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Dietary butyrate ameliorates metabolic health associated with selective proliferation of gut Lachnospiraceae bacterium 28-4.

Zhuang Li, Enchen Zhou, Cong Liu, Hope Wicks, Sena Yildiz, Farhana Razack, Zhixiong Ying, Sander Kooijman, Debby PY Koonen, Marieke Heijink and 8 more

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Article in JCI insight, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Zhuang LiDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, and.
Enchen ZhouDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, and.
Cong LiuDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, and.
Hope WicksDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, and.
Sena YildizDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, and.
Farhana RazackDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, and.
Zhixiong YingDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, and.
Sander KooijmanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, and.
Debby PY KoonenDepartment of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Marieke HeijinkCenter for Proteomics and Metabolomics.
Sarantos KostidisCenter for Proteomics and Metabolomics.
Martin GieraCenter for Proteomics and Metabolomics.
Ingrid MJG SandersDepartment of Medical Microbiology.
Ed J KuijperDepartment of Medical Microbiology.
Wiep Klaas SmitsDepartment of Medical Microbiology.
Ko Willems van DijkEinthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
Patrick CN RensenDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, and.
Yanan WangDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, and.
Leiden University Medical Center · NLProteogenomics Research Institute for Systems Medicine · USUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Short-chain fatty acids, including butyrate, have multiple metabolic benefits in individuals who are lean but not in individuals with metabolic syndrome, with the underlying mechanisms still being unclear. We aimed to investigate the role of gut microbiota in the induction of metabolic benefits of dietary butyrate. We performed antibiotic-induced microbiota depletion of the gut and fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in APOE*3-Leiden.CETP mice, a well-established translational model for developing human-like metabolic syndrome, and revealed that dietary butyrate reduced appetite and ameliorated high-fat diet-induced (HFD-induced) weight gain dependent on the presence of gut microbiota. FMT from butyrate-treated lean donor mice, but not butyrate-treated obese donor mice, into gut microbiota-depleted recipient mice reduced food intake, attenuated HFD-induced weight gain, and improved insulin resistance. 16S rRNA and metagenomic sequencing on cecal bacterial DNA of recipient mice implied that these effects were accompanied by the selective proliferation of Lachnospiraceae bacterium 28-4 in the gut as induced by butyrate. Collectively, our findings reveal a crucial role of gut microbiota in the beneficial metabolic effects of dietary butyrate as strongly associated with the abundance of Lachnospiraceae bacterium 28-4.

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ButyratesMetabolic SyndromeAnimalsCell ProliferationHumansMiceObesityRNA, Ribosomal, 16SWeight GainButyratesRNA, Ribosomal, 16SEndocrinologyMicrobiologyObesity

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