Gut microbiome and serum metabolome alterations in obesity and after weight-loss intervention
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Emerging evidence has linked the gut microbiome to human obesity. We performed a metagenome-wide association study and serum metabolomics profiling in a cohort of lean and obese, young, Chinese individuals. We identified obesity-associated gut microbial species linked to changes in circulating metabolites. The abundance of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a glutamate-fermenting commensal, was markedly decreased in obese individuals and was inversely correlated with serum glutamate concentration. Consistently, gavage with B. thetaiotaomicron reduced plasma glutamate concentration and alleviated diet-induced body-weight gain and adiposity in mice. Furthermore, weight-loss intervention by bariatric surgery partially reversed obesity-associated microbial and metabolic alterations in obese individuals, including the decreased abundance of B. thetaiotaomicron and the elevated serum glutamate concentration. Our findings identify previously unknown links between intestinal microbiota alterations, circulating amino acids and obesity, suggesting that it may be possible to intervene in obesity by targeting the gut microbiota.
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Amino acids such as glutamate and deoxycholate have been associated with obesity, intestinal dysbiosis, and metabolic disorders.
“Amino acids such as glutamate and deoxycholate have also been associated with obesity, intestinal dysbiosis, and metabolic disorders.20, 95”
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- Authors
- Liu, R., Hong, J., Xu, X., Feng, Q., Zhang, D., Gu, Y., Shi, J., Zhao, S., Liu, W., Wang, X., Xia, H., Liu, Z., Cui, B., Liang, P., Xi, L., Jin, J., Ying, X., Wang, X., Zhao, X., Li, W., Jia, H., Lan, Z., Li, F., Wang, R., Sun, Y., Yang, M., Shen, Y., Jie, Z., Li, J., Chen, X., Zhong, H., Xie, H., Zhang, Y., Gu, W., Deng, X., Shen, B., Xu, X., Yang, H., Xu, G., Bi, Y., Lai, S., Wang, J., Qi, L., Madsen, L., Wang, J., Ning, G., Kristiansen, K., & Wang, W.
- Affiliations
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- BGI Group (China) (CN)
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (CN)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Tulane University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ning, Guang
- Kristiansen, Karsten
- Wang, Weiqing
- ORCID
- Liu, Ruixin
- Hong, Jie
- Xu, Xiaoqiang
- Feng, Qiang
- Zhang, Dongya
- Gu, Yanyun
- Shi, Juan
- Zhao, Shaoqian
- Wang, Xiaokai
- Liu, Zhipeng
- Cui, Bin
- Wang, Xiaolin
- Zhao, Xinjie
- Li, Wanyu
- Jia, Huijue
- Lan, Zhou
- Li, Fengyu
- Wang, Rui
- Sun, Yingkai
- Shen, Yuxin
- Jie, Zhuye
- Li, Junhua
- Zhong, Huanzi
- Xie, Hailiang
- Zhang, Yifei
- Gu, Weiqiong
- Deng, Xiaxing
- Shen, Baiyong
- Xu, Xun
- Yang, Huanming
- Xu, Guowang
- Bi, Yufang
- Lai, Shenghan
- Wang, Jian
- Qi, Lu
- Madsen, Lise
- Wang, Jiqiu
- Ning, Guang
- Kristiansen, Karsten
- Wang, Weiqing
- Venue
- Nature Medicine
- Published
- 2017-06-19
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 859-868
- ISSN
- 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
- 1546-170X
- OpenAlex
- W2625861313
- Cited by
- 1,501
- References
- 68
- Citations by year
- 2026: 108 · 2025: 156 · 2024: 208 · 2023: 200 · 2022: 211 · 2021: 230 · 2020: 158 · 2019: 116 · 2018: 86 · 2017: 21
- FWCI
- 42.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion)
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (acceptedVersion)
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS Institutional Repository (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Ruijin Hospital
- School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 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 › Dentistry › Periodontics › Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Keywords
- gut microbiota, obesity, serum metabolome, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, serum glutamate, weight loss, bariatric surgery, circulating amino acids, metagenome-wide association study, obesity intervention
- MeSH terms
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, Adult, Animals, Bacteroides, DNA, Bacterial, Female, Fusobacterium, Gastrectomy, Humans, Male, Obesity, Weight Gain, Case-Control Studies, Glutamic Acid, Bariatric Surgery, Adiposity, Mice, Metagenome, Metabolome, Young Adult, Dysbiosis
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