Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, 2220 Pierce Avenue, Vanderbilt University, 556 Robinson Research Building, Nashville, TN, 37221, USA.
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center, 2220 Pierce Avenue, 312 Preston Research Building, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
Sci Rep. 2019 Jan 23;9(1):420. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37373-1.
Obesity increases the risk for cardiometabolic diseases. N-acyl phosphatidylethanolamines (NAPEs) are precursors of N-acylethanolamides, which are endogenous lipid satiety factors. Incorporating engineered bacteria expressing NAPEs into the gut microbiota retards development of diet induced obesity in wild-type mice. Because NAPEs can also exert anti-inflammatory effects, we hypothesized that administering NAPE-expressing bacteria to low-density lipoprotein receptor (Ldlr) mice fed a Western diet would improve various indices of cardiometabolic disease manifested by these mice. NAPE-expressing E. coli Nissle 1917 (pNAPE-EcN), control Nissle 1917 (pEcN), or vehicle (veh) were given via drinking water to Ldlr mice for 12 weeks. Compared to pEcN or veh treatment, pNAPE-EcN significantly reduced body weight and adiposity, hepatic triglycerides, fatty acid synthesis genes, and increased expression of fatty acid oxidation genes. pNAPE-EcN also significantly reduced markers for hepatic inflammation and early signs of fibrotic development. Serum cholesterol was reduced with pNAPE-EcN, but atherosclerotic lesion size showed only a non-significant trend for reduction. However, pNAPE-EcN treatment reduced lesion necrosis by 69% indicating an effect on preventing macrophage inflammatory death. Our results suggest that incorporation of NAPE expressing bacteria into the gut microbiota can potentially serve as an adjuvant therapy to retard development of cardiometabolic disease.
肥胖增加了患心脏代谢疾病的风险。N-酰基磷酰乙醇胺(NAPEs)是内源性脂质饱腹感因子 N-酰基乙醇酰胺的前体。将表达 NAPEs 的工程细菌纳入肠道微生物群中,可延缓野生型小鼠饮食诱导肥胖的发展。由于 NAPEs 还可以发挥抗炎作用,我们假设向喂食西方饮食的低密度脂蛋白受体(Ldlr)小鼠施用表达 NAPE 的细菌,将改善这些小鼠表现出的各种心脏代谢疾病的指标。通过饮用水给予表达 NAPE 的大肠杆菌 Nissle 1917(pNAPE-EcN)、对照 Nissle 1917(pEcN)或载体(veh)12 周,与 pEcN 或 veh 治疗相比,pNAPE-EcN 显著降低了体重和肥胖、肝甘油三酯、脂肪酸合成基因,并增加了脂肪酸氧化基因的表达。pNAPE-EcN 还显著降低了肝炎症和早期纤维化发展的标志物。血清胆固醇随着 pNAPE-EcN 的降低而降低,但动脉粥样硬化病变大小仅呈降低趋势。然而,pNAPE-EcN 治疗可使病变坏死减少 69%,表明可预防巨噬细胞炎症性死亡。我们的研究结果表明,将表达 NAPE 的细菌纳入肠道微生物群中可能作为一种辅助治疗方法,延缓心脏代谢疾病的发展。