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Sialylated Milk Oligosaccharides Promote Microbiota-Dependent Growth in Models of Infant Undernutrition

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Charbonneau, Mark R., O’Donnell, David, Blanton, Laura V., Totten, Sarah M., Davis, Jasmine C.C., Barratt, Michael J., Cheng, Jiye, Guruge, Janaki +17 more·2016·Cell

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Identifying interventions that more effectively promote healthy growth of children with undernutrition is a pressing global health goal. Analysis of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) from 6-month-postpartum mothers in two Malawian birth cohorts revealed that sialylated HMOs are significantly less abundant in those with severely stunted infants. To explore this association, we colonized young germ-free mice with a consortium of bacterial strains cultured from the fecal microbiota of a 6-month-old stunted Malawian infant and fed recipient animals a prototypic Malawian diet with or without purified sialylated bovine milk oligosaccharides (S-BMO). S-BMO produced a microbiota-dependent augmentation of lean body mass gain, changed bone morphology, and altered liver, muscle, and brain metabolism in ways indicative of a greater ability to utilize nutrients for anabolism. These effects were also documented in gnotobiotic piglets using the same consortium and Malawian diet. These preclinical models indicate a causal, microbiota-dependent relationship between S-BMO and growth promotion.

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  • Treatment with purified sialylated bovine milk oligosaccharides produced microbiota-dependent growth promotion in mice colonized with fecal microbiota from a growth-stunted Malawian infant, including lean body mass gain, changed bone morphology, and altered liver, muscle and brain metabolism.

    “Treatment with the milk oligosaccharides produced microbiota-dependent growth promotion, including lean body mass gain, changed bone morphology, and altered liver, muscle and brain metabolism.”

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    “This has led to the proposal that disrupted microbiota development impairs healthy bone and muscle growth during infancy [166].”

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  • The same effects were documented in gnotobiotic piglets, showing a greater ability to utilize nutrients from the diet.

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Charbonneau, M. R., O’Donnell, D., Blanton, L. V., Totten, S. M., Davis, J. C. C., Barratt, M. J., Cheng, J., Guruge, J., Talcott, M., Bain, J. R., Muehlbauer, M. J., Ilkayeva, O., Wu, C., Struckmeyer, T., Barile, D., Mangani, C., Jorgensen, J., Fan, Y.-M., Maleta, K., Dewey, K. G., Ashorn, P., Newgard, C. B., Lebrilla, C., Mills, D. A., & Gordon, J. I.
Affiliations
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • University of California, Davis (US)
  • Duke University (US)
  • University of Malawi (MW)
  • Tampere University (FI)
Corresponding author
Gordon, Jeffrey I.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-02
Volume
164
Issue
5
Pages
859-871
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2288139400
Cited by
606
References
76
Citations by year
2026: 29 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 58 · 2023: 47 · 2022: 57 · 2021: 67 · 2020: 61 · 2019: 67 · 2018: 80 · 2017: 66 · 2016: 36
FWCI
86.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • NIH (DK30292, DK70977, P30 AR057235)
  • Office of Health, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition, Bureau for Global Health, USAID (GHN-A-00-08-00001-00, AID-OAA-A-12-00005)
  • Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance II and III Projects (FANTA)
  • Academy of Finland (252075)
  • Medical Research Fund of Tampere University Hospital (9M004)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Infant Nutrition and Health
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Child Nutrition and Water Access
Keywords
human milk oligosaccharides, infant malnutrition, stunting, gut microbiota, gnotobiotic pigs, skeletal morphology, hepatic metabolism, muscle metabolism, brain metabolism, anabolism
MeSH terms
Animals, Bacteroides fragilis, Bifidobacterium, Brain Chemistry, Child Development, Disease Models, Animal, Escherichia coli, Feces, Germ-Free Life, Humans, Infant, Malawi, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Milk, Milk, Human, Oligosaccharides, Malnutrition, Mice, Metabolomics, Microbiota

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