Effect of rapid colonic transit on stool microbiome and short-chain fatty acids in diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome

Joelle Bousaba, Ting Zheng, Saam Dilmaghani, Stephen Johnson, Jun Chen, Michael Camilleri

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Abstract

In a recent article in GUT,1 we showed that, among 194 patients with diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D), 43 had altered bile acid (BA) metabolism (ABAM) (serum 7αC4>52 ng/mL). Patients with ABAM, had faster colonic transit (CT), lower α diversity and a different microbial compositional profile based on β diversity compared with IBS-D without ABAM. There were no significant differences in the stool short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) concentrations between the two groups.1 There is evidence that transit impacts gut microbiome composition and diversity.2

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbergutjnl-2022-329359
JournalGut
DOIs
StateAccepted/In press - 2023

Keywords

  • DIARRHOEA
  • IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
  • SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACIDS

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Gastroenterology

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