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Multi-omics investigation of spontaneous T2DM macaque emphasizes gut microbiota could up-regulate the absorption of excess palmitic acid in the T2DM progression.

Xu Liu, Yuchen Xie, Shengzhi Yang, Cong Jiang, Ke Shang, Jinxia Luo, Lin Zhang, Gang Hu, Qinghua Liu, Bisong Yue and 3 more

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Xu Liu *Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Yuchen Xie *Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Shengzhi YangKey Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Cong JiangKey Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Ke ShangKey Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jinxia LuoKey Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Lin ZhangKey Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Gang HuSCU-SGHB Joint Laboratory on Non-human Primates Research, Meishan, China.
Qinghua LiuSCU-SGHB Joint Laboratory on Non-human Primates Research, Meishan, China.
Bisong YueKey Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Zhenxin FanKey Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0422-9497
Zhanlong HeInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan, China.
Jing LiKey Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3242-4495

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32171607Science and Technology Foundation of Sichuan Province 2021YJ0136
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although gut microbiota and lipid metabolites have been suggested to be closely associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the interactions between gut microbiota, lipid metabolites, and the host in T2DM development remains unclear. Rhesus macaques may be the best animal model to investigate these relationships given their spontaneous development of T2DM. We identified eight spontaneous T2DM macaques and conducted a comprehensive study investigating the relationships using multi-omics sequencing technology. Our results from 16 S rRNA, metagenome, metabolome, and transcriptome analyses identified that gut microbiota imbalance, tryptophan metabolism and fatty acid β oxidation disorders, long-chain fatty acid (LCFA) accumulation, and inflammation occurred in T2DM macaques. We verified the accumulation of palmitic acid (PA) and activation of inflammation in T2DM macaques. Importantly, mice transplanted with spontaneous T2DM macaque fecal microbiota and fed a high PA diet developed prediabetes within 120 days. We determined that gut microbiota mediated the absorption of excess PA in the ileum, resulting in the accumulation of PA in the serum, consequently leading to T2DM in mice. In particular, we demonstrated that the specific microbiota composition was probably involved in the process. This study provides new insight into interactions between microbiota and metabolites and confirms causative effect of gut microbiota on T2DM development.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Gastrointestinal MicrobiomePalmitic AcidAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDisease ProgressionGene Expression ProfilingMacaca mulattaMaleMetabolomeMiceMultiomicsRNA, Ribosomal, 16SPalmitic AcidRNA, Ribosomal, 16Sfecal microbiota transplantationgut microbiotainfectious diseasemicrobiologymousemulti-omicspalmitic acidrhesus macaquespontaneous T2DM macaques

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