Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Institute of Animal Sciences, Department of Animal Genetics and Conservation, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786 Warsaw, Poland.
FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2024 Oct 25;100(11). doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiae135.
Biological aging is linked to altered body composition and reduced neuroactive steroid hormones like dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), which can stimulate the GABA signaling pathway via gut microbiota. Our study examined the association of gut microbiota with lifespan in mice through comprehensive analysis of its composition and functional involvement in cholesterol sulfate, a precursor of DHEAS, metabolism. We used 16S rRNA and metagenomic sequencing, followed by metabolic pathway prediction and thin layer chromatography and MALDI-TOF cholesterol sulfate identification. Significant increases in bacteria such as Bacteroides, typical for long-lived and Odoribacter and Colidextribacter, specific for short-lived mice were detected. Furthermore, for males (Rikenella and Alloprevotella) and females (Lactobacillus and Bacteroides), specific bacterial groups emerged as predictors (AUC = 1), highlighting sex-specific patterns. Long-lived mice showed a strong correlation of Bacteroides (0.918) with lipid and steroid hormone metabolism, while a negative correlation of GABAergic synapse with body weight (-0.589). We found that several Bacteroides species harboring the sulfotransferase gene and gene cluster for sulfonate donor synthesis are involved in converting cholesterol to cholesterol sulfate, significantly higher in the feces of long-lived individuals. Overall, we suggest that increased involvement of gut bacteria, mainly Bacteroides spp., in cholesterol sulfate synthesis could ameliorate aging through lipid metabolism.
生物衰老与身体成分的改变和神经活性甾体激素(如硫酸脱氢表雄酮[DHEAS])的减少有关,后者可以通过肠道微生物群刺激 GABA 信号通路。我们的研究通过综合分析胆固醇硫酸盐(DHEAS 的前体)代谢中的肠道微生物群组成及其功能参与,研究了肠道微生物群与小鼠寿命的关联。我们使用 16S rRNA 和宏基因组测序,然后进行代谢途径预测和薄层色谱和 MALDI-TOF 胆固醇硫酸盐鉴定。检测到细菌(如梭菌属,与长寿相关;恶臭杆菌属和柯林斯氏菌属,与短寿相关)等细菌的显著增加。此外,对于雄性(雷肯氏菌属和全普雷沃氏菌属)和雌性(乳杆菌属和拟杆菌属),特定的细菌群成为预测因子(AUC = 1),突出了性别特异性模式。长寿小鼠的脂类和类固醇激素代谢与拟杆菌属(0.918)呈强相关性,而 GABA 能突触与体重呈负相关(-0.589)。我们发现,几种携带磺基转移酶基因和硫酸盐供体合成基因簇的拟杆菌属物种参与将胆固醇转化为胆固醇硫酸盐,在长寿个体的粪便中含量明显更高。总体而言,我们认为肠道细菌(主要是拟杆菌属)在胆固醇硫酸盐合成中的更多参与可能通过脂类代谢改善衰老。