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Tissue-wide metabolomics reveals wide impact of gut microbiota on mice metabolite composition




AuthorsZarei Iman, Koistinen Ville M., Kokla Marietta, Klåvus Anton, Farizah Babu Ambrin, Lehtonen Marko, Auriola Seppo, Hanhineva Kati

PublisherNATURE PORTFOLIO

Publication year2022

JournalScientific Reports

Journal name in sourceSCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Journal acronymSCI REP-UK

Article number 15018

Volume12

Number of pages20

ISSN2045-2322

eISSN2045-2322

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19327-w

Web address https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-19327-w

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/176645884


Abstract

The essential role of gut microbiota in health and disease is well recognized, but the biochemical details that underlie the beneficial impact remain largely undefined. To maintain its stability, microbiota participates in an interactive host-microbiota metabolic signaling, impacting metabolic phenotypes of the host. Dysbiosis of microbiota results in alteration of certain microbial and host metabolites. Identifying these markers could enhance early detection of certain diseases. We report LC-MS based non-targeted metabolic profiling that demonstrates a large effect of gut microbiota on mammalian tissue metabolites. It was hypothesized that gut microbiota influences the overall biochemistry of host metabolome and this effect is tissue-specific. Thirteen different tissues from germ-free (GF) and conventionally-raised (MPF) C57BL/6NTac mice were selected and their metabolic differences were analyzed. Our study demonstrated a large effect of microbiota on mammalian biochemistry at different tissues and resulted in statistically-significant modulation of metabolites from multiple metabolic pathways (p  ≤ 0.05). Hundreds of molecular features were detected exclusively in one mouse group, with the majority of these being unique to specific tissue. A vast metabolic response of host to metabolites generated by the microbiota was observed, suggesting gut microbiota has a direct impact on host metabolism.


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