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Bile acids drive the newborn’s gut microbiota maturation

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van Best, N., Rolle-Kampczyk, U., Schaap, F. G., Basic, M., Olde Damink, S. W. M., Bleich, A., Savelkoul, P. H. M., von Bergen, M. +2 more·2020·Nature Communications

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Following birth, the neonatal intestine is exposed to maternal and environmental bacteria that successively form a dense and highly dynamic intestinal microbiota. Whereas the effect of exogenous factors has been extensively investigated, endogenous, host-mediated mechanisms have remained largely unexplored. Concomitantly with microbial colonization, the liver undergoes functional transition from a hematopoietic organ to a central organ of metabolic regulation and immune surveillance. The aim of the present study was to analyze the influence of the developing hepatic function and liver metabolism on the early intestinal microbiota. Here, we report on the characterization of the colonization dynamics and liver metabolism in the murine gastrointestinal tract (n = 6-10 per age group) using metabolomic and microbial profiling in combination with multivariate analysis. We observed major age-dependent microbial and metabolic changes and identified bile acids as potent drivers of the early intestinal microbiota maturation. Consistently, oral administration of tauro-cholic acid or β-tauro-murocholic acid to newborn mice (n = 7-14 per group) accelerated postnatal microbiota maturation.

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van Best, N., Rolle-Kampczyk, U., Schaap, F. G., Basic, M., Olde Damink, S. W. M., Bleich, A., Savelkoul, P. H. M., von Bergen, M., Penders, J., & Hornef, M. W.
Affiliations
  • Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (DE)
  • Maastricht University (NL)
  • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
  • Universitätsklinikum Aachen (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Penders, J.
  • Hornef, M. W.
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2020-07-23
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
3692-3692
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3044002524
Cited by
226
References
70
Citations by year
2026: 27 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 54 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 6
FWCI
9.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (HO2236/9-2, SFB1371, SFB 1382, SPP-1656, BL953/5-2, CRC1371, CRC 1382, /14-1, 403224013, 395357507)
  • Universiteit Maastricht
  • RWTH Aachen University
  • NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U2CDK119886)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Infant Nutrition and Health
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Nutrition and Physiology
Keywords
bile acids, gut microbiota maturation, neonatal gut colonization, taurocholate, hepatic metabolism, liver function, postnatal development, host-microbe interactions, neonatal mice
MeSH terms
Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Administration, Oral, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Bile Acids and Salts, Intestinal Absorption, Kinetics, Lactobacillus, Liver, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Phylogeny, Principal Component Analysis, Metabolomics

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