Raw milk kefir: microbiota, bioactive peptides, and immune modulation
This study aims to characterize the microbiota and peptidomic composition of raw milk kefir, and to address the potential anti-allergic effects of raw milk kefir using validated research models for food allergy. Raw milk kefir was produced after incubation with a defined freeze-dried starter culture...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Food & function 2023-02, Vol.14 (3), p.1648-1661 |
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Zusammenfassung: | This study aims to characterize the microbiota and peptidomic composition of raw milk kefir, and to address the potential anti-allergic effects of raw milk kefir using validated research models for food allergy. Raw milk kefir was produced after incubation with a defined freeze-dried starter culture. Kefir was sampled during fermentation at seven time intervals. For comparison, kefir was also prepared from heat-treated milk. Peptide compositions were determined for the raw and heated milk, and kefir end products made from these milks. In a murine food allergy model, the two kefir end products were investigated for their allergy modulating effects. In both kefirs, we identified amplicon sequence variants identical to those in the starter culture, matching the bacteria
Lactococcus lactis
,
Streptococcus thermophilus
,
Leuconostoc
and the yeast
Debaryomyces
. In raw milk kefir, additional sequence variants of
Lactococcus lactis
and the yeasts
Pichia
and
Galactomyces
could be identified, which were absent in heated milk kefir. Analysis of peptide compositions in both kefirs indicated that the number and intensity of peptides drastically increased after fermentation. Heating of the milk negatively affected the diversity of the peptide composition in kefir. Only raw milk kefir suppressed the acute allergic skin response to the food allergen ovalbumin in sensitised mice. These effects coincided with differences in the T-cell compartment, with lower percentages of activated Th1 cells and IFNg production after treatment with kefir made from heated milk. The results of this study indicate specific properties of raw milk kefir that may contribute to its additional health benefits.
In this study we compared raw milk kefir to heated milk kefir and identified unique characteristics of raw milk kefir, including additional bacteria and yeasts, a higher peptide diversity, and a suppression of a food-allergic immune response. |
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ISSN: | 2042-6496 2042-650X |
DOI: | 10.1039/d2fo03248a |