Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Cell Host Microbe. 2024 Jun 12;32(6):925-944.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2024.04.018. Epub 2024 May 15.
Hormones and neurotransmitters are essential to homeostasis, and their disruptions are connected to diseases ranging from cancer to anxiety. The differential reactivation of endobiotic glucuronides by gut microbial β-glucuronidase (GUS) enzymes may influence interindividual differences in the onset and treatment of disease. Using multi-omic, in vitro, and in vivo approaches, we show that germ-free mice have reduced levels of active endobiotics and that distinct gut microbial Loop 1 and FMN GUS enzymes drive hormone and neurotransmitter reactivation. We demonstrate that a range of FDA-approved drugs prevent this reactivation by intercepting the catalytic cycle of the enzymes in a conserved fashion. Finally, we find that inhibiting GUS in conventional mice reduces free serotonin and increases its inactive glucuronide in the serum and intestines. Our results illuminate the indispensability of gut microbial enzymes in sustaining endobiotic homeostasis and indicate that therapeutic disruptions of this metabolism promote interindividual response variabilities.
激素和神经递质对于体内平衡至关重要,它们的紊乱与从癌症到焦虑等各种疾病有关。肠道微生物β-葡糖苷酸酶(GUS)对内源性葡糖苷酸的差异再激活可能会影响疾病发生和治疗的个体间差异。我们使用多组学、体外和体内方法表明,无菌小鼠体内活性内源性物质的水平降低,而不同的肠道微生物 Loop 1 和 FMN GUS 酶则驱动激素和神经递质的再激活。我们证明,一系列 FDA 批准的药物通过以保守的方式阻断酶的催化循环来阻止这种再激活。最后,我们发现抑制常规小鼠中的 GUS 会减少游离的血清素并增加其在血清和肠道中的无活性葡糖苷酸。我们的结果阐明了肠道微生物酶在维持内源性内稳态中的不可或缺性,并表明这种代谢的治疗性破坏会促进个体间反应的可变性。
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