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Mechanisms underlying the resistance to diet-induced obesity in germ-free mice
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The trillions of microbes that colonize our adult intestines function collectively as a metabolic organ that communicates with, and complements, our own human metabolic apparatus. Given the worldwide epidemic in obesity, there is interest in how interactions between human and microbial metabolomes may affect our energy balance. Here we report that, in contrast to mice with a gut microbiota, germ-free (GF) animals are protected against the obesity that develops after consuming a Western-style, high-fat, sugar-rich diet. Their persistently lean phenotype is associated with increased skeletal muscle and liver levels of phosphorylated AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and its downstream targets involved in fatty acid oxidation (acetylCoA carboxylase; carnitine-palmitoyltransferase). Moreover, GF knockout mice lacking fasting-induced adipose factor (Fiaf), a circulating lipoprotein lipase inhibitor whose expression is normally selectively suppressed in the gut epithelium by the microbiota, are not protected from diet-induced obesity. Although GF Fiaf −/− animals exhibit similar levels of phosphorylated AMPK as their wild-type littermates in liver and gastrocnemius muscle, they have reduced expression of genes encoding the peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptor coactivator (Pgc-1α) and enzymes involved in fatty acid oxidation. Thus, GF animals are protected from diet-induced obesity by two complementary but independent mechanisms that result in increased fatty acid metabolism: ( i ) elevated levels of Fiaf, which induces Pgc-1α; and ( ii ) increased AMPK activity. Together, these findings support the notion that the gut microbiota can influence both sides of the energy balance equation, and underscore the importance of considering our metabolome in a supraorganismal context.
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“which is supported by the fact that GF animals and antibiotic treatment results in drastically lower SCFA levels (Backhed et al., 2007;Hoverstad and Midtvedt, 1986;Palleja et al., 2018;Zhao et al., 2016).”
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“Germ-free mice are protected from diet-induced obesity when fed a Western-style diet8–10”
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“Experiments that use a Western-style diet, which is devoid of fibres and rich in calories from saturated fat and sucrose, demonstrate that the gut microbiota regulates obesity through additional pathways8.”
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“Germ-free mice exhibit a persistently lean phenotype even when fed a high-fat diet [49].”
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“The gut microbiota has been shown to affect lipid metabolism and lipid levels in blood and tissues, both in mice and humans.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bäckhed, F., Manchester, J. K., Semenkovich, C. F., & Gordon, J. I.
- Affiliations
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- *Center for Genome Sciences and
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2007-01-16
- Volume
- 104
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 979-984
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC1764762
- OpenAlex
- W2042074642
- Cited by
- 2,615
- References
- 25
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 30.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Wenner-Gren Foundation
- National Institutes of Health (DK56341)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30 DK 56431, DK 70977, R01DK070977, P30DK056341, P30DK056336)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Keywords
- germ-free mice, gut microbiota, diet-induced obesity, AMPK, fatty acid oxidation, FIAF, PGC-1α, acetyl-CoA carboxylase, carnitine palmitoyltransferase, energy balance, skeletal muscle, liver, lipoprotein lipase inhibition
- MeSH terms
- Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha, Angiopoietin-Like Protein 4, Animals, Blood Proteins, Diet, Gene Expression Regulation, Germ-Free Life, Liver, Motor Activity, Multienzyme Complexes, Muscles, Obesity, Phosphorylation, Transcription Factors, Trans-Activators, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Mice, Knockout, Angiopoietins, Mice, AMP-Activated Protein Kinases
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