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Microbiome and metabolome modifying effects of several cardiovascular disease interventions in apo-E−/− mice

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Title
Microbiome and metabolome modifying effects of several cardiovascular disease interventions in apo-E−/− mice
Published in
Microbiome, March 2017
DOI 10.1186/s40168-017-0246-x
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Authors

Paul M. Ryan, Lis E. E. London, Trent C. Bjorndahl, Rupasri Mandal, Kiera Murphy, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Fergus Shanahan, R. Paul Ross, David S. Wishart, Noel M. Caplice, Catherine Stanton

Abstract

There is strong evidence indicating that gut microbiota have the potential to modify, or be modified by the drugs and nutritional interventions that we rely upon. This study aims to characterize the compositional and functional effects of several nutritional, neutraceutical, and pharmaceutical cardiovascular disease interventions on the gut microbiome, through metagenomic and metabolomic approaches. Apolipoprotein-E-deficient mice were fed for 24 weeks either high-fat/cholesterol diet alone (control, HFC) or high-fat/cholesterol in conjunction with one of three dietary interventions, as follows: plant sterol ester (PSE), oat β-glucan (OBG) and bile salt hydrolase-active Lactobacillus reuteri APC 2587 (BSH), or the drug atorvastatin (STAT). The gut microbiome composition was then investigated, in addition to the host fecal and serum metabolome. We observed major shifts in the composition of the gut microbiome of PSE mice, while OBG and BSH mice displayed more modest fluctuations, and STAT showed relatively few alterations. Interestingly, these compositional effects imparted by PSE were coupled with an increase in acetate and reduction in isovalerate (p < 0.05), while OBG promoted n-butyrate synthesis (p < 0.01). In addition, PSE significantly dampened the microbial production of the proatherogenic precursor compound, trimethylamine (p < 0.05), attenuated cholesterol accumulation, and nearly abolished atherogenesis in the model (p < 0.05). However, PSE supplementation produced the heaviest mice with the greatest degree of adiposity (p < 0.05). Finally, PSE, OBG, and STAT all appeared to have considerable impact on the host serum metabolome, including alterations in several acylcarnitines previously associated with a state of metabolic dysfunction (p < 0.05). We observed functional alterations in microbial and host-derived metabolites, which may have important implications for systemic metabolic health, suggesting that cardiovascular disease interventions may have a significant impact on the microbiome composition and functionality. This study indicates that the gut microbiome-modifying effects of novel therapeutics should be considered, in addition to the direct host effects.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Netherlands 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 154 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 21 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 20 13%
Researcher 17 11%
Student > Master 16 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 7%
Other 24 15%
Unknown 47 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 24 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 22 14%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 19 12%
Immunology and Microbiology 10 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 4%
Other 21 13%
Unknown 53 34%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 46. 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 22 September 2019.
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#935,293
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Outputs from Microbiome
#259
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Outputs of similar age
#18,930
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Outputs of similar age from Microbiome
#9
of 36 outputs
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