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The TMAO-Producing Enzyme Flavin-Containing Monooxygenase 3 Regulates Obesity and the Beiging of White Adipose Tissue

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Schugar, Rebecca C., Shih, Diana M., Warrier, Manya, Helsley, Robert N., Burrows, Amy, Ferguson, Daniel, Brown, Amanda L., Gromovsky, Anthony D. +30 more·2017·Cell Reports

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Emerging evidence suggests that microbes resident in the human intestine represent a key environmental factor contributing to obesity-associated disorders. Here, we demonstrate that the gut microbiota-initiated trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO)-generating pathway is linked to obesity and energy metabolism. In multiple clinical cohorts, systemic levels of TMAO were observed to strongly associate with type 2 diabetes. In addition, circulating TMAO levels were associated with obesity traits in the different inbred strains represented in the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel. Further, antisense oligonucleotide-mediated knockdown or genetic deletion of the TMAO-producing enzyme flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3) conferred protection against obesity in mice. Complimentary mouse and human studies indicate a negative regulatory role for FMO3 in the beiging of white adipose tissue. Collectively, our studies reveal a link between the TMAO-producing enzyme FMO3 and obesity and the beiging of white adipose tissue.

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Schugar, R. C., Shih, D. M., Warrier, M., Helsley, R. N., Burrows, A., Ferguson, D., Brown, A. L., Gromovsky, A. D., Heine, M., Chatterjee, A., Li, L., Li, X. S., Wang, Z., Willard, B., Meng, Y., Kim, H., Che, N., Pan, C., Lee, R. G., Crooke, R. M., Graham, M. J., Morton, R. E., Langefeld, C. D., Das, S. K., Rudel, L. L., Zein, N., McCullough, A. J., Dasarathy, S., Tang, W. H. W., Erokwu, B. O., Flask, C. A., Laakso, M., Civelek, M., Naga Prasad, S. V., Heeren, J., Lusis, A. J., Hazen, S. L., & Brown, J. M.
Affiliations
  • Cleveland Clinic (US)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
  • Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States) (US)
  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences (US)
  • Case Western Reserve University (US)
  • University of Eastern Finland (FI)
  • University of Virginia (US)
Corresponding author
Brown, J. Mark
Venue
Cell Reports
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-06
Volume
19
Issue
12
Pages
2451-2461
ISSN
2211-1247 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2710428763
Cited by
291
References
46
Citations by year
2026: 23 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 46 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 7
FWCI
9.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
erratum (2017-07-05)
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Locations
  • Cell Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • NIH (R00 HL096166, R01 HL122283, P50 AA024333, R01 HL103866, R01 HL126827, R01 DK106000, R01 HL130819, R01 DK090111, R00 HL12172, P01 HL028481, P01 HL030568-31A1, P01 HL49373)
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB841)
  • Academy of Finland
  • Finnish Cardiovascular Research Foundation
  • American Heart Association (15POST2535000, 14POST18700001, 17POST3285000)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Keywords
trimethylamine N-oxide, FMO3, gut microbiota, obesity, white adipose tissue browning, type 2 diabetes, energy metabolism, Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel, antisense oligonucleotide knockdown, microbial metabolites
MeSH terms
Adipocytes, Beige, Animals, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Female, Humans, Male, Methylamines, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Obesity, Oxygenases, Gene Expression, Mice, Knockout, Subcutaneous Fat, Mice

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