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Vitamin D administration leads to a shift of the intestinal bacterial composition in Crohn's disease patients, but not in healthy controls.
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Journal of Digestive Diseases . Apr2018, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p225-234. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: Dysbiosis is a common feature in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Environmental factors, such as vitamin D deficiency, seem to play a role in the intestinal inflammation of IBD. The aim of this study was to investigate whether vitamin D administration has an impact on the bacterial composition in Crohn's disease (CD) compared to healthy controls (HC). METHODS: A prospective, longitudinal, controlled interventional analysis was conducted in seven patients with CD in clinical remission and 10 HC to investigate the effect of orally administrated vitamin D on the intestinal bacterial composition using 16S ribosomal RNA gene amplicon sequencing. Clinical parameters were assessed. RESULTS: In contrast to HC, microbial communities of CD patients changed significantly during early vitamin D administration. However, a further increase in vitamin D level was associated with a reversal of this effect and additionally with a decrease in the bacterial richness in the CD microbiome. Specific species with a high abundancy were found during vitamin D administration in CD, but not in HC; the abundancy of <italic>Alistipes</italic>, <italic>Barnesiella</italic>, unclassified Porphyromonadaceae (both Actinobacteria), <italic>Roseburia, Anaerotruncus</italic>, <italic>Subdoligranulum</italic> and an unclassified Ruminococaceae (all Firmicutes) increased significantly after 1‐week vitamin D administration in CD. CONCLUSIONS: Vitamin D has a specific influence on the bacterial communities in CD, but not in HC. Administration of vitamin D may have a positive effect in CD by modulating the intestinal bacterial composition and also by increasing the abundance of potential beneficial bacterial strains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17512972
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Digestive Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 129511775
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-2980.12591