寿命延长是否与肠道微生物群参与脂质代谢有关?
Sára Šardzíková1, Marta Gajewska2, Norbert Gałka2
1Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia.
FEMS microbiology ecology
|October 2, 2024
概括
肠道细菌通过改变脂质代谢来影响衰老. 长寿小鼠有更多的Bacteroides物种,这些物种将胆固醇转化为胆固醇硫酸盐,可能会改善健康.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 衰老研究研究 衰老研究
- 代谢学 代谢学 代谢学
背景情况:
- 生物衰老与身体构成的变化以及神经活性类固醇激素的减少有关,例如脱水氨硫酸 (DHEAS).
- 肠道微生物群在调节宿主新陈代谢方面发挥作用,并可能通过GABA信号传递等途径影响衰老过程.
研究的目的:
- 调查肠道微生物群组成与小鼠寿命之间的关联.
- 分析肠道细菌在胆固醇硫酸盐代谢中的功能作用,这是DHEAS的前身.
主要方法:
- 使用16S rRNA和元基因组测序来描述肠道微生物群.
- 代谢途径预测,薄层染色学和MALDI-TOF质谱学用于胆固醇硫酸盐的识别和量化.
- 进行了相关性分析,以将微生物组成与宿主表型和代谢途径联系起来.
主要成果:
- 不同的细菌种类与不同的寿命有关; Bacteroides 在长寿小鼠中丰富,而 Odoribacter 和 Colidextribacter 则是特定于短寿小鼠的.
- 确定了特定性别的细菌预测寿命,男性的Rikenella和Alloprevotella,女性的Lactobacillus和Bacteroides.
- 长寿小鼠表现出巴氏菌种丰富度与脂质/类固醇激素代谢之间的强烈正相关性,以及GABAergic突触通路与体重之间的负相关性.
结论:
- 增加特定肠道细菌的丰富性,特别是Bacteroides物种,与老鼠的寿命延长有关.
- 细菌类物种拥有合成胆固醇硫酸盐的遗传机制,这种途径在长寿个体中显著上调.
- 调节肠道微生物群,特别是通过Bacteroides增强胆固醇硫酸盐的产生,可能是通过脂质代谢改善衰老的治疗策略.
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