Abstract
Growing evidence has shown that gut microbiome is a key factor involved in liver health. Therefore, gut microbiota modulation with probiotic bacteria, such as Saccharomyces boulardii, constitutes a promising therapy for hepatosis. In this study, we aimed to investigate the protective effects of S. boulardii on D-Galactosamine-induced liver injury in mice. Liver function test and histopathological analysis both suggested that the liver injury can be effectively attenuated by S. boulardii administration. In the meantime, S. boulardii induced dramatic changes in the gut microbial composition. At the phylum level, we found that S. boulardii significantly increased in the relative abundance of Bacteroidetes, and decreased the relative abundance of Firmicutes and Proteobacteria, which may explain the hepatic protective effects of S. boulardii. Taken together, our results demonstrated that S. boulardii administration could change the gut microbiota in mice and alleviate acute liver failure, indicating a potential protective and therapeutic role of S. boulardii.
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Introduction
Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare and life-threatening disorder with extremely high short-term morbidity and mortality1. ALF can be caused by a variety of conditions, such as drug-induced liver injury (DILI)2,3,4, acute viral infections from hepatitis5, 6 and autoimmune diseases7. Regardless of the etiology, ALF can be associated with rapid deterioration and devastating complications8. Although advances in liver transplantation have improved survival of ALF cases in recent years, mortality remains significant. The limited availability of liver transplantation and the urgent need of waitlisted patients have led to great interest in the development of alternative therapies. Transplant-free survival in ALF has increased considerably with more and more cases recovered with supportive medical care alone9.
Microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, referred to as gut microbiota, have a collective genome with 150-fold more genes than the human genome10. Rapid advances of biotechnology have markedly improved our understanding of the role played by gut microbiota in health and disease11,12,13,14. Recent literatures suggest that qualitative changes in the gut microbiota, such as increased levels of harmful bacteria or reduced proportions of beneficial bacteria, are associated with pathogenesis and progression of liver disorders15, 16. Such studies lead to a general hypothesis that administration of health-promoting microbial strains may help treat liver diseases17, 18. Therefore, a number of beneficial bacteria are tested in animal models and exhibited therapeutic effects on alcoholic liver disease19, acute liver injury20, liver fibrosis21, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease22.
Saccharomyces boulardii (S. boulardii) is a selected strain of nonpathogenic yeast, which is commercialized worldwide as a probiotic for humans23. A great number of clinical trials and pre-clinical studies demonstrate the efficacy and safety of S. boulardii for various disease indications24, 25, such as irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn’s disease, and diarrhea with different causes. Recently, further evidence suggests that S. boulardii can promote the liver function and ameliorate liver fibrosis26, hepatic steatosis27, and hepatic injury induced by infection28. However, the underlying mechanisms of such protection remain largely unclear.
Thus, this study has the following aims: (i) to examine the influence of S. boulardii on liver function and hepatocyte architecture in mouse model of D-Galactosamine (D-GalN) induced liver injury and (ii) to investigate the impact of S. boulardii administration on the taxonomic composition of the mouse gut microbiota by utilizing high-throughput sequencing technology.
Materials and Methods
Animals and tissue sampling
Experiments were performed on adult BALB/c mice. The mice were individually housed in plastic cages at room temperature (22 °C) and maintained on an artificial cycle of 12-h light and 12-h dark. Surgical preparations involved anesthetization with a xylazine/ketamine mixture. The mice were then sacrificed by cervical dislocation. Liver tissue was precisely dissected, immersed in liquid nitrogen, and stored at −80 °C until further analysis. All procedures were approved by the Ethics Committee of Hospital Affiliated to Guizhou Medical University and performed in accordance with the guidelines on animal ethics.
Experimental design
D-Galactosamine (D-GalN) was purchased from Sigma Aldrich Corporation (St. Louis, MO, USA). S. boulardii was purchased from Biocodex (France). After ruling out baseline differences in blood and fecal samples, the experimental mice were randomly divided into three groups (n = 5 per group): (1) mice that served as vehicle control (CTRL group), (2) mice that were treated with D-GalN (D-GalN group), and (3) mice that were treated with D-GalN and probiotic S. boulardii (D-GalN + SB group). The D-GalN + SB group were gavaged with 1 ml of S. boulardii (1 × 109 CFU/ml) for 4 weeks prior to exposure to D-GalN. And the CTRL group and D-GalN group received the same volume of saline solution. D-The GalN group and the D-GalN + SB group were then intraperitoneally (i.p.) injected with 200 mg/kg D-GalN, while the CTRL group were injected with saline solution. All the mice were sacrificed 24 h after D-GalN challenge. Serum samples, liver tissue specimens and gut microbiota were compared between groups.
Serum aminotransferase activities
Fasting blood was collected from each mouse and centrifuged at 1,000 × g for 5 min at room temperature. Then, the serum sample was extracted and stored at −20 °C until further analysis. Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activities were quantified with the enzymatic kinetic method by using a semi-automatic biochemistry analyzer (HORRON RD171; HORRON XLH Medical Electronics) according to the manufacturer’s protocol.
Histologic examination
Liver tissue specimens measuring approximately 0.2 cm × 0.2 cm were taken from the right lobe of liver of each mouse. All specimens were dehydrated through graded solutions of alcohol, fixed in pH 7.4 and 10% buffered neutral formalin, and embedded in molten paraffin wax. After hematoxylin and eosin staining, the morphologic evaluation was carried out with a light microscope (SP2, Leica).
Taxonomic microbiota analysis
Metagenomic DNA was extracted from the ileal contents of mice by using the QIAamp Fast DNA Stool Mini Kit (Qiagen) following the manufacturer’s guidelines and previously published protocols29, 30. Real-time q-PCR was performed using TaqMan® Universal Master Mix (Life technologies) to examine the quality and the quantity of the 16 S rDNA. The variable region 4–6 (V4–V6) of the purified 16 S rDNA gene was amplified with PCR. Sequencing was performed utilizing paired-end Illumina MiSeq sequencing system and reagents according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Raw FASTQ files reflecting forward reads were initially filtered for quality and length (≥200 bp) using QIIME31. Passing sequences were trimmed of the forward primer, and evaluated for chimeras with UCHIME32. The RDP Classifier software was used to bin 16 S rRNA gene sequences into operational taxonomic units (OTUs), which were defined by clustering at 97% similarity.
Statistical analysis
All analyses were performed on non-rarefied data by using R 3.2.5 with relevant packages. Community ordination analysis were performed using weighted UniFrac distances33 and principal coordinates analysis (PCoA), so as to visualize the difference in bacterial populations between groups. Biochemical experimental results are expressed as mean ± SEM. And values of AST and ALT activities were logarithmically transformed to approximate a normal distribution. Differences in bacterial relative abundance between groups were assessed at phylum and family levels. Independent two-tailed Student’s t-test was performed following previously published procedures34, 35. All p-values were adjusted for multiple using the Benjamini-Hochberg method. Adjusted p-values with false-discovery rate (FDR) below 0.05 were considered significant.
Results
Serum AST and ALT activities
Three groups of mice were studied, including the CTRL group (i.e., vehicle control), the D-GalN group with D-Galactosamine-induced liver injury, and the D-GalN + SB group with S. boulardii treatment before D-GalN challenge (see Materials and Methods). The plasma levels of ALT and AST were measured as an indicator of D-GalN-induced liver injury (Fig. 1). Compared with the CTRL group, there was a significant elevation in the levels of ALT and AST in the D-GalN group (P < 0.01 for ALT, P < 0.01 for AST), indicating massive abnormality in liver function. On the other hand, the levels of ALT and AST of the D-GalN + SB group were substantially lower than those of the D-GalN group (P < 0.01 for ALT, P < 0.01 for AST), suggesting marked attenuation in liver injury after S. boulardii administration.
Histopathological analysis of liver sections
Histology of the rat liver sections (see Materials and Methods) exhibited a normal lobular liver architecture and integrated cell structure in CTRL group (Fig. 2A). Challenge with D-GalN resulted in acute hepatic injury accompanied by prominent hemorrhage and inflammation, necrosis of hepatocytes, and serious dissolution of the hepatocyte architecture (Fig. 2B). Such liver alterations were apparently alleviated in the D-GalN + SB group (Fig. 2C). Such differences indicated that S. boulardii supplementation indeed mitigated D-GalN-induced liver injury.
Gut microbiota profoundly affected by S. boulardii
Liver function test and histopathological analysis both suggested that the liver injury induced by D-GalN can be effectively attenuated by S. boulardii administration. In order to further study the underlying mechanisms for the protective effects of S. boulardii on liver, the metagenomic DNA was quantified and mapped into operational taxonomic units (OTUs; see Materials and Methods). The ileal contents was selected for DNA extraction, since it was reported that ileal samples had much lower inter-mouse variation than those from other tissue samples36. Principal coordinates analysis (PCoA) was performed to visualize the difference between individual treatment groups (Fig. 3). In general, D-GalN treated mice showed a clear separation from the vehicle controls. However, the mice under S. boulardii supplementation were less affected and displayed a relatively restored gut microbial composition after D-GalN challenge.
We further compared the D-GalN group and the D-GalN + SB group, so as to scrutinize how S. boulardii supplementation profoundly affected the abundance of different phyla and families. At the phylum level, we found that S. boulardii was associated with a significant increase in the relative abundance of Bacteroidetes (61.7% vs 40.8%) and a significant decrease in Firmicutes (33.9% vs 53.7%) and Proteobacteria (1.9% vs 3.7%) compared to the D-GalN group (Fig. 4A; see also Table S1). These results suggested that S. boulardii changed the gut microbial community by altering the proportion of three major phyla. At the family level, we also observed several important modifications of the gut microbial composition. Among the major families identified, Bacteroidaceae and Clostridiaceae were significantly increased following S. boulardii treatment. Conversely, Alcaligenaceae, Anaeroplasmataceae, Caulobacteraceae and Rikenellaceae were decreased (Fig. 4B; see also Table S2).
Discussion
Recently, much attention is paid to the research on probiotics as an adjuvant for the prevention or treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. There are certain advantages of probiotic therapy. For instance, probiotics have few side effects and drug resistance. Also, compared with many other therapies, the cost of probiotics is relatively low. A series of previous studies demonstrate that the gut microbiota is closely associated with the development of hepatic steatosis and inflammation37, 38. S. boulardii, as a tropical species of yeast isolated from fruits, is widely used to introduce beneficial active cultures into the intestine and confer protection against pathogenic microorganisms. However, many details about the impact of S. boulardii on hepatic pathology and gut microbiota remain largely unknown. Thus, we used animal models and high-throughput sequencing method to investigate (i) the impact of S. boulardii on the integrity of liver tissue and hepatic function and (ii) the effect of S. boulardii on gut microbiota composition.
The assessment of histopathological changes and aminotransferase activities demonstrated that D-GalN- induced hepatic injury could be alleviated by S. boulardii intervention. In the liver, ALT is normally enriched in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes, and AST is located in both the cytoplasm and mitochondria. When the hepatic architecture is damaged by D-GalN, ALT and AST are released into the serum, leading to acutely increased activities. In the present study, the fact that S. boulardii significantly reduced the release of hepatic ALT and AST indicated an attenuated liver injury, which was also directly corroborated by histopathological observation. A similar protective role of S. boulardii against chronic hepatic steatosis was also observed in diabetic mouse model27. Here we further found that S. boulardii can evidently alleviate acute liver injury, which merits in-depth pathological and pharmacological study.
This study also demonstrated that S. boulardii intervention in D-GalN-treated mice profoundly changed the gut microbial composition. After S. boulardii administration, mice exhibited alleviated necrosis of hepatocytes, hemorrhage and inflammatory infiltration, thereby suggesting that S. boulardii may act as a beneficial probiotic in the context of acute liver injury. We identified alterations in the relative proportion of Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes and Proteobacteria phyla in ileal bacterial communities after S. boulardii intervention. Decreased abundance of Bacteroidetes and increased abundance of Firmicutes or Proteobacteria have been reported to be associated with a variety of hepatosis, including liver cirrhosis39, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis40 and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease41. The fact that S. boulardii could reverse the above bacterial imbalances may explain the hepatic protective effects of S. boulardii. At the family level, we also identified a number of bacterial families affected by S. boulardii treatment. Importantly, many of them remain poorly understood and could be novel bacteria to study in the context of liver injury, since we should not rule out the possibility that changes in specific bacterial families are involved in the beneficial effects of S. boulardii on liver function.
Although S. boulardii supplementation was observed to alter gut microbial composition and alleviate D-GalN-induced acute liver injury, we still lack insights into the interaction between gut bacterial community and liver function. Emerging evidence has suggested that intestinal bacteria play a key role in maintaining the health of gut-liver axis42, 43. Thus, gut microbiota modulated by S. boulardii intervention may represent a new way to treat acute liver injury. Microarray has been successfully applied to establish a global transcriptomic profile for injury and regeneration of D-GalN-administered mouse livers44. Therefore, we plan to investigate how S. boulardii alters gene expression in liver, so as to unveil the molecular mechanisms underlying its liver-protecting effect. For instance, it has been widely recognized that inflammatory microenvironment can profoundly influence the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis45. We will investigate relevant genes, especially pro-inflammatory cytokines46, to better understand how S. boulardii ameliorates inflammation in liver. In addition, it must be recognized that animal models may not fully represent the hepatic pathology in humans, as suggested by extensive studies showing positive results in rodents but hardly translated into humans47, 48. Even though S. boulardii may be beneficial in attenuating D-GalN-induced liver injury, further clinical research is required to validate such protective effect.
In summary, this study provided an in-depth analysis on the gut microbiota modulations that occurred after S. boulardii supplementation. Our results demonstrated that S. boulardii administration could change the gut microbiota in mice and alleviate D-GalN-induced acute liver injury, indicating a potential therapeutic role of S. boulardii. Further transcriptomic and clinical research is required to better understand the underlying mechanisms of the hepatic protective effects of S. boulardii.
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L.Y., M.L.C. and G.Z.Y. designed the experiments. L.Y., X.K.Z., B.W., H.J.L. conducted the experiments. X.K.Z., B.W., Y.X.H. and L.L.Z. analyzed the data. L.Y. and X.K.Z. wrote the main manuscript text. L.Y., X.K.Z., M.L.C., G.Z.Y., B.W., H.J.L., Y.X.H., L.L.Z., S.Z., Z.W.X., Y.M.L., B.F.Z. and M.M. reviewed the manuscript.
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Yu, L., Zhao, Xk., Cheng, Ml. et al. Saccharomyces boulardii Administration Changes Gut Microbiota and Attenuates D-Galactosamine-Induced Liver Injury. Sci Rep 7, 1359 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01271-9
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