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The gut microbiota promotes hepatic fatty acid desaturation and elongation in mice

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Kindt, Alida, Liebisch, Gerhard, Clavel, Thomas, Haller, Dirk, Hörmannsperger, Gabriele, Yoon, Hongsup, Kolmeder, Daniela, Sigruener, Alexander +11 more·2018·Nature Communications

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Interactions between the gut microbial ecosystem and host lipid homeostasis are highly relevant to host physiology and metabolic diseases. We present a comprehensive multi-omics view of the effect of intestinal microbial colonization on hepatic lipid metabolism, integrating transcriptomic, proteomic, phosphoproteomic, and lipidomic analyses of liver and plasma samples from germfree and specific pathogen-free mice. Microbes induce monounsaturated fatty acid generation by stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 and polyunsaturated fatty acid elongation by fatty acid elongase 5, leading to significant alterations in glycerophospholipid acyl-chain profiles. A composite classification score calculated from the observed alterations in fatty acid profiles in germfree mice clearly differentiates antibiotic-treated mice from untreated controls with high sensitivity. Mechanistic investigations reveal that acetate originating from gut microbial degradation of dietary fiber serves as precursor for hepatic synthesis of C16 and C18 fatty acids and their related glycerophospholipid species that are also released into the circulation.

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  • The gut microbiota induces hepatic production of monounsaturated fatty acids and elongation of PUFA, and acetate produced by the gut microbiota is used as precursor in hepatic fatty acid synthesis.

    “Comparisons between CONV-R and GF mice have also shown that the gut microbiota induces hepatic production of monounsaturated fatty acids and elongation of PUFA, and that acetate produced by the gut microbiota is used as precursor in hepatic fatty acid synthesis [32].”

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Kindt, A., Liebisch, G., Clavel, T., Haller, D., Hörmannsperger, G., Yoon, H., Kolmeder, D., Sigruener, A., Krautbauer, S., Seeliger, C., Ganzha, A., Schweizer, S., Morisset, R., Strowig, T., Daniel, H., Helm, D., Küster, B., Krumsiek, J., & Ecker, J.
Affiliations
  • Leiden University (NL)
  • University Hospital Regensburg (DE)
  • Universitätsklinikum Aachen (DE)
  • Technical University of Munich (DE)
  • Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (DE)
  • Helmholtz Munich (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Krumsiek, Jan
  • Ecker, Josef
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2018-09-14
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
3760-3760
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2891610979
Cited by
311
References
76
Citations by year
2026: 25 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 39 · 2022: 46 · 2021: 84 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 2
FWCI
11.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Leiden Repository (Leiden University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Regensburg Publication Server (University of Regensburg) (submittedVersion)
  • HZI (Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • PuSH - Publication Server of Helmholtz Zentrum München (submittedVersion)
  • RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (LI 923/4-1, STR 1343/2, EC 453/1-1, EC 453/2-1)
  • EC | Seventh Framework Programme (613979, 305280)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biochemistry › Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Fatty Acid Research and Health
Keywords
gut microbiota, hepatic lipid metabolism, fatty acid desaturation, fatty acid elongation, stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1, monounsaturated fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, glycerophospholipids, acetate, dietary fiber degradation, germ-free mice, antibiotic therapy, lipidomics, phosphoproteomics, transcriptomics, plasma lipids
MeSH terms
Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Fatty Acid Elongases, Acetates, Acetyltransferases, Animals, Dietary Fiber, Fatty Acids, Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated, Fatty Acids, Unsaturated, Germ-Free Life, Liver, Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase, Gene Expression Profiling, Proteomics, Lipid Metabolism, Mice

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