Gut Microbiota Orchestrates Energy Homeostasis during Cold
2015; Cell Press; Volume: 163; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/j.cell.2015.11.004
ISSN1097-4172
AutoresClaire Chevalier, Ozren Stojanović, Didier Colin, Nicolas Suárez-Zamorano, Valentina Tarallo, Christelle Veyrat‐Durebex, Dorothée Rigo, Salvatore Fabbiano, Ana Stevanović, Stefanie Hagemann, Xavier Montet, Yann Seimbille, Nicola Zamboni, Siegfried Hapfelmeier, Mirko Trajkovski,
Tópico(s)Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
ResumoMicrobial functions in the host physiology are a result of the microbiota-host co-evolution. We show that cold exposure leads to marked shift of the microbiota composition, referred to as cold microbiota. Transplantation of the cold microbiota to germ-free mice is sufficient to increase insulin sensitivity of the host and enable tolerance to cold partly by promoting the white fat browning, leading to increased energy expenditure and fat loss. During prolonged cold, however, the body weight loss is attenuated, caused by adaptive mechanisms maximizing caloric uptake and increasing intestinal, villi, and microvilli lengths. This increased absorptive surface is transferable with the cold microbiota, leading to altered intestinal gene expression promoting tissue remodeling and suppression of apoptosis—the effect diminished by co-transplanting the most cold-downregulated strain Akkermansia muciniphila during the cold microbiota transfer. Our results demonstrate the microbiota as a key factor orchestrating the overall energy homeostasis during increased demand.
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