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Cardiorespiratory fitness as a predictor of intestinal microbial diversity and distinct metagenomic functions

Overview of attention for article published in Microbiome, August 2016
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Title
Cardiorespiratory fitness as a predictor of intestinal microbial diversity and distinct metagenomic functions
Published in
Microbiome, August 2016
DOI 10.1186/s40168-016-0189-7
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Authors

Mehrbod Estaki, Jason Pither, Peter Baumeister, Jonathan P. Little, Sandeep K. Gill, Sanjoy Ghosh, Zahra Ahmadi-Vand, Katelyn R. Marsden, Deanna L. Gibson

Abstract

Reduced microbial diversity in human intestines has been implicated in various conditions such as diabetes, colorectal cancer, and inflammatory bowel disease. The role of physical fitness in the context of human intestinal microbiota is currently not known. We used high-throughput sequencing to analyze fecal microbiota of 39 healthy participants with similar age, BMI, and diets but with varying cardiorespiratory fitness levels. Fecal short-chain fatty acids were analyzed using gas chromatography. We showed that peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak), the gold standard measure of cardiorespiratory fitness, can account for more than 20 % of the variation in taxonomic richness, after accounting for all other factors, including diet. While VO2peak did not explain variation in beta diversity, it did play a significant role in explaining variation in the microbiomes' predicted metagenomic functions, aligning positively with genes related to bacterial chemotaxis, motility, and fatty acid biosynthesis. These predicted functions were supported by measured increases in production of fecal butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid associated with improved gut health, amongst physically fit participants. We also identified increased abundances of key butyrate-producing taxa (Clostridiales, Roseburia, Lachnospiraceae, and Erysipelotrichaceae) amongst these individuals, which likely contributed to the observed increases in butyrate levels. Results from this study show that cardiorespiratory fitness is correlated with increased microbial diversity in healthy humans and that the associated changes are anchored around a set of functional cores rather than specific taxa. The microbial profiles of fit individuals favor the production of butyrate. As increased microbiota diversity and butyrate production is associated with overall host health, our findings warrant the use of exercise prescription as an adjuvant therapy in combating dysbiosis-associated diseases.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Ireland 1 <1%
Unknown 502 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 64 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 60 12%
Student > Master 58 12%
Student > Bachelor 52 10%
Other 26 5%
Other 88 17%
Unknown 155 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 72 14%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 57 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 51 10%
Sports and Recreations 32 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 31 6%
Other 76 15%
Unknown 184 37%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 115. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 December 2023.
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