Microbial Bile acid metabolite, 3-oxo-LCA, prohibits colorectal cancer progression
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Project description:Bariatric surgical procedures such as sleeve gastrectomy (SG) provide effective type 2 diabetes remission in human patients. Previous work demonstrated that gastrointestinal levels of the bacterial metabolite lithocholic acid (LCA) are decreased after SG in mice and humans. Here, we show that LCA worsens glucose tolerance and impairs whole body metabolism. We also show that taurodeoxycholic acid (TDCA), which was the only bile acid whose concentration was increased in the murine small intestine post-SG, suppresses the bacterial bile acid-inducible (bai) operon and production of LCA both in vitro and in vivo. Treatment of diet-induced obese (DIO) mice with TDCA reduces LCA levels and leads to microbiome-dependent improvements in host glucose handling. Moreover, TDCA abundance is decreased in small intestinal tissue from T2D patients. This work has revealed that TDCA is an endogenous inhibitor of LCA production and suggests that TDCA may contribute to the glucoregulatory effects of bariatric surgery.
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Project description:TGR5 (Gpbar1) is a G protein-coupled receptor responsive to bile acids (BAs), which is expressed in different non-parenchymal cells of the liver, including biliary epithelial cells, liver-resident macrophages, sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) and activated hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). Mice with targeted deletion of TGR5 are more susceptible towards cholestatic liver injury induced by cholic acid-feeding and bile duct ligation, resulting in a reduced proliferative response and increased liver injury. Conjugated lithocholic acid (LCA) represents the most potent TGR5 BA ligand and LCA-feeding has been used as a model to rapidly induce severe cholestatic liver injury in mice. Thus, TGR5 knockout (KO) mice and wildtype littermates were fed a diet supplemented with 1%LCA for 84 hours. Liver injury and gene expression changes induced by the LCA-diet revealed an enrichment of pathways associated with inflammation, proliferation and matrix remodelling. Knockout of TGR5 in mice caused upregulation of endothelin-1 (ET-1) expression in the livers. Analysis of TGR5-dependent ET-1 signalling in isolated LSECs and HSCs demonstrated that TGR5 activation reduces ET-1 expression and secretion from LSECs and triggers internalization of the ET-1 receptor in HSCs dampening ET-1 responsiveness. Thus, we identified two independent mechanisms by which TGR5 inhibits ET-1 signalling and modulates portal pressure.
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Project description:The microbiota generates structurally diverse small molecules that can regulate host physiology and disease. Of these microbiota metabolites, bile acids have emerged as important modulators of host immunity and microbial pathogenesis. While the modes of action for different bile acids on host pathways are becoming more apparent, the mechanisms by which these prominent microbiota metabolites suppress microbial virulence pathways are less clear. To identify the direct protein targets of bile acids in Salmonella, we have generated three photoaffinity bile acid reporters (alk-X-CDCA, alk-X-UDCA, alk-X-LCA) and performed chemical proteomics. Using a combination of photocrosslinking with bile acid chemical reporters and label-free proteomics, we performed a quantitative analysis of bile acid interacting proteins in Salmonella with or without UV-mediated photocrosslinking. These studies revealed bile acid can interact with many Salmonella proteins, such as extracellular or secreted proteins, T3SS components and motility-related proteins, as predicted by Gene Ontology analysis. In addition, cytoplasmic and membrane proteins including metabolic enzymes are also identified. Notably, HilD, an important transcriptional regulator of S. Typhimurium virulence was also identified by the alk-X-CDCA reporter. This study highlights the utility of chemical proteomics to identify the direct protein targets and mechanisms of action for microbiota metabolites in bacterial pathogens.
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