肠道细菌的新陈代谢有助于宿主全球纯素稳态
Kazuyuki Kasahara1, Robert L Kerby2, Qijun Zhang2
1Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Cell host & microbe
|June 6, 2023
概括
肠道微生物通过消耗尿酸 (UA) 和其他纯素来影响动脉样硬化. 细菌 purin 降解会影响宿主 purin 水平和潜在的健康.
科学领域:
- 微生物组研究的研究.
- 主体-微生物相互作用
- 炎症性疾病机制 炎症性疾病机制
背景情况:
- 肠道微生物在诸如动脉样硬化等炎症性疾病中的作用尚未完全理解.
- 宿主代谢途径,包括纯素代谢,受到肠道微生物群的影响.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究肠道微生物群, purin代谢和动脉样硬化之间的联系.
- 为了识别特定的肠道细菌及其涉及 purin 降解的途径.
- 为了确定微生物纯素代谢对宿主尿酸水平的影响.
主要方法:
- 对小鼠和人类肠道微生物群的组成和功能进行分析,其动脉样硬化负担各不相同.
- 细菌基因和负责无氧 purin 降解的途径的识别.
- 殖民化实验使用 gnotobiotic 小鼠与 purin 降解细菌.
主要成果:
- 肠道微生物群的组成与动脉样硬化负担和循环尿酸 (UA) 水平有关.
- 特定的肠道细菌种群利用纯氨酸,包括UA,作为无氧能量来源.
- 在肠道细菌中发现了一种用于厌氧 purin 降解的保存基因集群.
- 与 purin 降解细菌的殖民化系统性地改变了宿主 UA 和 purin 水平.
结论:
- 肠道微生物对宿主纯素稳定和血清UA水平有显著的贡献.
- 细菌对纯素的代谢是肠道微生物影响宿主健康的关键机制.
- 准微生物纯素代谢可能为炎症性疾病提供新的治疗策略.
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