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Diet-Microbiota Interactions Mediate Global Epigenetic Programming in Multiple Host Tissues

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Krautkramer, Kimberly A., Kreznar, Julia H., Romano, Kymberleigh A., Vivas, Eugenio I., Barrett-Wilt, Gregory A., Rabaglia, Mary E., Keller, Mark P., Attie, Alan D. +2 more·2016·Molecular Cell

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Histone-modifying enzymes regulate transcription and are sensitive to availability of endogenous small-molecule metabolites, allowing chromatin to respond to changes in environment. The gut microbiota produces a myriad of metabolites that affect host physiology and susceptibility to disease; however, the underlying molecular events remain largely unknown. Here we demonstrate that microbial colonization regulates global histone acetylation and methylation in multiple host tissues in a diet-dependent manner: consumption of a "Western-type" diet prevents many of the microbiota-dependent chromatin changes that occur in a polysaccharide-rich diet. Finally, we demonstrate that supplementation of germ-free mice with short-chain fatty acids, major products of gut bacterial fermentation, is sufficient to recapitulate chromatin modification states and transcriptional responses associated with colonization. These findings have profound implications for understanding the complex functional interactions between diet, gut microbiota, and host health.

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  • A lack of fermentable fiber in the diet results in reduced microbiota-driven production of short-chain fatty acids, which play an important role in both adaptive and innate immunity.

    “a lack of fermentable fiber in the diet results in reduced microbiota-driven production of SCFAs, which are known to play an important role in both adaptive and innate immunity (Krautkramer et al., 2016).”

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Krautkramer, K. A., Kreznar, J. H., Romano, K. A., Vivas, E. I., Barrett-Wilt, G. A., Rabaglia, M. E., Keller, M. P., Attie, A. D., Rey, F. E., & Denu, J. M.
Affiliations
University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
Corresponding author
  • Rey, Federico E.
  • Denu, John M.
Venue
Molecular Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-12
Volume
64
Issue
5
Pages
982-992
ISSN
1097-2765 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2553615018
Cited by
607
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 76 · 2025: 59 · 2024: 50 · 2023: 64 · 2022: 63 · 2021: 85 · 2020: 65 · 2019: 56 · 2018: 52 · 2017: 36 · 2016: 1
FWCI
26.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Molecular Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • NIH (F30 DK108494, GM059789-15/P250VA, DK108259, DK101573)
  • Clinical and Translational Science Award program through the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1TR000427, KL2TR000428)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
Keywords
gut microbiota, diet, histone acetylation, histone methylation, chromatin modification, epigenetic programming, Western diet, short-chain fatty acids, germ-free mice, microbial colonization, histone-modifying enzymes
MeSH terms
Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Adipose Tissue, Animals, Colon, Fatty Acids, Volatile, Histones, Liver, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Organ Specificity, DNA Methylation, Epigenesis, Genetic, Mice, Diet, Western

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