1. Examining the Interaction of the Gut Microbiome with Host Metabolism and Cardiometabolic Health in Metabolic Syndrome
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Christopher Papandreou, Laia Gutiérrez-Tordera, Antoni Palau-Galindo, Serena Galié, Pierre Arcelin, David Garcia, Àlex Folch, and Mònica Bulló
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cardiovascular risk ,Adult ,Male ,obesity ,microbial metabolites ,Physiology ,Gut flora ,Desulfovibrionaceae ,Article ,metabolic syndrome ,Feces ,Metabolomics ,RNA, Ribosomal, 16S ,medicine ,Humans ,TX341-641 ,metabolites ,Aged ,Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Cross-Over Studies ,biology ,gut microbiota ,Host Microbial Interactions ,Nutrition. Foods and food supply ,Cardiometabolic Risk Factors ,Lipid metabolism ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Lipid Metabolism ,Obesity ,metabolomics ,Lipids ,omics ,Gastrointestinal Microbiome ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Canonical Correlation Analysis ,cross-talk ,metabolism ,Female ,Metabolic syndrome ,Food Science ,Ruminococcaceae - Abstract
(1) Background: The microbiota-host cross-talk has been previously investigated, while its role in health is not yet clear. This study aimed to unravel the network of microbial-host interactions and correlate it with cardiometabolic risk factors. (2) Methods: A total of 47 adults with overweight/obesity and metabolic syndrome from the METADIET study were included in this cross-sectional analysis. Microbiota composition (151 genera) was assessed by 16S rRNA sequencing, fecal (m = 203) and plasma (m = 373) metabolites were profiled. An unsupervised sparse generalized canonical correlation analysis was used to construct a network of microbiota-metabolite interactions. A multi-omics score was derived for each cluster of the network and associated with cardiometabolic risk factors. (3) Results: Five multi-omics clusters were identified. Thirty-one fecal metabolites formed these clusters and were correlated with plasma sphingomyelins, lysophospholipids and medium to long-chain acylcarnitines. Seven genera from Ruminococcaceae and a member from the Desulfovibrionaceae family were correlated with fecal and plasma metabolites. Positive correlations were found between the multi-omics scores from two clusters with cholesterol and triglycerides levels. (4) Conclusions: We identified a correlated network between specific microbial genera and fecal/plasma metabolites in an adult population with metabolic syndrome, suggesting an interplay between gut microbiota and host lipid metabolism on cardiometabolic health.
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- 2021