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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Characterization and quantification of oligosaccharides in human milk and infant formula

Rose M. Nijman,† Yan Liu,§ Apichaya Bunyatratchata,§ Jennifer T. Smilowitz,§ Bernd Stahl,† and Daniela Barile§,* †

Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht, 3584 CT, the Netherlands

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Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616,

United States

* correspondence: Daniela Barile; E-mail: [email protected]

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ABSTRACT: Oligosaccharides are known to affect the health of infants. The analysis of

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these complex molecules in (human) milk samples requires state of the art techniques. This

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study analyzed the composition and concentration of oligosaccharides in early (Day 3) and

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mature (Day 42) human milk as well as in five different infant formula brands. The

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oligosaccharide content decreased in human milk from 9.15±0.25 g/L at Day 3 to 6.38±0.29

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g/L at Day 42 of lactation. All formulas resulted to be fortified with galacto-

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oligosaccharides—one was also fortified with polydextrose and another one with long-chain

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fructo-oligosaccharides. About 130 unique oligosaccharides structures were identified in the

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human milk samples, whereas infant formula contained less diversity of structures. The

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comparisons indicated that composition and abundance of oligosaccharides unique to human

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milk are not yet reproduced in infant formulas. The analytical workflow developed is suitable

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for determination of prebiotic oligosaccharides in foods that contain diverse carbohydrate

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structures.

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KEYWORDS: human milk, mass spectrometry, oligosaccharides, infant formula


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INTRODUCTION

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Human milk has undergone constant evolutionary pressure, being the sole nourishment of

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newborns. Remarkably, abundant components in human milk are indigestible, complex

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oligosaccharides—human milk oligosaccharides (HMOS); their concentration is

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approximately 5–8 g/L in mature human milk and 12–14 g/L in early human milk. 1, 2 HMOS

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are built of five monosaccharides—D-glucose, D-galactose, N-acetylglucosamine, L-fucose

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and a type of sialic acid called N-acetylneuraminic acid (NeuAc).

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HMOS support the growth of select beneficial bacteria such as infant type bifidobacteria

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within the infant intestine. 3-6 A beneficial intestinal microbiota dominated by bifidobacteria,

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supports postnatal intestinal maturation, nutrient absorption and maturation of the immune

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system in newborns. 7-11 HMOS possess anti-infective activities as they inhibit pathogens and

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toxins from binding to intestinal cells. 12-15 Monosaccharide moieties such as fucose 12, 13, 16,

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sialic acid 14 and also galactose play a role in biological recognition processes between

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eukaryotic cells of the host and also between pathogens and hosts. An important beneficial

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function of sialylated oligosaccharides is their contribution to the cognitive development of

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infants, as sialic acid is an essential nutrient for brain development and is used for sialylation

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of brain gangliosides. Sialylated oligosaccharides also play a specific role in maturation of

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the immune system 10, prevention of allergy development 10 and expression of anti-

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inflammatory properties. 17

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Because of their multi-functional, health-promoting activities, non-digestible

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oligosaccharides have been gaining immense interest by the infant formula industry. Infant

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formula is usually based on bovine milk, which contains much lower quantities of prebiotics

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than human milk; a prebiotic being a substrate that is selectively utilized by host 3 ACS Paragon Plus Environment


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microorganisms conferring a health benefit. 18 Additionally, bovine milk oligosaccharides are

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mostly sialylated, with only trace amounts of fucosylated oligosaccharides. Most infant

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formula manufacturers fortify their products with prebiotics, in an attempt of mimicking the

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composition of human milk. While galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS)-containing infant

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formulas have been found to enrich fecal bifidobacteria 19-22, there are inconsistencies in the

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literature with respect to understanding the growth rates of various bifidobacterial strains on

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GOS. For example, some adult-strains of Bifidobacterium have been found to grow more

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efficiently on GOS than several HMOS-oriented strains 23 abundant in the breastfed infant

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gut. 24, 25 On the other hand, some HMOS-oriented strains of Bifidobacterium have been

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reported to grow well on GOS. 23 Furthermore, in depth analyses on the fecal samples of

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infants on formula containing GOS have shown that the microbial composition at species-

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level within the Bifidobacterium genus was more similar to human-milk fed infants

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compared to infants fed control formula. 26, 27

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The presence of fecal short chain fatty acids in the host’s intestine has been found to exert

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benefit to the host by promoting defense functions of the host epithelial cells and protect the

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cell from enteropathogenic infection. 28 Breastfed infants have a much lower colonic pH and

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higher concentrations of fecal acetate than formula-fed infants. 29 Although statistics were

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not performed on the breastfed infant group that served as a reference, the fecal pH of infants

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who consumed infant formula containing GOS was intermediary between the control infant

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formula group (6.87) and the breastfed group (5.37). 22 In another study, the fecal pH of

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infants consuming infant formula with 8 g/l GOS/FOS (9:1) was in the range of breastfed

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infants (5.19 ± 0.40). 30 With respect to gut symptomology, compared to the control infant

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formula group, infant formulas containing GOS increased the frequency 31, 32 and softness of 4 ACS Paragon Plus Environment

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stools from infants and toddlers. 20, 21, 33 Stool consistency and frequency of preterm infants

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receiving GOS containing formula, was not significantly different from infants receiving

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human milk. 34 In other studies however, GOS resulted in lower frequencies and firmer stools

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compared with the breastfed group. 19, 21 These results are unsurprising as the intake of infant

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formula has been found to support gut dysbiosis (increased numbers of pathogens) and

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consequent metabolic effects such as higher fecal pH and lower concentrations of fecal short

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chain fatty acids compared with exclusively breastfed infants. 29 In a recent comparative

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study, the direct microbiota-independent effects of GOS on the intestinal barrier function

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were demonstrated. 68 Recent research also showed prebiotic activity for polydextrose

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(PDX). In a clinical trial in which an infant formula contained both GOS and PDX, fecal

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Bifidobacterium was similar between the breastfed and GOS/PDX-compared with the control

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infant formula group. 21 However, the mechanism by which the addition of GOS and PDX in

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infant formula affects the fecal microbial composition, growth of specific strains of

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Bifidobacterium or microbial function within the gut compared with breastfed infants is still

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poorly understood. Stool characteristics of infants fed a prebiotic mixture consisting of PDX,

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GOS and lactulose were found to be more similar to those of breastfed infants in comparison

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with infants fed control infant formula. 35 A specific mixture of scGOS and lcFOS in a ratio

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of 9:1 has been developed to closely resemble the molecular size distribution of

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oligosaccharides in human milk and a wealth of literature has assessed its usefulness. In a

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recent review by Scholtens et al. 36, ten studies were reported that showed increases in fecal

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bifidobacteria and lactobacilli by infant formula containing scGOS/lcFOS. The review

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furthermore summarized seven studies that found positive effects of this mixture on stool

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consistency and stool frequency. The World Allergy Organization suggests using prebiotic



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supplementation in infants that are not-exclusively breastfed; 12 out of the 19 publications

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included in a systematic review from 2016 had tested the prebiotic mixture scGOS/lcFOS

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(9:1). 37 The addition of a 9:1 scGOS/lcFOS mixture in a concentration of 0.8 g/100 mL to

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infant formula was approved in the EU and USA. 38, 39 Moro and Boehm 40 reviewed 39

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clinical studies, of which 24 contained the prebiotic mixture of scGOS/lcFOS (9:1), and

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found that the benefits of various prebiotics are structure-dependent and cannot be

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extrapolated from one to the other.

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No comprehensive research has yet characterized and quantified the oligosaccharide

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profile in several commercially available infant formulas directly related to known changes

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of oligosaccharide profile in human milk at various lactation stages.

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The aim of the present work was to compare the oligosaccharide profile of human milk,

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including neutral and acidic oligosaccharides, at Day 3 with that of Day 42 of lactation.

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Additionally, the oligosaccharide profile of infant formulas aimed for 0-12 month old infants

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was compared between several brands. A nano liquid chromatography (LC) chip system with

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graphitized carbon was employed for separation of extracted HMOS into individual isomeric

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forms prior to detection by a quadrupole time-of-flight (Q-TOF) mass analyzer. This

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technique has been shown to be ideal for oligosaccharide characterization thanks to its ability

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to resolve tens of isomers, high sensitivity and reproducibility, while requiring only minute

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amounts of sample. 41, 42

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Quantification of the major oligosaccharides (selected based on abundance for secretor

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status; intact or after hydrolysis) was achieved by employing high-performance anion-

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exchange chromatography (HPAEC) with pulsed amperometric detection (PAD) and a UV

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enzymatic D-Glucose/D-Fructose kit. HPAEC-PAD has already been successfully used for


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oligosaccharide quantification in whey permeate 43 which, however has a simpler

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composition compared with infant formula, therefore additional purification strategies were

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employed in the present study.

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MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Samples and Chemicals. Twenty breast milk samples were obtained from ten women who

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delivered term infants (>37 weeks gestation) and were enrolled in the UC Davis Lactation

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Study in Davis, California. Breast milk was collected from each mother at two lactation

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stages, Day 3 and Day 42 postnatal. Milk samples were collected in the morning using a

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modified published method

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Harmony Manual Breast pump by the mother 2-4 h after feeding her infant. Subjects

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collected the milk into a bottle, inverted 6 times, aliquoted 12 mL into a 15 mL

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polypropylene tube, and subsequently froze the sample in the kitchen freezer (-20 ºC).

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Samples were picked up, transported to the lab on dry ice, and stored at -80 ºC until

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processing.

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The UC Davis Institutional Review Board approved all aspects of the study and informed

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consent was obtained from all mothers (protocol #: 216198).

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involving milk collection from one breast using a Medela

Five infant formula brands, labelled as A, B, C, D, E and commercially available in the United States, were obtained from a local supermarket or directly from the manufacturers. All infant formulas studied were intended for 0-12 month old infants. Infant formulas

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were prepared according to the instructions on the packages. The analytical grade standards

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USA). Long-chain fructose-oligosaccharide (lcFOS) standard (Inulin Orafti) was provided by

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Beneo (Mannheim, Germany). Short-chain galacto-oligosaccharide (scGOS) standard

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(Vivinal GOS powder) was received from Friesland Campina Domo (Borculo, the

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Netherlands). Polydextrose (PDX) standard (Litesse® two powder) was provided by Danisco

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(Reigate, United Kingdom). All other oligosaccharide standards were purchased from V-

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LABS, INC. (Covington, LA, USA). Carbonate-free NaOH solution (50% w/w) was

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purchased from Fisher Scientific (Fair Lawn, NJ, USA). NaOAc and the reduction reagent

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NaBH4 were from Sigma–Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). Carrez solution I and II were

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purchased from Fisher Scientific (Fair Lawn, NJ, USA). A food grade lactase, separated from

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Aspergillus oryzae, was obtained from BIO-CAT (Troy, VA, USA). Endo and exo-inulinase

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from Aspergillus niger were purchased from Megazyme (Bray Co., Wicklow, Ireland).

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Enzymatic D-Glucose/D-Fructose kit was obtained from R-Biopharm (Darmstadt, Germany).

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Bio-Gel P2 extra fine powder was purchased from Bio-Rad (Hercules, CA, USA). Dionex

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OnGuard A II cartridges were obtained from Thermo Fisher (Sunnyvale, CA, USA). All

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solvents used in sample preparation and elution were optima grade from Fisher Scientific

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(Fair Lawn, NJ, USA). 18.2 MΩ.cm nanopure water at 25 °C was used throughout the

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experiment and is referred to as water.

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Oligosaccharide Purification Prior to Analysis by Mass Spectrometry. Milk and

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infant formula samples were purified according to a previously described method. 45 All

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samples were prepared in duplicate. Fifty microliters of each sample were diluted with an

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equal volume of water. After briefly mixing with a vortex mixer, diluted samples were

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centrifuged at 4 °C for 30 min at 14000 × g to remove the lower density milk fat globules.

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The skim milk was collected and treated with four volumes of Folch solution (2:1 (v/v)


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chloroform:methanol) to remove residual lipid and some protein. The solution was

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centrifuged at 4 °C for 30 min at 14000 × g. The upper methanol layer containing

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carbohydrates was collected. Two volumes of –30 °C ethanol were added and the solution

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was incubated at –30 °C for 1 h to precipitate the remaining proteins. Proteins were

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separated by centrifuging at 4 °C for 30 min at 14000 × g. The supernatant was collected and

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dried by vacuum centrifugation at 35 °C. The dried samples containing oligosaccharides

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were rehydrated in 50 µl of water. All rehydrated samples were mixed with a vortex mixer

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and sonicated well to obtain a homogeneous solution.

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Oligosaccharides were reduced from the aldehyde to alditol form to eliminate anomers,

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thus simplifying analysis of chromatograms. Oligosaccharide reduction conditions were as

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described by Wu et al. 46 with some modifications. An equal volume (50 µl) of 1.0 M NaBH4

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was added to each sample and the sample was incubated at 65 °C for 1 h. To remove borates,

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salts, monosaccharides and disaccharides, 96-well plates with porous graphitized carbon

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solid-phase extraction columns (PGC-SPE) (40-µl media bed volume, 2000 µg binding

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capacity, Glygen Corp., Columbia, MD, USA) were employed. After activating the column,

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samples were loaded onto the plate. Undesired compounds were thoroughly removed by

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washing with 200 µl water six times and spinning at room temperature for 3 min at 277 × g.

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Total oligosaccharides, bound to the porous graphitized carbon, were eluted by 600 µl of

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40% acetonitrile with 1% trifluoracetic acid in water (v/v). Purified oligosaccharides were

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dried by speed vacuum centrifugation at 35 °C.

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Oligosaccharide analysis by nanoLC-chip/Q-TOF. Purified reduced milk

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oligosaccharides were analyzed by nano-LC-chip/Q-TOF mass spectrometry. Samples were

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rehydrated in 50 µl of water and diluted 100 times for mass spectrometry analysis. Diluted



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samples were injected into the Agilent 6520 (Santa Clara, CA, USA) chip/Q-TOF with a

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porous graphitized carbon (PGC) glycan micro-chip (Santa Clara, CA, USA). PGC was used

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as a separating medium because it effectively separates oligosaccharide isomers. The

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conditions reported by Wu et al. 42 were used with the following modifications. All data were

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collected in positive mode with 450–2500 mass/charge (m/z) range. The Q-TOF was

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calibrated by a dual nebulizer electrospray source with a wide mass range of calibrant ions

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(ESI-L, low concentration tuning mix, Agilent Technology). The m/z = 922.010 and m/z =

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1221.991 were chosen as internal calibrants with the reference mass parameter of detection

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window 100 ppm and minimum height 500 counts. The peak collection thresholds were set at

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200 ion counts or 0.01% relative intensity for mass spectrometry spectra. Data analysis was

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performed on Agilent Mass Hunter Quantitative Analysis and Agilent Mass Hunter Profinder

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version B.06.00.

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Data Analysis. The “Find by molecular feature” algorithm of Mass Hunter Quantitative

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Analysis was employed to extract peaks that matched an in-house HMOS database. The

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extraction was performed with an absolute peak height cut-off of 5000 ion counts and a

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quality score over 60. The isotope type used was “glycan.” Isotopes were grouped by peak

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spacing 0.025 m/z + 7.0 ppm. All extracted peaks were manually checked. The secondary

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extraction was performed in Mass Hunter Profinder. “Targeted feature extraction” was

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applied to all samples against the human milk library (database) compiled from the analyses

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of oligosaccharides in the ten milk samples. The extraction was required to match the

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compounds in the library with both accurate mass and retention time. All the extracted peaks

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were checked and inaccurate integrations were manually corrected.


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For data analysis of infant formula, a new library containing all possible bovine milk

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oligosaccharides and GOS was assembled. The “Find by molecular feature” algorithm was

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performed to extract peaks matching the mass of the compounds in this new library. The

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extraction parameters were similar to those for human milk data analysis except that the

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absolute height filter was set to 1000 in order to extract more low-abundant compounds. A

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secondary extraction in Profinder was applied as described for the human milk samples.

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Compound exchange format files with compound name, formula, retention time and mass

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were generated.

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Quantification of Monosaccharides and Disaccharides by High-Performance Anion-

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Exchange Chromatography with Pulsed Amperometric Detection (HPAEC-PAD). Two

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volumes of samples (human milk and infant formula) were treated with one volume “Carrez

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solution I” followed by one volume of “Carrez solution II” to precipitate proteins and

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eliminate impurities that would interfere with the quantification of galactose, glucose and

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lactose. 47 The mixture was centrifuged at 4255 x g, 4 ºC for 30 min. The supernatant was

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diluted and filtered with 0.22-µm filter. For method validation and study of recovery, a

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randomly selected infant formula sample was spiked with five concentrations of glucose,

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galactose and lactose standards (Table S1). External calibration curves of glucose, galactose

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and lactose were constructed. The concentration of each spiked sample was measured using

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these external calibration curves. Recovery was calculated by the difference between the

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experimentally measured amount and original amount added in a blank sample divided by

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the spiked amount.

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Quantification of monosaccharides was performed by a Thermo Scientific Dionex ICS5000+ HPAEC-PAD (Sunnyvale, CA, USA). The quantification parameters and



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conditions reported by Lee 43 were used. Glucose, galactose and lactose were separated on a

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CarboPac PA 10 column (4 x 250 mm) with a CarboPac PA 10 guard column (4 x 50 mm)

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and detected by a disposable gold working electrode and a quadruple potential waveform.

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Elution was performed at room temperature at a flow rate of 1.2 mL/min. Glucose, galactose

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and lactose were simultaneously analyzed in the same run. A 15-min washing with 200 mM

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and re-equilibration with 10 mM NaOH was performed followed by an isocratic condition of

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10 mM NaOH for 12 min. A gradient from 10 mM to 100 mM NaOH was used from 12 min

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to 25 min to elute lactose.

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Quantification of bound sialic acid in human milk (Day 42) and infant formula.

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Human milk and infant formula samples were filtered by 10 kDa Amicon ultrafiltration

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filters. A 100-µL aliquot of permeate was dried and hydrolyzed with 50 mM sulfuric acid at

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80 °C for 1 h. The hydrolyzed permeate, containing the released sialic acid, was purified by

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Dionex–OnGuard A II cartridges. Released sialic acid was eluted by 8 mL of 50 mM NaCl.

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HPAEC-PAD on a CarboPac PA 10. After re-equilibration with 10 mM NaOAc and 100 mM

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NaOH, the NaOAc concentration was increased from 10 mM to 100 mM from 0 min to 20

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min with the same concentrations of NaOH.

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After bringing the volume to 10 mL, samples were filtered and analyzed by Dionex

Quantification of Oligosaccharides in Human Milk by HPAEC-PAD. HMOS were

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quantified by a standard addition method to eliminate the matrix effect (Table S3).

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Homogeneously pooled human milk samples of Day 3 and Day 42 were obtained by mixing

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equal volumes of each donor’s milk. Samples were diluted five-fold prior to use. A stock

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solution of nine standards—lacto-N-difucohexaose I (LNDFH I ), lactodifucotetraose

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(LDFT), 2'-fucosyllactose (2’-FL), lacto-N-fucopentaose I (LNFP I), lacto-N-tetraose (LNT),


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lacto-N-hexaose (LNH), monofucosyllacto-N-hexaose I (MFLNH I), 6'-sialyllactose sodium

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salt (6'-SL) and 3'-sialyllactose sodium salt (3'-SL)—was used to spike the human milk

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samples (see Table S2 and Table S3). Spiked human milk samples were filtered through 10

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kDa Amicon ultrafiltration filters (Billerica, MA, USA) at 14000 x g at 4 °C for 30 min. The

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collected permeate was diluted and filtered through a 0.2-µm membrane for HPAEC-PAD

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analysis. Quantification of oligosaccharides was achieved by a CarboPac PA 200 column (3

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x 250 mm) equipped with a CarboPac PA 200 guard column (3 x 50 mm) with a 0.5 mL/min

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flow rate. An isocratic condition of 100 mM NaOH was used to separate neutral

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oligosaccharides. Acidic oligosaccharides were eluted with isocratic 100 mM NaOH and 10

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mM NaOAc. Peak areas were plotted against spiked amounts of oligosaccharide standards.

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The interception of the x axis was the amount of the corresponding oligosaccharide in human

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milk.

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Quantification of GOS in Infant Formula. A 2-cm wide x 100-cm long size-exclusion

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column (SEC) was packed with pre-wetted Bio-Gel P2 extra fine powder (Bio-Rad,

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Hercules, CA, USA). Two column volumes of degassed water were passed through the

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column prior to use. The void volume was determined using blue dextran with a flow rate of

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15 mL/h. Water was used as eluent. One milliliter of skimmed infant formula was loaded

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onto the size-exclusion column. After discarding the void volume, 1-ml fractions were

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collected and analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization –time of flight mass

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spectrometry (MALDI-TOF, Microflex, Bruker, Billerica, MA, USA). Fractions containing

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oligosaccharides with a degree of polymerization (DP) between 3 and 9 were pooled and

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dried for further hydrolysis experiments. Quantification of DP2 was not included in this

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work, since all samples had a matrix containing high levels of lactose, which would interfere



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with the measurement accuracy of the DP2 of GOS. Pooled GOS samples were re-suspended

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in 5 mL of water. After adjustment to pH 4.5 with hydrochloric acid, purified infant formula

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was hydrolyzed with 0.25% lactase at 50 °C for 45 min. The enzyme was recovered using a

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10 kDa Amicon ultrafiltration filter. Purified samples were diluted and filtered through a

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0.22-µm polyethersulfone filter (Washington, NY, USA). Analysis of monosaccharides and

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lactose before and after hydrolysis was done by Dionex HPAEC–PAD with a CarboPac PA

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10 column. External calibration curves were built with commercial analytical standards to

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calculate monosaccharides and lactose concentrations. The GOS concentration was

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calculated based on the following equation:

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a)

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GOS. Gt is the total concentration of galactose after enzyme treatment. Gb is the measured

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initial free galactose. Gl means the galactose content released from lactose.

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b) GOSt = k * Gg

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where k = (180 + 162n)/(180n) and n is the average number of galactose moieties in the GOS

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molecules. For example, if n=2, k is 1.4. 49 According to the specification of the GOS

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ingredient used in the infant formula production, the average number of galactose units was

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estimated to be 2.7.

Gg = Gt – Gb – Gl, where Gg is the concentration (g/L) of galactose released from

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Quantification of FOS in Infant Formulas. The AOAC method to determine total

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fructan in food was used. 50 The stock solutions of endo- and exo-inulinase were mixed as a

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1:10 solution (Table S4). The mixture was diluted to 400 u/mL exo-inulinase and 40 u/mL

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endo-inulinase by using a pH 4.5 100 mM NaOAc buffer containing 1 mg/ml bovine serum

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albumin. One-hundred microliters of enzyme mixture was added to 200 µL of each sample.

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After adjusting the sample to pH 4.5 with glacier acetic acid, the mixture was incubated at 60


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°C and kept under agitation in a thermo mixer for 30 min. After the reaction was completed,

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enzyme was separated by a 10 kDa Amicon ultrafiltration filter. The total released fructose

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(Fg) was measured by an UV enzymatic D-Glucose / D-Fructose kit. FOS was calculated

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according to the following equation:

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FOSt=k*Fg

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where k=(180 + 162n)/(180n) and n is the average number of fructose moieties in the FOS

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molecules. In the infant formula, the average DP of FOS was calculated as 25. Hence, n=24

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was the estimated factor used in the total FOS calculation.

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Quantification of PDX in Infant Formula. Infant formula samples were mixed with a

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vortex for 1 min and incubated at 80 ˚C for 5 min. The solution was cooled at room

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temperature before centrifugation at 16162 x g, at 4˚C for 30 min. The top fat layer and

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precipitate were removed and the solution was diluted 500 fold, filtered and analyzed by

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HPAEC-PAD. The 10 g/L of standard PDX was treated the same as the infant formula

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sample and finally diluted to 0.06, 0.03, 0.01, 0.006, 0.003 and 0.001 g/L to generate the

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standard curve. After 5min of prewashing with 200mM and 10 min of re-equilibration with

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10mM NaOH, a 45 min gradient from 10mM to 80mM NaOH was used to elute PDX. The

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PDX peak eluting at 2.23 min that did not coelute with GOS, nor with other compounds in

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the infant formula sample, was used to quantify the total concentration of intact PDX by

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comparing the area of the 2.23 min peak in the infant formula with the same peak in the PDX

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standard curve.

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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Comparison of oligosaccharides, bound sialic acid, monosaccharides and lactose in human milk and infant formula. The oligosaccharides in human milk and commercial



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infant formulas were measured by nano LC-chip/Q-TOF MS for comparison of their content

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and composition. Samples from ten human milk donors (collected at Day 3 and Day 42 of

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lactation) and five infant formula brands were measured in duplicate and the nano LC-

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chip/Q-TOF MS peak areas were averaged. The complete list of identified oligosaccharides

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for human milk and infant formula is presented in the supplementary material (Tables S5-

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S8). Human milk comprised about 130 individual structures, whereas infant formula

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contained less diversity of structures. In early milk, 76 fucosylated structures, 13 sialylated, 9

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fucosylated and sialylated and 35 neutral unfucosylated molecules were identified. In mature

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milk, 73 fucosylated structures, 12 sialylated, 9 fucosylated and sialylated and 34 neutral

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unfucosylated molecules were detected. Infant formula contained only 2 sialylated and 44

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neutral unfucosylated oligosaccharides. The quantity of NeuAc, monosaccharides and lactose

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in human milk and infant formula were also measured by HPAEC-PAD (triplicate

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measurements). All values in the text and in table 1 till 4 are presented as mean of samples ±

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mean of SD.

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As shown in Figure 1, fucosylated oligosaccharides comprised 58.2±7.4% of total

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oligosaccharides in human milk (Day 42), a value that is in agreement with the previously

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reported content (between 46% and 70%). 45 Oligosaccharides with up to four fucose

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residues were detected. The oligosaccharide LNT, known for its prebiotic potential,

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constituted a large part (17.0±6.6%) of total oligosaccharides. HMOS’ sialylated fraction of

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the Day 42 milk samples constituted 8.3±2.0% of total oligosaccharides, based on

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abundance, and 3.4±0.9% of these oligosaccharides contained both sialic acid and fucose

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residues. Ninonuevo et al. 45 previously found sialylated oligosaccharides to fall between 3%

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and 36% of the total abundance of oligosaccharides in human milk. Neutral unfucosylated


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oligosaccharides represented the remainder of the pool. The relative abundances of the

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oligosaccharides in the Day 3 samples were very similar to those in the Day 42 samples,

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except for a slightly higher relative abundance of fucosylated oligosaccharides in the Day 3

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samples, and a lower abundance of LNT. It is clear from Figure 1 that the oligosaccharides in

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the infant formulas differed from those in human milk. The sialylated fraction of infant

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formula contained only 2.8±1.5% of total oligosaccharides and 4.7±2.3% of the

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oligosaccharides was neutral non-fucosylated. The majority (92.4±3.7%) of the

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oligosaccharides consisted of hexose oligomers.

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The content of bound NeuAc in a pooled sample of human milk from the ten donors was

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0.344±0.008 g/L (Table 1); this form of sialic acid was previously reported as being between

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0.26 and 0.70 g/L at four to eight weeks of lactation. 51, 52 Oligosaccharide-bound NeuAc in

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the infant formulas, was on average 0.043±0.001 g/L. NeuAc was previously reported as

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being between 0.014 and 0.072 g/L in infant and follow-on formulas recommended for

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different age groups (up to 12 months). 51, 52 The lower sialic acid content in formula results

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in significantly lower levels of sialic acid in brain and saliva of formula-fed infants than in

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breastfed infants. 53

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Free monosaccharides were also found to be quite low in both human milk and in infant

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formula (Table 2), with concentrations lower than 0.4 g/L in all samples, except for glucose

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in infant formula, which was on average >1.5 g/L. Lactose was highly abundant in all

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samples, with levels in infant formula (56.8±1.83) comparable with those in mature human

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milk at Day 42 (56.7±0.92) and higher than those in human milk at Day 3 of lactation

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(45.2±1.31).



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As described above, the oligosaccharides of special health interest—sialylated

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oligosaccharides, α1,2-fucosylated oligosaccharides and LNT—were abundant in the Day 3

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and Day 42 human milk samples. The infant formulas were all supplemented with hexose

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oligomers, and neutral non-fucosylated milk oligosaccharides and sialylated oligosaccharides

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derived from bovine milk used as base for the formulation were identified only at low

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abundance. Fucosylated oligosaccharides were absent from the five formula brands assayed,

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and the prebiotic oligosaccharide LNT also was not detected. The content of bound sialic

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acid was about eight times lower in infant formula compared to human milk. Human milk

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contains a complex mixture of oligosaccharides, whereas infant formula contains mainly

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single components. The overall composition of the five different infant formula brands was

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similar; consisting mainly of hexose oligomers (Figure 1 displays an average). However,

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infant formula brands may differ in the number, quantity and types of hexose oligomers

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added, with emerging science showing different effects on i.e. the infant’s gut health. It is

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therefore worth to look at the particular differences among infant formula brands in more

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detail, which will be discussed below.

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HMOS variation during lactation measured by HPAEC-PAD. The amounts of

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oligosaccharides in human milk were compared between early and mature milk to investigate

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changes in composition occurring over time. Table 3 displays the concentration of nine

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oligosaccharides in Day 3 and Day 42 pooled human milk as determined by HPAEC-PAD

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(triplicate measurement). The total amount of oligosaccharides in human milk decreased

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significantly remarkably from Day 3 by Day 42, which is consistent with previous

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observations.

1, 51, 54, 55

The total concentration of the 9 HMOS measured was 6.38±0.29 g/L


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at Day 42 milk, which is in agreement with the concentration range (5 to 8 g/L) previously

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reported by Kunz et al. 2 A total of 9.15±0.25 g/L was measured in early milk (Day 3), which

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is lower than the 12–14 g/L value (depending on the milk type) recently reported by Thurl et

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al.

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quantified in the two studies. The total oligosaccharide content in human milk was 30.3%

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lower at Day 42 compared to Day 3 of lactation; this decrease in total oligosaccharides over

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time might be partially compensated by the increase in volume ingested by the baby over

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time. 56 Especially, the α1,2-linked fucosylated oligosaccharides decreased (approximately by

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35%) at Day 42 of lactation (Table 3), consistently with findings reported by others.

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Three of the nine analysed oligosaccharides increased over time: LNH (+94.6%), 3’-SL

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(+9.0%), and LNT (+6.2%).

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This difference is likely attributable to the different individual oligosaccharides

1, 57, 58

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Oligosaccharides in infant formula. The types and quantities of prebiotic oligosaccharides

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added to five infant formula brands, labelled as A, B, C, D, E and commercially available in

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the United States, were measured. Table 4 displays the quantities of the oligosaccharides

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with a DP≥3, according to the official fiber regulation, detected in each infant formula as

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measured by HPAED-PAD. The five formulas analyzed resulted to contain non-digestible

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oligosaccharides in the form of GOS. There were some differences in GOS content among

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the formulas, with formulas A, B and C containing between 3.5 and 4.0 g/L GOS, and

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formula D containing the highest quantity of 4.45±0.01 g/L. Only formula E contained a

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much lower amount of GOS (1.99±0.04 g/L). Nano LC-chip/Q-TOF MS chromatograms

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revealed that all of the infant formula tested presented a predominant degree of

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polymerization (DP) of 3,4 and 5 (see table 4). Products B and E also contained higher DP



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isomers which were derived from the addition of polydextrose and maltodextrins in the

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formulations.

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If compared with human milk concentration, the added amount of oligosaccharides to

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infant formula appeared adequate. With average daily intakes of human colostrum (day 3)

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and mature human milk (Day 42) as 371 ml/L and 711 ml/L, respectively, based on our data

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the analyzed formulas contained only one type of added prebiotic oligosaccharide (GOS),

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whereas two resulted to contain an additional oligosaccharide class. As shown in table 4,

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formula E contained Polydextrose (PDX) whereas formula D contained long-chain Fructose-

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oligosaccharide (lcFOS), the high-molecular weight fraction of inulin extracted from chicory

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plants. Formula B was fortified with GOS and it also contained maltodextrin. However,

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maltodextrin is a digestible carbohydrate (e.g. digested by salivary and pancreatic amylases

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in the gastrointestinal tract of infants) and, therefore, does not belong to the health-promoting

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group of prebiotic oligosaccharides that are utilized by intestinal microbiota. For this reason,

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maltodextrin was not measured in this study.

, infants would consume about 3.4 g (Day 3) and 4.5 g (Day 42) HMOS per day. Three of

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Although the DP2 fraction of GOS was not measured in this study, it is scientifically

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relevant and, therefore, is part of the total GOS content. The total short-chain GOS: long-

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chain FOS ratio in formula D was 9:1, calculated referring to the detailed GOS analyses by

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Coulier et al. 60 The health of an infant, especially in terms of intestinal and immune health is

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strongly influenced by diet during the first few months of life. 40 The present work

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demonstrates that there are substantial differences in the types and amounts of

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oligosaccharides among infant formula brands available in the USA, all with their inherent


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health benefits. At the same time, it must be noted that these prebiotics here measured in

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infant formula, compared with HMOS, differ substantially in structure, hence in the

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microbial function and intestinal functions as well. This study showed that the quantity and

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composition of oligosaccharides in human milk, unlike infant formula, changes over the

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course of lactation. It is clear from the results that the oligosaccharide composition of human

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milk is highly complex and dynamic, unlike that of infant formula. Compositional

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differences between infant formulas exist and are dependent on the number and type of

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oligosaccharides present. A distinction in expected health outcomes can therefore be made

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not only between human milk and infant formula, but also among various infant formula

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brands. The results suggest that the infant formula industry can benefit from supplementing a

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complex mixture of HMOS to infant formula. As a matter of fact, production of a handful of

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HMOS is now possible at the large scale, and supplementation of the synthetically produced

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oligosaccharides 2’-FL and Lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT) to infant formula was recently

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approved by the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products. 61 The latter was not measured in the

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current study due to its low abundance in human milk. 1 Several in vitro and in vivo tests

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have already been carried out to assess the potential for health claims. Steenhout et al.

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demonstrated that the addition of both 2’-FL and LNnT to starter formula shifted the fecal

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microbiota closer to that observed in infants fed human milk. 62 Results from Goehring et al.

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and adaptive immune profiles more similar to those of breastfed infants. Although 2’-FL

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seems to be a more prominent candidate based on (amongst others) its abundance in human

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milk 1, more research is needed to investigate the health benefits of both HMOS before a

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recommendation can be made about the preferred molecule for infant formula fortification.

suggest that feeding infant formula with fortified 2’-FL (0.2 and 1.0 g/L) modifies innate



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Currently, no health claims exist for HMOs in the EU or USA and the maximum amount

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allowed in infant formula (2 g/L) is well below the overall HMOS concentration in milk. 64

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Experimental evidence on HMOS characterization of different population groups, suggests

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that LNT would be a better candidate for supplementation than LnNT to represent the core

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HMOS structure, due to their different structure and abundance in human milk. The

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comprehensive work by Thurl et al. 1 demonstrated that LNT and other neutral

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oligosaccharides based on the core type 1 structure, are significantly more represented in

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human milk compared to LnNT, which is a type 2 structure typically found in ruminant milks

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rather than human. Based on a recent review more systematic studies on sample collection

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and comparable analytics are needed to determine the concentrations of HMOS. 65

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Additionally, more research is needed to determine the effect of the addition of single HMOS

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structures to infant formula, keeping in mind the complex mixture and size distribution of

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oligosaccharides present in human milk.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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The authors value the scientific discussions with D. Klaassen - van de Beek, Danone Nutricia

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Early Life Nutrition US and thank Cora Dillard for editing this manuscript.

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AUTHOR INFORMATION

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Corresponding Author

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*(D.B.) Phone: 530-752-0976. Fax: 530-752-0976. E-mail: [email protected]

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Funding sources

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D.B. received funding from USDA NIFA (Hatch project 232719) and Danone Nutricia.

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RMN and BS are employees of Danone Nutricia Research. YL, AB, JTS and DB declare that

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the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that

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could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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ABBREVIATIONS USED

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oligosaccharides; 2'-FL, 2'-fucosyllactose; 3'-SL, 3'-sialyllactose; 6'-SL, 6'-sialyllactose; DP,

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degree of polymerization; HMOS, human milk oligosaccharides; HPAEC, high-performance

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anion-exchange chromatography; LC, liquid chromatography; LDFT, lactodifucotetraose;

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LNDFH I, lacto-N-difucohexaose I; LNFP I, lacto-N-fucopentaose I; LNH, lacto-N-hexaose;

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LNnT, Lacto-N-neotetraose; LNT, lacto-N-tetraose; MFLNH I, monofucosyllacto-N-hexaose

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I; NeuAc, N-acetylneuraminic acid; PAD, pulsed amperometric detection; PDX,

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polydextrose; PGC, porous graphitized carbon; PGC-SPE, porous graphitized carbon solid-

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phase extraction columns; SEC, size exclusion column.

(lc)FOS, (long-chain) fructo-oligosaccharides; (sc)GOS, (short-chain) galacto-



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FIGURE CAPTIONS Figure 1. Schematic representation of the relative abundance of major oligosaccharide-groups in human milk at Day 3 and Day 42 of lactation (average of ten donors), and in infant formula (average of five brands) as analyzed by nano LC-chip/Q-TOF MS.



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TABLES

Table 1. Concentrations of bound sialic acid in mature human milk (Day 42) a and infant formula b Sialic acid (g/L)c Human milk (Day 42)

0.344±0.008

Infant formula

0.043±0.001

a

Average of ten donors.

b

Average of five infant formulas

c

Values are average ± SD of triplicate measurements

Table 2. Free monosaccharide and lactose concentrations in early human milk (Day 3)a, mature human milk (Day 42)a and infant formulab Galactose

Glucose (g/L) c

Lactose (g/L) c

(g/L) c Early milk (Day 3)

-

0.156±0.004

45.2±1.31

Mature human milk (Day 42)

Trace

0.236±0.009

56.7±0.92 30

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Infant formula

0.373±0.012

1.538±0.043

a


b

Average of five infant formulas

c

Values are average ± SD of triplicate measurements

56.8±1.83



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Table 3. Concentrations of oligosaccharides in early human milk (Day 3) a and mature human milk (Day 42)a Day 3 human

Day 42 human Change in concentration at Day

Oligosaccharide

milk (g/L)b

milk (g/L)b

42 compared to Day 3 (%)

LNDFHI

2.10±0.06

1.93±0.05

-8.1

LDFT

0.36±0.01

0.24±0.01

-33.8

2'-FL

3.75±0.10

2.48±0.13

-33.9

LNT

0.48±0.00

0.51±0.03

+6.2

LNFP I

1.81±0.03

0.58±0.03

-67.7

MFLNHI

0.11±0.01

0.11±0.01

0.0

LNH

0.08±0.01

0.16±0.01

+94.6

6'-SL

0.34±0.03

0.25±0.02

-27.1


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a

3'-SL

0.11±0.01

0.12±0.00

+9.0


b

Total

9.15±0.25

6.38±0.29

Values are average ± SD of triplicate

-30.3 measurements

Table 4. Contents of prebiotics (DP≥3) in five different US infant formula brands as obtained by HPAED-PAD. The Predominant Degree of polymerization (DP), evaluated by nano LC Q ToF, is also reported for GOS in all formula studied. Values are presented as average ± SD (between triplicates).

US formula formula A formula B formula C formula D formula E

Short-chain Galactooligosaccharides* of DP≥3 (g/L) 3.74±0.05 4.00±0.06 3.50±0.04 4.45±0.01 1.99±0.04

Long-chain Fructooligosaccharides (g/L)

Polydextrose Predominant (g/L) Degree of Polymerization (GOS)

n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.80±0.012 n.a.

n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 2.01±0.01

DP 3,4 and 5 DP 3,4 and 5 DP 3,4 and 5 DP 3,4 and 5 DP 3,4 and 5

* Although present 60, prebiotic DP2 is not considered in this table.



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Figure 1

100%

Neutral 5%

Fucosylated and sialylated 3%

Fucosylated and sialylated 3% Sialylated 5%

Sialylated 5%

Fucosylated 57%

Fucosylated 55%

Sialylated 3%

90% 80% 70%

Hexose oligomers 92%

60% 50% 40% 30%

[SERIES NAME] [VALUE]

20%

LNT 17%

Neutral 20%

10%

Neutral 20%

0% Human milk D3

Human milk D42

Infant formula


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