Intestinal AMPK modulation of microbiota mediates crosstalk with brown fat to control thermogenesis
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The energy-dissipating capacity of brown adipose tissue through thermogenesis can be targeted to improve energy balance. Mammalian 5′-AMP-activated protein kinase, a key nutrient sensor for maintaining cellular energy status, is a known therapeutic target in Type II diabetes. Despite its well-established roles in regulating glucose metabolism in various tissues, the functions of AMPK in the intestine remain largely unexplored. Here we show that AMPKα1 deficiency in the intestine results in weight gain and impaired glucose tolerance under high fat diet feeding, while metformin administration fails to ameliorate these metabolic disorders in intestinal AMPKα1 knockout mice. Further, AMPKα1 in the intestine communicates with brown adipose tissue to promote thermogenesis. Mechanistically, we uncover a link between intestinal AMPKα1 activation and BAT thermogenic regulation through modulating anti-microbial peptide-controlled gut microbiota and the metabolites. Our findings identify AMPKα1-mediated mechanisms of intestine-BAT communication that may partially underlie the therapeutic effects of metformin.
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- Authors
- Zhang, E., Jin, L., Wang, Y., Tu, J., Zheng, R., Ding, L., Fang, Z., Fan, M., Al-Abdullah, I., Natarajan, R., Ma, K., Wang, Z., Riggs, A. D., Shuck, S. C., Yang, L., & Huang, W.
- Affiliations
- City Of Hope National Medical Center (US)
- Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Yang, Li
- Huang, Wendong
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2022-03-03
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1135-1135
- ISSN
- 2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC8894485
- OpenAlex
- W4221076300
- Cited by
- 76
- References
- 70
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 6
- FWCI
- 9.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Research Square (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81303186 and 81573581)
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (1R56DK129332, R01DK124627)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Keywords
- AMPKα1, brown adipose tissue, thermogenesis, gut microbiota, antimicrobial peptides, metformin, high-fat diet, glucose tolerance, weight gain, energy balance, gut microbiota metabolites
- MeSH terms
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Animals, Adipose Tissue, Brown, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Energy Metabolism, Intestines, Mammals, Metformin, Thermogenesis, Mice, AMP-Activated Protein Kinases, Diet, High-Fat
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