Bile acids and the gut microbiota: metabolic interactions and impacts on disease

SL Collins, JG Stine, JE Bisanz, CD Okafor… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite decades of bile acid research, diverse biological roles for bile acids have been
discovered recently due to developments in understanding the human microbiota. As …

Bile acid metabolism and signaling, the microbiota, and metabolic disease

J Cai, B Rimal, C Jiang, JYL Chiang… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
The diversity, composition, and function of the bacterial community inhabiting the human
gastrointestinal tract contributes to host health through its role in producing energy or …

Gut-microbiota-derived metabolites maintain gut and systemic immune homeostasis

J Wang, N Zhu, X Su, Y Gao, R Yang - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The gut microbiota, including bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses and phages, inhabits the
gastrointestinal tract. This commensal microbiota can contribute to the regulation of host …

Bile salt hydrolases shape the bile acid landscape and restrict Clostridioides difficile growth in the murine gut

MH Foley, ME Walker, AK Stewart, S O'Flaherty… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Bile acids (BAs) mediate the crosstalk between human and microbial cells and influence
diseases including Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). While bile salt hydrolases (BSHs) …

Reverse metabolomics for the discovery of chemical structures from humans

EC Gentry, SL Collins, M Panitchpakdi, P Belda-Ferre… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Determining the structure and phenotypic context of molecules detected in untargeted
metabolomics experiments remains challenging. Here we present reverse metabolomics as …

Human metabolome variation along the upper intestinal tract

J Folz, RN Culver, JM Morales, J Grembi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Most processing of the human diet occurs in the small intestine. Metabolites in the small
intestine originate from host secretions, plus the ingested exposome and microbial …

Bile salt hydrolase catalyses formation of amine-conjugated bile acids

B Rimal, SL Collins, CE Tanes, ER Rocha, MA Granda… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract produce amino acid bile acid amidates that can affect
host-mediated metabolic processes,,,,–; however, the bacterial gene (s) responsible for their …

Bile salt hydrolase acyltransferase activity expands bile acid diversity

DV Guzior, M Okros, M Shivel, B Armwald, C Bridges… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Bile acids (BAs) are steroid detergents in bile that contribute to the absorption of fats and fat-
soluble vitamins while shaping the gut microbiome because of their antimicrobial …

Polysaccharides from Lyophyllum decastes reduce obesity by altering gut microbiota and increasing energy expenditure

T Wang, J Han, H Dai, J Sun, J Ren, W Wang… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides are known to confer protection against obesity via modulation of gut
microbiota. To expand our knowledge of mushroom-derived prebiotics, we investigated the …

Gut microbiota derived bile acid metabolites maintain the homeostasis of gut and systemic immunity

X Su, Y Gao, R Yang - Frontiers in immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Bile acids (BAs) as cholesterol-derived molecules play an essential role in some
physiological processes such as nutrient absorption, glucose homeostasis and regulation of …