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Microbiome remodelling leads to inhibition of intestinal farnesoid X receptor signalling and decreased obesity.


ABSTRACT: The antioxidant tempol reduces obesity in mice. Here we show that tempol alters the gut microbiome by preferentially reducing the genus Lactobacillus and its bile salt hydrolase (BSH) activity leading to the accumulation of intestinal tauro-?-muricholic acid (T-?-MCA). T-?-MCA is an farnesoid X receptor (FXR) nuclear receptor antagonist, which is involved in the regulation of bile acid, lipid and glucose metabolism. Its increased levels during tempol treatment inhibit FXR signalling in the intestine. High-fat diet-fed intestine-specific Fxr-null (Fxr(?IE)) mice show lower diet-induced obesity, similar to tempol-treated wild-type mice. Further, tempol treatment does not decrease weight gain in Fxr(?IE) mice, suggesting that the intestinal FXR mediates the anti-obesity effects of tempol. These studies demonstrate a biochemical link between the microbiome, nuclear receptor signalling and metabolic disorders, and suggest that inhibition of FXR in the intestine could be a target for anti-obesity drugs.

SUBMITTER: Li F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6595219 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Microbiome remodelling leads to inhibition of intestinal farnesoid X receptor signalling and decreased obesity.

Li Fei F   Jiang Changtao C   Krausz Kristopher W KW   Li Yunfei Y   Albert Istvan I   Hao Haiping H   Fabre Kristin M KM   Mitchell James B JB   Patterson Andrew D AD   Gonzalez Frank J FJ  

Nature communications 20130101


The antioxidant tempol reduces obesity in mice. Here we show that tempol alters the gut microbiome by preferentially reducing the genus Lactobacillus and its bile salt hydrolase (BSH) activity leading to the accumulation of intestinal tauro-β-muricholic acid (T-β-MCA). T-β-MCA is an farnesoid X receptor (FXR) nuclear receptor antagonist, which is involved in the regulation of bile acid, lipid and glucose metabolism. Its increased levels during tempol treatment inhibit FXR signalling in the intes  ...[more]

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