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Genetic Control of Obesity and Gut Microbiota Composition in Response to High-Fat, High-Sucrose Diet in Mice

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Parks, Brian W., Nam, Elizabeth, Org, Elin, Kostem, Emrah, Norheim, Frode, Hui, Simon T., Pan, Calvin, Civelek, Mete +15 more·2013·Cell Metabolism

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Obesity is a highly heritable disease driven by complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors. Human genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified a number of loci contributing to obesity; however, a major limitation of these studies is the inability to assess environmental interactions common to obesity. Using a systems genetics approach, we measured obesity traits, global gene expression, and gut microbiota composition in response to a high-fat/high-sucrose (HF/HS) diet of more than 100 inbred strains of mice. Here we show that HF/HS feeding promotes robust, strain-specific changes in obesity that are not accounted for by food intake and provide evidence for a genetically determined set point for obesity. GWAS analysis identified 11 genome-wide significant loci associated with obesity traits, several of which overlap with loci identified in human studies. We also show strong relationships between genotype and gut microbiota plasticity during HF/HS feeding and identify gut microbial phylotypes associated with obesity.

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  • Similar changes in the phylum were observed with mice fed on a high-fat and high-sucrose diet.

    “Similar changes in the phylum were observed with mice fed on a high-fat and high-sucrose diet (Parks et al., 2013).”

    From The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis (2019) · cites this paper as Parks et al., 2013

  • Parks and coworkers studied the effects of a high fat, high sucrose diet across about 100 different inbred strains of mice.

    “For example, Parks and coworkers [31, 32] recently studied the effects of a high fat, high sucrose diet across about 100 different inbred strains of mice.”

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  • Parks et al. identified pathways and genes contributing to diet-induced obesity and diabetes by examining global gene expression in multiple tissues and metabolites in plasma.

    “By examining global gene expression in multiple tissues and metabolites in plasma, they were able to identify pathways and genes contributing to diet-induced obesity and diabetes.”

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  • Recent multi-omic studies have revealed an impact of gut microbiota on host responses to dietary challenge and on epigenetic programming.

    “Recent multi-omic studies [31, 33, 34] have revealed an impact of gut microbiota on host responses to dietary challenge and on epigenetic programming.”

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Parks, B. W., Nam, E., Org, E., Kostem, E., Norheim, F., Hui, S. T., Pan, C., Civelek, M., Rau, C. D., Bennett, B. J., Mehrabian, M., Ursell, L. K., He, A., Castellani, L. W., Zinker, B., Kirby, M., Drake, T. A., Drevon, C. A., Knight, R., Gargalovic, P., Kirchgessner, T., Eskin, E., & Lusis, A. J.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • University of Colorado Boulder (US)
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb (United States) (US)
  • University of Oslo (NO)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Corresponding author
  • Parks, Brian W.
  • Lusis, Aldons J.
Venue
Cell Metabolism
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-01
Volume
17
Issue
1
Pages
141-152
ISSN
1550-4131 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1969839871
Cited by
544
References
72
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 56 · 2019: 46 · 2018: 43 · 2017: 51 · 2016: 46 · 2015: 48 · 2014: 43 · 2013: 20
FWCI
23.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell Metabolism (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • American Heart Association
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • National Institutes of Health (HL028481, T32-HD07228, HD07228)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL3 0568, T32 HL-69766, P01HL030568, HL-028481, R00HL102223, T32HL069766, P01HL028481)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32-GM08759, T32GM008759, T32GM142607)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DP3DK094311, DK094311)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (T32-HD-07228, T32HD007228)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
Keywords
obesity, gut microbiota, high-fat high-sugar diet, inbred mouse strains, genome-wide association loci, gene expression, diet-microbiome interactions
MeSH terms
Animals, Body Composition, Dietary Carbohydrates, Humans, Intestinal Mucosa, Obesity, Genome, Quantitative Trait Loci, Mice, Metagenome, Genome-Wide Association Study, Diet, High-Fat

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