Gastrointestinal digestion fate of Tremella fuciformis polysaccharide and its effect on intestinal flora: an in vitro digestion and fecal fermentation study

Abstract

In this work, the gastrointestinal digestive outcome of Tremella fuciformis polysaccharide (TFP) was examined using in vitro simulated experiments, together with its effect on the intestinal microbiota. TFP did not significantly alter during the stage of oral digestion, according to an in vitro digestion investigation. Nevertheless, glycosidic connections of TFP were broken throughout the intestinal and stomach digesting phases, which resulted in the dissociation of macromolecular aggregates, a marked rise in decreasing sugar content (C _R), as well as a drop in molecular weight (Mw). Additionally, microbial community analysis following fecal fermentation in vitro indicated that TFP might control the alpha and beta diversity of gut microbiota and change the genus- and phylum-level community composition. It increased the abundance of beneficial bacteria including Megasphaera, Phascolarctobacterium, and Bacteroides, and suppressed the growth of harmful bacteria like Escherichia-shigella and Fusobacterium, thus contributing to maintaining gut homeostasis. These results suggested that TFP could have a positive impact on health through enhancing the gut microbiota environment, giving a theoretical basis for its use as a prebiotic.

Keywords

Tremella fuciformis polysaccharides (TFP) / in vitro digestion and fecal fermentation / Gut microbial

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31901644) and the University Innovation Team of Shandong Province (2022KJ243).

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