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The 7-α-dehydroxylation pathway: An integral component of gut bacterial bile acid metabolism and potential therapeutic target

The gut microbiome plays a significant role in maintaining host metabolic health through the production of metabolites. Comprising one of the most abundant and diverse forms of gut metabolites, bile acids play a key role in blood glucose regulation, insulin sensitivity, obesity, and energy expenditu...

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Autores principales: Wise, Journey L., Cummings, Bethany P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9868651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36699589
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1093420
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description The gut microbiome plays a significant role in maintaining host metabolic health through the production of metabolites. Comprising one of the most abundant and diverse forms of gut metabolites, bile acids play a key role in blood glucose regulation, insulin sensitivity, obesity, and energy expenditure. A central pathway in gut bacterial bile acid metabolism is the production of secondary bile acids via 7-ɑ-dehydroxylation. Despite the important role of 7-ɑ-dehydroxylation in gut bacterial bile acid metabolism and the pathophysiology of metabolic disease, the regulation of this pathway is not completely understood. This review aims to outline our current understanding of 7-ɑ-dehydroxylation and to identify key knowledge gaps that will be integral in further characterizing gut bacterial bile acid metabolism as a potential therapeutic target for treating metabolic dysregulation.
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spelling pubmed-98686512023-01-24 The 7-α-dehydroxylation pathway: An integral component of gut bacterial bile acid metabolism and potential therapeutic target Wise, Journey L. Cummings, Bethany P. Front Microbiol Microbiology The gut microbiome plays a significant role in maintaining host metabolic health through the production of metabolites. Comprising one of the most abundant and diverse forms of gut metabolites, bile acids play a key role in blood glucose regulation, insulin sensitivity, obesity, and energy expenditure. A central pathway in gut bacterial bile acid metabolism is the production of secondary bile acids via 7-ɑ-dehydroxylation. Despite the important role of 7-ɑ-dehydroxylation in gut bacterial bile acid metabolism and the pathophysiology of metabolic disease, the regulation of this pathway is not completely understood. This review aims to outline our current understanding of 7-ɑ-dehydroxylation and to identify key knowledge gaps that will be integral in further characterizing gut bacterial bile acid metabolism as a potential therapeutic target for treating metabolic dysregulation. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9868651/ /pubmed/36699589 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1093420 Text en Copyright © 2023 Wise and Cummings. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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The 7-α-dehydroxylation pathway: An integral component of gut bacterial bile acid metabolism and potential therapeutic target
title The 7-α-dehydroxylation pathway: An integral component of gut bacterial bile acid metabolism and potential therapeutic target
title_full The 7-α-dehydroxylation pathway: An integral component of gut bacterial bile acid metabolism and potential therapeutic target
title_fullStr The 7-α-dehydroxylation pathway: An integral component of gut bacterial bile acid metabolism and potential therapeutic target
title_full_unstemmed The 7-α-dehydroxylation pathway: An integral component of gut bacterial bile acid metabolism and potential therapeutic target
title_short The 7-α-dehydroxylation pathway: An integral component of gut bacterial bile acid metabolism and potential therapeutic target
title_sort 7-α-dehydroxylation pathway: an integral component of gut bacterial bile acid metabolism and potential therapeutic target
topic Microbiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9868651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36699589
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1093420
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