The importance of objective stool classificaton in fecal 1H-NMR metabolomics : exponential increase in stool crosslinking is mirrored in systemic inflammation and associated to fecal acetate and methionine

Deutsch, Leon (avtor), Stres, Blaž (avtor)

Past studies strongly connected stool consistency—as measured by Bristol Stool Scale (BSS)—with microbial gene richness and intestinal inflammation, colonic transit time and metabolome characteristics that are of clinical relevance in numerous gastro intestinal conditions. While retention time, defecation rate, BSS but not water activity have been shown to account for BSS-associated inflammatory effects, the potential correlation with the strength of a gel in the context of intestinal forces, abrasion, mucus imprinting, fecal pore clogging remains unexplored as a shaping factor for intestinal inflammation and has yet to be determined. Our study introduced a minimal pressure approach (MP) by probe indentation as measure of stool material crosslinking in fecal samples. Results reported here were obtained from 170 samples collected in two independent projects, including males and females, covering a wide span of moisture contents and BSS. MP values increased exponentially with increasing consistency (i.e., lower BSS) and enabled stratification of samples exhibiting mixed BSS classes. A trade-off between lowest MP and highest dry matter content delineated the span of intermediate healthy density of gel crosslinks. The crossectional transects identified fecal surface layers with exceptionally high MP and of <5 mm thickness followed by internal structures with an order of magnitude lower MP, characteristic of healthy stool consistency. The MP and BSS values reported in this study were coupled to reanalysis of the PlanHab data and fecal 1H-NMR metabolomes reported before. The exponential association between stool consistency and MP determined in this study was mirrored in the elevated intestinal and also systemic inflammation and other detrimental physiological deconditioning effects observed in the PlanHab participants reported before. The MP approach described in this study can be used to better understand fecal hardness and its relationships to human health as it provides a simple, fine scale and objective stool classification approach for the characterization of the exact sampling locations in future microbiome and metabolome studies.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: feces, stool, classification, Bristol stool scale, BSS, JADBIO, gel network, intestinal abrasion
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: BF - Biotehniška fakulteta ; FGG - Fakulteta za gradbeništvo in geodezijo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2021
• Št. strani: 16 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 11, iss. 3, art. 172
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-135238
• UDK: 579
• ISSN pri članku: 2218-1989
• DOI: 10.3390/metabo11030172
• COBISS.SI-ID: 58125315
• Datum objave v RUL: 02.03.2022

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Metabolites
• Skrajšan naslov: Metabolites
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 2218-1989
• COBISS.SI-ID: 523274009

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 16.03.2021

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: mikrobiologija, humano blato, klasifikacija, metabolomika