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ArticleNature communications2025

Mapping pesticide-induced metabolic alterations in human gut bacteria.

Li Chen, Hong Yan, Shanshan Di, Chao Guo, Huan Zhang, Shiqi Zhang, Andrew Gold, Yu Wang, Ming Hu, Dayong Wu and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Li ChenHuman Nutrition Program, Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Hong YanDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
Shanshan DiState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Products Safety/ Key Laboratory of Detection for Pesticide Residues and Control of Zhejiang, Institute of Agro-product Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China.
Chao GuoHuman Nutrition Program, Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Huan ZhangHuman Nutrition Program, Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9616-6571
Shiqi ZhangHuman Nutrition Program, Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Andrew GoldHuman Nutrition Program, Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Yu WangDepartment of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Ming HuHuman Nutrition Program, Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Dayong WuDepartment of Cancer Biology and Genetics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Caroline H JohnsonDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5298-1299
Xinquan WangState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Products Safety/ Key Laboratory of Detection for Pesticide Residues and Control of Zhejiang, Institute of Agro-product Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China.
Jiangjiang ZhuHuman Nutrition Program, Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA. zhu.2484@osu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4548-8949

Funding

Characterizing the Metabolome and Volatilome of Gut MicrobiomeR35GM133510 · NIGMS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHU, JIANGJIANG · 2019 to 2023
$2.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133510U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R35GM133510
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pesticides can modulate gut microbiota composition, but their specific effects on it remain largely elusive. In our study, we show that pesticides inhibit or promote the growth of various gut microbial species and can be accumulated to prolong their presence in the host. Pesticide exposure also induces significant alterations in gut bacterial metabolism, as reflected by changes in hundreds of metabolites. We generate a pesticide-gut microbiota-metabolite network that not only reveals pesticide-sensitive gut bacteria species but also reports specific metabolic changes in 306 pesticide-gut microbiota pairs. Using an in vivo mouse model, we further demonstrate the interactions of a representative pesticide-gut microbiota pair and verify the inflammation-inducing effects of pesticide exposure on the host, mediated by microbially dysregulated lipid metabolism. Taken together, our findings generate a comprehensive atlas of pesticide-gut microbiota-metabolite interactions atlas and shed light on the molecular mechanisms by which pesticides affect host health via gut microbiota-modulated metabolism.

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BacteriaGastrointestinal MicrobiomePesticidesAnimalsFemaleHumansLipid MetabolismMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPesticides

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PMID40348778
PMCPMC12065874

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