Probiotics Maintain the Gut Microbiome Homeostasis During Indian Antarctic Expedition by Ship

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2021 Sep 23

PMID 34552104

Citations 5

Authors

Ashish Kumar Srivastava

Vishwajeet Rohil

Brij Bhushan

Malleswara Rao Eslavath

Harshita Gupta

Sudipta Chanda

Bhuvnesh Kumar

Rajeev Varshney

Lilly Ganju

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Abstract

Ship voyage to Antarctica is a stressful journey for expedition members. The response of human gut microbiota to ship voyage and a feasible approach to maintain gut health, is still unexplored. The present findings describe a 24-day long longitudinal study involving 19 members from 38th Indian Antarctic Expedition, to investigate the impact of ship voyage and effect of probiotic intervention on gut microbiota. Fecal samples collected on day 0 as baseline and at the end of ship voyage (day 24), were analyzed using whole genome shotgun sequencing. Probiotic intervention reduced the sea sickness by 10% compared to 44% in placebo group. The gut microbiome in placebo group members on day 0 and day 24, indicated significant alteration compared to a marginal change in the microbial composition in probiotic group. Functional analysis revealed significant alterations in carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism. Carbohydrate-active enzymes analysis represented functional genes involved in glycoside hydrolases, glycosyltransferases and carbohydrate binding modules, for maintaining gut microbiome homeostasis. Suggesting thereby the possible mechanism of probiotic in stabilizing and restoring gut microflora during stressful ship journey. The present study is first of its kind, providing a feasible approach for protecting gut health during Antarctic expedition involving ship voyage.

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