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As ethanol is known to damage liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSEC), here we evaluated dietary supplementation with a previously studied synbiotic on gut microbial composition, and hepatocyte and LSEC integrity in mice exposed to ethanol. We tested a chronic-binge ethanol feeding mouse model in which C57BL\/6 female mice were fed ethanol (5% vol\/vol) for 10 days and provided a single ethanol gavage (5 g\/kg body weight) on day 11, 6 h before euthanasia. An ethanol-treatment group also received oral supplementation daily with a synbiotic; and an ethanol-control group received saline. Control mice were pair-fed and isocalorically substituted maltose dextran for ethanol over the entire exposure period; they received a saline gavage daily. Ethanol exposure decreased gut microbial abundance and diversity. This was linked with diminished expression of adherens junction proteins in hepatocytes and dysregulated expression of receptors for advanced glycation end-products; and this coincided with reduced expression of endothelial barrier proteins. Synbiotic supplementation mitigated these effects. These results demonstrate synbiotic supplementation, as a means to modulate ethanol-induced gut dysbiosis, is effective in attenuating injury to hepatocyte and liver endothelial barrier integrity, highlighting a link between the gut microbiome and early stages of acute liver injury in ethanol-exposed mice.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu12020373","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,31]],"date-time":"2020-01-31T11:55:56Z","timestamp":1580471756000},"page":"373","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Dietary Synbiotic Supplementation Protects Barrier Integrity of Hepatocytes and Liver Sinusoidal Endothelium in a Mouse Model of Chronic-Binge Ethanol Exposure"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Yingchun","family":"Han","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Inflammation &amp; Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bryan","family":"Glueck","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Inflammation &amp; Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Shapiro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Inflammation &amp; Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aaron","family":"Miller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Inflammation &amp; Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sanjoy","family":"Roychowdhury","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Inflammation &amp; Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5717-7099","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gail A. 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