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ArticleThe Journal of surgical research2024

Sleeve Gastrectomy Protects Against Hypertension in Rats due to Changes in the Gut Microbiome.

Matthew Barron, Deemantha G Fernando, Samantha N Atkinson, John Kirby, Tammy L Kindel

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  1. Gut microbiome and bile acid changes after male rodent sleeve gastrectomy: what comes first?American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2025
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Matthew BarronDepartment of Surgery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Deemantha G FernandoDepartment of Surgery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Samantha N AtkinsonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Center for Microbiome Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
John KirbyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Tammy L KindelDepartment of Surgery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Electronic address: tkindel@mcw.edu.

Funding

Identifying Gut Microbiome Mediated Mechanisms for Diastolic Dysfunction Improvement After Bariatric SurgeryR01HL158900 · NHLBI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI Tammy Lyn Kindel · 2022 to 2026
$2.2M
The role of GLP-1 in cardiac recovery after bariatric surgery in obesity-induced heart failureK08HL140000 · NHLBI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI KINDEL, TAMMY LYN · 2019 to 2022
$603k
NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL140000NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL158900
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSleeve gastrectomy (SG), results in improvement in hypertension. We have previously published that rodent SG improves hypertension independent of weight loss associated with unique shifts in the gut microbiome. We tested if the gut microbiome directly improves blood pressure by performing fecal material transfer (FMT) from post-SG rats to surgery-naïve animals.

methodsWe performed SG or Sham surgery in male, Zucker rats (n = 6-7) with obesity. Stool was collected postop from surgical donors for treatment of recipient rats. Three nonsurgical groups received daily, oral consumption of SG stool, sham stool, or vehicle alone (Nutella) for 10 wk (n = 7-8). FMT treatment was assessed for effects on body weight, food intake, oral glucose tolerance, and blood pressure. Genomic deoxyribonucleic acid of stool from donor and recipient groups were sequenced by 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid and analyzed for diversity, abundance, and importance.

resultsTen weeks of SG-FMT treatment significantly lowered systolic blood pressures in surgery-naïve, recipient rats compared to vehicle treatment alone (126.8 ± 13.3 mmHg versus 151.8 ± 12.2 mmHg, P = 0.001). SG-FMT treatment also significantly altered beta diversity metrics compared to Sham-FMT and vehicle treatment. In random forest analysis, amplicon sequence variant level significantly predicted FMT group, P = 0.01.

conclusionsWe have found a direct link between gut microbial changes after SG and regulation of blood pressure. Future mechanistic studies are required to learn what specific gut microbial changes are required to induce improvements in obesity-associated hypertension and translation to clinical, metabolic surgery.

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Blood PressureFecal Microbiota TransplantationGastrectomyGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHypertensionObesityAnimalsBody WeightDisease Models, AnimalEatingFecesGenetic VariationGlucose Tolerance TestMalePostoperative PeriodRandom ForestRNA, Ribosomal, 16SBariatric surgeryFecal material transferHypertensionMicrobiomeSleeve gastrectomy

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PMCPMC12034232

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