Journal Article

The Influence of Prebiotic Arabinoxylan Oligosaccharides on Microbiota Derived Uremic Retention Solutes in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Verbeke, Kristin, Poesen, Ruben, de Loor, Henriette, Meijers, Björn, Courtin, Christophe M., Evenepoel, Pieter, Delcour, Jan A., Kuypers, Dirk, Augustijns, Patrick

2016

Overview

The colonic microbial metabolism is a key contributor to uremic retention solutes accumulating in patients with CKD, relating to adverse outcomes and insulin resistance. Whether prebiotics can reduce intestinal generation of these microbial metabolites and improve insulin resistance in CKD patients not yet on dialysis remains unknown. We performed a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, cross-over study in 40 patients with eGFR between 15 and 45 ml/min/1.73 m2. Patients were randomized to sequential treatment with prebiotic arabinoxylan oligosaccharides (AXOS) (10 g twice daily) and maltodextrin for 4 weeks, or vice versa, with a 4-week wash-out period between both intervention periods. Serum levels and 24h urinary excretion of p-cresyl sulfate, p-cresyl glucuronide, indoxyl sulfate, trimethylamine N-oxide and phenylacetylglutamine were determined at each time point using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. In addition, insulin resistance was estimated by the homeostatic model assessment (HOMA-IR). A total of 39 patients completed the study. We observed no significant effect of AXOS on serum p-cresyl sulfate (P 0.42), p-cresyl glucuronide (P 0.59), indoxyl sulfate (P 0.70) and phenylacetylglutamine (P 0.41) and a small, albeit significant decreasing effect on serum trimethylamine N-oxide (P 0.04). There were neither effect of AXOS on 24h urinary excretion of p-cresyl sulfate (P 0.31), p-cresyl glucuronide (P 0.23), indoxyl sulfate (P 0.87) and phenylacetylglutamine (P 0.43), nor on 24h urinary excretion of trimethylamine N-oxide (P 0.97). In addition, we observed no significant change in HOMA-IR (P 0.93). In conclusion, we could not demonstrate an influence of prebiotic AXOS on microbiota derived uremic retention solutes and insulin resistance in patients with CKD not yet on dialysis. Further study is necessary to elucidate whether prebiotic therapy with other characteristics, higher cumulative exposure or in different patient populations may be of benefit. Clinicaltrials.gov NCT02141815.

• Publisher: Public Library of Science,Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subject: Aged / Analysis / Arabinoxylans / Biology and Life Sciences / Cardiovascular disease / Chromatography / Chronic kidney failure / Cross-Over Studies / Development and progression / Dialysis / Disease control / Double-Blind Method / Epidermal growth factor receptors / Excretion / Female / Fermentation / Food science / Hemodiafiltration / Hemodialysis / Humans / Immunology / Insulin / Insulin resistance / Intestine / Kidney diseases / Kidney transplantation / Liquid chromatography / Male / Maltodextrin / Mass spectrometry / Mass spectroscopy / Medicine and Health Sciences / Metabolism / Metabolites / Microbiota / Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms) / Microbiota - drug effects / Microorganisms / Mortality / Nephrology / Nutrition research / Oligosaccharides / Oligosaccharides - administration & dosage / Patients / Physical Sciences / Physiological aspects / Prebiotics / Prebiotics - administration & dosage / Randomization / Renal Dialysis / Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - drug therapy / Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - metabolism / Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - microbiology / Retention / Serum levels / Solutes / Sulfate / Sulfates / Trimethylamine / Urea - metabolism / Uremia - metabolism / Uremia - microbiology / Xylans - administration & dosage