Metabolite Pattern Derived from Lactiplantibacillus plantarum-Fermented Rye Foods and In Vitro Gut Fermentation Synergistically Inhibits Bacterial Growth
Journal article, 2022

Scope Fermentation improves many food characteristics using microbes, such as lactic acid bacteria (LAB). Recent studies suggest fermentation may also enhance the health properties, but mechanistic evidence is lacking. The study aims to identify a metabolite pattern reproducibly produced during sourdough and in vitro colonic fermentation of various whole-grain rye products and how it affects the growth of bacterial species of potential importance to health and disease. Methods and results The study uses Lactiplantibacillus plantarum DSMZ 13890 strain, previously shown to favor rye as its substrate. Using LC-MS metabolomics, the study finds seven microbial metabolites commonly produced during the fermentations, including dihydroferulic acid, dihydrocaffeic acid, and five amino acid metabolites, and stronger inhibition is achieved when exposing the bacteria to a mixture of the metabolites in vitro compared to individual compound exposures. Conclusion The study suggests that metabolites produced by LAB may synergistically modulate the local microbial ecology, such as in the gut. This could provide new hypotheses on how fermented foods influence human health via diet-microbiota interactions.

rye

metabolites

microbiota

fermentation

lactobacilli

Author

Ville M. Koistinen

Afekta Technologies

University of Turku

University of Eastern Finland

Maria Hedberg

Umeå University

Lin Shi

Chalmers, Biology and Biological Engineering, Food and Nutrition Science

Anders Johansson

Umeå University

Otto Savolainen

Chalmers, Biology and Biological Engineering, Systems and Synthetic Biology

Marko Lehtonen

University of Eastern Finland

Anna-Marja Aura

Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)

Kati Hanhineva

Chalmers, Biology and Biological Engineering, Food and Nutrition Science

Rikard Landberg

Chalmers, Biology and Biological Engineering, Food and Nutrition Science

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

1613-4125 (ISSN) 1613-4133 (eISSN)

Vol. 66 21 2101096

Infrastructure

Chalmers Infrastructure for Mass spectrometry

Subject Categories

Food Science

Microbiology

Nutrition and Dietetics

DOI

10.1002/mnfr.202101096

PubMed

35960594

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