长期暴露于会扰乱小鼠的肠道微生物群和胆酸平衡
Yifei Yang1, Liang Chi1, Chih-Wei Liu1
1Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
Chemical research in toxicology
|June 9, 2023
概括
暴露会破坏肠道细菌,并改变小鼠的胆酸水平. 这表明诱导的肠道失调和失衡的胆酸代谢之间存在联系.
科学领域:
- 环境毒理学环境毒理学
- 微生物组研究的研究.
- 代谢生物化学 代谢生物化学
背景情况:
- 肠道微生物群在调节宿主新陈代谢方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 胆汁酸是关键的信号分子,受肠道微生物的影响.
- 是一种有毒的环境污染物,已知对生物系统有影响.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究暴露对胆酸恒温的影响.
- 探索暴露后肠道微生物群变化和胆酸概况之间的关系.
主要方法:
- C57BL/6小鼠在饮用水中暴露于1ppm的.
- 分析了血清和肝胆酸水平.
- 评估了肠道微生物组成 (Bacteroidetes和Firmicutes),并与胆酸水平相关联.
主要成果:
- 对的暴露显著改变了未结合的初级胆酸.
- 在血清和肝脏中观察到二次胆酸的持续下降.
- 细菌类和细菌类的丰富程度与血清胆酸度相关.
结论:
- 暴露会扰乱小鼠的胆酸稳态.
- 诱导的肠道失调可能会导致改变胆酸代谢.
- 这突出了毒性的潜在机制,涉及微生物群与宿主相互作用.
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