新しく作られた胆酸生物合成経路が,百歳以上の人々の微生物群で強化されている
Yuko Sato1,2,3, Koji Atarashi1,2,3, Damian R Plichta4
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Nature
|July 29, 2021
まとめ
百歳児には独特の腸内微生物群があり イソアロリホリック酸 (isoallolithocholic acid, isoalloLCA) といった新しい胆酸を産生しています この特定の胆酸は,有害なグラム陽性細菌に対する強力な抗菌作用を示し,感染感受性の低下を説明する可能性がある.
科学分野:
- 微生物学
- 胃腸内科
- 老化に関する研究
背景:
- 百歳以上の人は 年齢関連の病気や 慢性的な炎症や感染症に 弱い傾向にあります
- 腸内微生物の組成は 若い個体と大きく異なります
研究 の 目的:
- 百歳以上の人々の 独特の腸内微生物を調べるため
- これらの微生物によって生成される新しい二次胆酸を特定する.
- 健康維持におけるこれらの胆酸の機能的役割を探求する.
主な方法:
- 百歳児の糞便の微生物群から68個の細菌を検出した.
- 胆酸生成のインビトロおよびインビボの特徴づけ
- イソアロリトコール酸の生物合成における重要な酵素 (5α-リデュークタゼおよび3β-ヒドロキシステロイド脱水素酶) の特定.
主要な成果:
- 百歳児の腸内微生物は,リトコリック酸 (LCA) の同型を含む独特の二次胆酸を生成する微生物で豊かである.
- オドリバクテラセア菌株は,イソアロリトコール酸 (isoalloLCA) の主要産物として特定されました.
- IsoalloLCAは,Clostridioides difficileやEnterococcus faeciumのような多剤耐性グラム陽性病原体に対する強力な抗菌作用を示した.
結論:
- 百歳以上の人々の独特の腸内微生物群は 特定の胆汁酸の生成に寄与します
- イソアロLCAは,グラム陽性病原体と闘い,感染リスクを潜在的に軽減する役割を果たします.
- 胆酸代謝は,百歳以上の人々の腸内ホメオスタシスと健康維持の重要な要因である可能性があります.
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