Abstract
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are bioactive components which play an important role in infant health. HMO composition is vulnerable to changes of maternal conditions including lactation stages and maternal phenotypes. Pregnant diseases such as gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are commonly found in women during pragnancy, and may cause disorder in maternal physiological metabolism which is harmful to infants. Unfortunately, anlysis of oligosaccharides from women with GDM is limited. To address this issue, we analyzed HMO compositions and profiles in breast milk from women with GDM using an established 96-well plate permethylation platform and MALDI-TOF-MS. We enrolled 127 women with GDM, and investigated HMO abundances in colostrum, transition milk, and mature milk respectively. We found that GDM affected HMO compositions in breast milk, and the level of fucosylation became higher over the course of lactation for all the women with GDM. Interestingly, the relative abundances of fucosylated HMOs in different lactation stages were affected differentially by GDM, with the most pronounced effect in colostrum. In particular, the relative abundances of H3N1F1 and H3N1F2 sharply decreased over time, showing very low levels in late lactation. These differences in our findings need further investigation to develop optimal feeding for mothers with GDM.
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