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Research Communication

Linoleic Acid Conjugation by Human Intestinal Microorganisms Is Inhibited by Glucose and Other Substrates In Vitro and in Gnotobiotic Rats

German Institute of Human Nutrition, Department of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, 14558 Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany

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The anticarcinogen conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a product of bacterial activity that isomerizes linoleic acid (LA) in the rumen of herbivores. Therefore, fatty dairy products in the human diet are enriched with CLA. Although bacteria capable of in vitro LA conjugation were detected in the human intestinal tract, CLA synthesis from dietary sunflower seed oil was not observed in gnotobiotic rats associated with these intestinal bacteria. The objective of the study was to investigate variables that affect LA conjugation. In vitro, LA conjugation was strongly inhibited by glucose and other substrates. Concentrations of 1.5 mmol glucose/L inhibited LA conjugation by 50%. Methyl--D-glucoside was a less effective inhibitor than glucose, and 2-deoxy-D-glucose did not inhibit LA conjugation at all. To analyze the concentration of carbohydrates in intestinal contents, the LA-conjugating bacterial mixed culture and human fecal microorganisms were introduced into germ-free rats. Samples of feces and cecum and colon contents of both groups exhibited in vitro LA-conjugating activity. Rats associated with human intestinal microorganisms contained 5.7 ± 1.3 mmol glucose/L in the cecal contents and 6.6 ± 1.0 mmol glucose/L in the colonic contents. Rats associated with CLA-producing bacterial culture contained 3.4 ± 1.3 mmol glucose/L in the cecal contents and 4.2 ± 1.0 mmol glucose/L in the colonic contents. These values are within a range that may explain the observed inhibition of LA conjugation in vivo.

KEY WORDS: • conjugated linoleic acid • gnotobiotic rats • glucose • inhibition • intestinal microorganisms

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