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Regulation of myocardial ketone body metabolism by the gut microbiota during nutrient deprivation

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Crawford, Peter A., Crowley, Jan R., Sambandam, Nandakumar, Muegge, Brian D., Costello, Elizabeth K., Hamady, Micah, Knight, Rob, Gordon, Jeffrey I.·2009·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Studies in mice indicate that the gut microbiota promotes energy harvest and storage from components of the diet when these components are plentiful. Here we examine how the microbiota shapes host metabolic and physiologic adaptations to periods of nutrient deprivation. Germ-free (GF) mice and mice who had received a gut microbiota transplant from conventionally raised donors were compared in the fed and fasted states by using functional genomic, biochemical, and physiologic assays. A 24-h fast produces a marked change in gut microbial ecology. Short-chain fatty acids generated from microbial fermentation of available glycans are maintained at higher levels compared with GF controls. During fasting, a microbiota-dependent, Ppar alpha-regulated increase in hepatic ketogenesis occurs, and myocardial metabolism is directed to ketone body utilization. Analyses of heart rate, hydraulic work, and output, mitochondrial morphology, number, and respiration, plus ketone body, fatty acid, and glucose oxidation in isolated perfused working hearts from GF and colonized animals (combined with in vivo assessments of myocardial physiology) revealed that the fasted GF heart is able to sustain its performance by increasing glucose utilization, but heart weight, measured echocardiographically or as wet mass and normalized to tibial length or lean body weight, is significantly reduced in both fasted and fed mice. This myocardial-mass phenotype is completely reversed in GF mice by consumption of a ketogenic diet. Together, these results illustrate benefits provided by the gut microbiota during periods of nutrient deprivation, and emphasize the importance of further exploring the relationship between gut microbes and cardiovascular health.

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Authors
Crawford, P. A., Crowley, J. R., Sambandam, N., Muegge, B. D., Costello, E. K., Hamady, M., Knight, R., & Gordon, J. I.
Affiliations
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • Center for Genome Sciences and
  • Departments of cChemistry and Biochemistry and
  • University of Colorado Boulder (US)
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2009-07-07
Volume
106
Issue
27
Pages
11276-11281
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2069098110
Cited by
278
References
37
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FWCI
7.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5p60dk020579-35, DK-052574, DK56341, DK020579)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM065103)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK‐052574, DK56341, K08DK073282, DK 70977, DK073282, DK‐020579, R01DK070977, P60-DK-020579, P30DK056341, P30DK020579, P30DK052574)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Diet and metabolism studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Dietary Effects on Health
Keywords
gut microbiota, nutrient deprivation, fasting, germ-free mice, microbiota transplantation, short-chain fatty acids, hepatic ketogenesis, PPARα, myocardial glucose utilization, cardiac mass, ketogenic diet, mitochondrial respiration, myocardial energy metabolism, cardiovascular health
MeSH terms
Animals, Fasting, Food, Germ-Free Life, Glucose, Hypertrophy, Ketone Bodies, Liver, Myocardium, Organ Size, Oxidation-Reduction, Perfusion, Physical Endurance, Genomics, Gastrointestinal Tract, Mice, Metagenome, In Vitro Techniques

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