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Potential Role for the Gut Microbiota in Modulating Host Circadian Rhythms and Metabolic Health

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Parkar, Shanthi G., Kalsbeek, Andries, Cheeseman, James F.·2019·Microorganisms

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This article reviews the current evidence associating gut microbiota with factors that impact host circadian-metabolic axis, such as light/dark cycles, sleep/wake cycles, diet, and eating patterns. We examine how gut bacteria possess their own daily rhythmicity in terms of composition, their localization to intestinal niches, and functions. We review evidence that gut bacteria modulate host rhythms via microbial metabolites such as butyrate, polyphenolic derivatives, vitamins, and amines. Lifestyle stressors such as altered sleep and eating patterns that may disturb the host circadian system also influence the gut microbiome. The consequent disruptions to microbiota-mediated functions such as decreased conjugation of bile acids or increased production of hydrogen sulfide and the resultant decreased production of butyrate, in turn affect substrate oxidation and energy regulation in the host. Thus, disturbances in microbiome rhythms may at least partially contribute to an increased risk of obesity and metabolic syndrome associated with insufficient sleep and circadian misalignment. Good sleep and a healthy diet appear to be essential for maintaining gut microbial balance. Manipulating daily rhythms of gut microbial abundance and activity may therefore hold promise for a chrononutrition-based approach to consolidate host circadian rhythms and metabolic homeorhesis.

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  • The variability in gut microbiota is explained only in part by diet composition itself, with intrinsic and extrinsic factors such as circadian rhythm and feeding behaviours contributing.

    “This variability is explained only in part by the diet composition itself, with a number of intrinsic and extrinsic factors thought to contribute such as circadian rhythm and feeding behaviours [20,21].”
  • Manipulation of feeding time, including time and duration of consumption and frequency, may influence the gut microbial composition and function and possibly host health.

    “It is possible therefore that manipulation of feeding time, including time and duration of consumption and frequency, may influence the gut microbial composition and function and possibly host health [21,27].”

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Authors
Parkar, S. G., Kalsbeek, A., & Cheeseman, J. F.
Affiliations
  • Plant & Food Research (NZ)
  • Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NL)
  • University of Auckland (NZ)
Corresponding author
Parkar, Shanthi G.
Venue
Microorganisms
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2019-01-31
Volume
7
Issue
2
Pages
41
ISSN
2076-2607 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2912735166
Cited by
285
References
108
Citations by year
2026: 24 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 59 · 2020: 43 · 2019: 15 · 2017: 1
FWCI
3.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • ResearchSpace (University of Auckland) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited (P/225005/01)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
Keywords
gut microbiota, circadian rhythm, microbial metabolites, butyrate, bile acid conjugation, hydrogen sulfide, sleep disruption, circadian misalignment, obesity, metabolic syndrome, diet, chrononutrition, energy homeostasis

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