRNA probes used to quantify the effects of glycomacropeptide and alpha-lactalbumin supplementation on the predominant groups of intestinal bacteria of infant rhesus monkeys challenged with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Bruck, W.M., Kelleher, S.L., Gibson, G.R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476, Nielsen, K.E., Chatterton, D.E.W. and Lonnerdal, B. (2003) rRNA probes used to quantify the effects of glycomacropeptide and alpha-lactalbumin supplementation on the predominant groups of intestinal bacteria of infant rhesus monkeys challenged with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 37 (3). pp. 273-280. ISSN 0277-2116

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Abstract/Summary

Objectives: Certain milk factors may help to promote the growth of a host-friendly colonic microflora (e.g. bifidobacteria, lactobacilli) and explain why breast-fed infants experience fewer and milder intestinal infections than those who are formula-fed. The effects of supplementation of formula with two such milk factors was investigated in this study. Materials and Methods: Infant rhesus macaques were breastfed, fed control formula, or formula supplemented with glycomacropeptide (GMP) or alpha-lactalburnin (alpha-LA) from birth to 5 months of age. Blood was drawn monthly and rectal swabs were collected weekly. At 4.5 months of age, 10(8) colonyforming units of enteropathogenic E.coli O127, strain 2349/68 (EPEC) was given orally and the response to infection assessed. The bacteriology of rectal swabs pre- and post-infection was determined by culture independent fluorescence in situ hybridization. Results: Post-challenge, breast-fed infants and infants fed alpha-LA-supplemented formula had no diarrhea, whilst those infants fed GMP-supplemented formula had intermittent diarrhea. In infants fed control formula the diarrhea was acute. Conclusions: Supplementation of infant formula with appropriate milk proteins may be useful for improving the infant's ability to resist acute infection caused by E.coli.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences
ID Code:13533
Uncontrolled Keywords:microbial and immune mediated injury/pathology, clinical nutrition, development of gastrointestinal function, host defense mechanisms, disorders of gut development, IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION, KAPPA-CASEIN GLYCOMACROPEPTIDE, HUMAN-MILK, OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES, FUNCTIONAL FOOD, SIALIC-ACID, STRAINS, BIFIDOBACTERIUM, INHIBITION, FRACTIONS

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