Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China.
Anal Chem. 2023 Aug 1;95(30):11550-11557. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02353. Epub 2023 Jul 20.
Gut microbiota-host co-metabolites serve as essential mediators of communication between the host and gut microbiota. They provide nutrient sources for host cells and regulate gut microenvironment, which are associated with a variety of diseases. Analysis of gut microbiota-host co-metabolites is of great significance to explore the host-gut microbiota interaction. In this study, we integrated chemical derivatization, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, and molecular networking (MN) to establish a novel CD-MN strategy for the analysis of carboxylated metabolites in gut microbial-host co-metabolism. Using this strategy, 261 carboxylated metabolites from mouse feces were detected, which grouped to various classes including fatty acids, bile acids, -acyl amino acids, benzoheterocyclic acids, aromatic acids, and other unknown small-scale molecular clusters in MN. Based on the interpretation of the bile acid cluster, a novel type of phenylacetylated conjugates of host bile acids was identified, which were mediated by gut microbiota and exhibited a strong binding ability to Farnesoid X receptor and Takeda G protein-coupled receptor 5. Our proposed strategy offers a promising platform for uncovering carboxylated metabolites in gut microbial-host co-metabolism.
肠道微生物群-宿主共代谢物作为宿主和肠道微生物群之间通讯的重要介质。它们为宿主细胞提供营养来源,并调节肠道微环境,与多种疾病相关。分析肠道微生物群-宿主共代谢物对于探索宿主-肠道微生物群相互作用具有重要意义。在这项研究中,我们整合了化学衍生化、液相色谱-质谱和分子网络(MN),建立了一种用于分析肠道微生物群-宿主共代谢中羧基化代谢物的新型 CD-MN 策略。使用该策略,从小鼠粪便中检测到 261 种羧基化代谢物,这些代谢物分为不同类别,包括脂肪酸、胆汁酸、-酰基氨基酸、苯并杂环酸、芳香酸和 MN 中的其他未知小尺度分子簇。基于对胆汁酸簇的解释,鉴定出一种新型的宿主胆汁酸苯乙酰化缀合物,该缀合物由肠道微生物群介导,并表现出与法尼醇 X 受体和 Takeda G 蛋白偶联受体 5 的强结合能力。我们提出的策略为揭示肠道微生物群-宿主共代谢中的羧基化代谢物提供了一个有前途的平台。