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Effects of diurnal variation of gut microbes and high-fat feeding on host circadian clock function and metabolism.

ABSTRACT: Circadian clocks and metabolism are inextricably intertwined, where central and hepatic circadian clocks coordinate metabolic events in response to light-dark and sleep-wake cycles. We reveal an additional key element involved in maintaining host circadian rhythms, the gut microbiome. Despite persistence of light-dark signals, germ-free mice fed low or high-fat diets exhibit markedly impaired central and hepatic circadian clock gene expression and do not gain weight compared to conventionally raised counterparts. Examination of gut microbiota in conventionally raised mice showed differential diurnal variation in microbial structure and function dependent upon dietary composition. Additionally, specific microbial metabolites induced under low- or high-fat feeding, particularly short-chain fatty acids, but not hydrogen sulfide, directly modulate circadian clock gene expression within hepatocytes. These results underscore the ability of microbially derived metabolites to regulate or modify central and hepatic circadian rhythm and host metabolic function, the latter following intake of a Westernized diet.

SUBMITTER: Leone V

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4433408 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effects of diurnal variation of gut microbes and high-fat feeding on host circadian clock function and metabolism.

Leone Vanessa V Gibbons Sean M SM Martinez Kristina K Hutchison Alan L AL Huang Edmond Y EY Cham Candace M CM Pierre Joseph F JF Pierre Joseph F JF Heneghan Aaron F AF Nadimpalli Anuradha A Hubert Nathaniel N Zale Elizabeth E Wang Yunwei Y Huang Yong Y Theriault Betty B Dinner Aaron R AR Musch Mark W MW Kudsk Kenneth A KA Prendergast Brian J BJ Gilbert Jack A JA Chang Eugene B EB

Cell host & microbe 20150416 5

Circadian clocks and metabolism are inextricably intertwined, where central and hepatic circadian clocks coordinate metabolic events in response to light-dark and sleep-wake cycles. We reveal an additional key element involved in maintaining host circadian rhythms, the gut microbiome. Despite persistence of light-dark signals, germ-free mice fed low or high-fat diets exhibit markedly impaired central and hepatic circadian clock gene expression and do not gain weight compared to conventionally ra ...[more]

PMID: 25891358

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Project description:Diet-induced obesity (DIO) is rapidly becoming a global health problem, particularly as Westernization of emerging nations continues. Currently, one third of adult Americans are considered obese and, if current trends continue, >90% of US citizens are predicted to be affected by 2050. However, efforts to fight this epidemic have not yet produced sound solutions for prevention or treatment. Our studies reveal a balanced and chronobiological relationship between food consumption, daily variation in gut microbial evenness and function, basomedial hypothalamic circadian clock (CC) gene expression, and key hepatic metabolic regulatory networks , including CC and nuclear receptors (NR), that is are essential for metabolic homeostasis. “Western” diets high in saturated fats dramatically alter diurnal variation in microbial composition and function, which in turn lead to uncoupling of the hepatic CC and NR networks from central CC control in ways that offset the timing and types of regulatory factors directing metabolic function. These signals include microbial metabolites such as short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) that can directly regulate or disrupt metabolic networks of the hepatocyte. Our study therefore provides insights into the complex and dynamic relationships between diet, gut microbes, and the host that are critical for maintenance of health. Perturbations of this constellation of processes, in this case by diet-induced dysbiosis and its metabolomic signaling, can potentially promote metabolic imbalances and disease. This knowledge opens up many possibilities for novel therapeutic and interventional strategies to treat and prevent DIO, ranging from the manipulation of gut microbial function to pharmacological targeting of host pathways to restore metabolic balance. Mice were raised under germ-free or specific pathogen-free condition, or germ-free followed by conventionization. Liver tissues were harvested for total RNA isolation and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays

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Effects of diurnal variation of gut microbes and high-fat feeding on host circadian clock function and metabolism.

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Effects of diurnal variation of gut microbes and high-fat feeding on host circadian clock function and metabolism.

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