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ArticleCell reports. Medicine2023

Potential therapeutic implications of histidine catabolism by the gut microbiota in NAFLD patients with morbid obesity.

Sergio Quesada-Vázquez, Anna Castells-Nobau, Jèssica Latorre, Núria Oliveras-Cañellas, Irene Puig-Parnau, Noemi Tejera, Yaiza Tobajas, Julio Baudin, Falk Hildebrand, Naiara Beraza and 11 more

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Article in Cell reports. Medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06869941 (Adipose Tissue Gene Expression and Metabolomics Links to the Gut Microbiome-brain Axis), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06869941 recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Adipose Tissue Gene Expression and Metabolomics Links to the Gut Microbiome-brain Axis (POINSETTIA Study)

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorInstitut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona Dr. Josep TruetaRan2025 to 2027Enrolled100ConditionsObesity
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 10 institutions in 5 countries.

Sergio Quesada-VázquezEurecat, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, Unitat de Nutrició i Salut, Reus, Spain.
Anna Castells-NobauDepartment of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, Dr. Josep Trueta Hospital, Girona, Spain; Nutrition, Eumetabolism, and Health Group, Girona Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBGI), Girona, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Jèssica LatorreDepartment of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, Dr. Josep Trueta Hospital, Girona, Spain.
Núria Oliveras-CañellasDepartment of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, Dr. Josep Trueta Hospital, Girona, Spain; Nutrition, Eumetabolism, and Health Group, Girona Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBGI), Girona, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Irene Puig-ParnauDepartment of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, Dr. Josep Trueta Hospital, Girona, Spain; Nutrition, Eumetabolism, and Health Group, Girona Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBGI), Girona, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Noemi TejeraMicrobes in the Food Chain, Institute Strategic Program, Microbes and Gut Health, Institute Strategic Program - Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Yaiza TobajasEurecat, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, Unitat de Nutrició i Salut, Reus, Spain.
Julio BaudinEurecat, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, Unitat de Nutrició i Salut, Reus, Spain.
Falk HildebrandMicrobes in the Food Chain, Institute Strategic Program, Microbes and Gut Health, Institute Strategic Program - Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK; Digital Biology, Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7UZ, UK.
Naiara BerazaMicrobes in the Food Chain, Institute Strategic Program, Microbes and Gut Health, Institute Strategic Program - Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Rémy BurcelinInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Toulouse, France; Université Paul Sabatier (UPS), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR), Toulouse, France; Institut des Maladies Métaboliques et Cardiovasculaires (I2MC), Team 2: 'Intestinal Risk Factors, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, and Heart Failure', F-31432 Toulouse Cedex 4, France.
Laura Martinez-GiliSection of Biomolecular Medicine, Division of Systems Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK.
Julien ChillouxSection of Biomolecular Medicine, Division of Systems Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK.
Marc-Emmanuel DumasSection of Biomolecular Medicine, Division of Systems Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK; Section of Genomic and Environmental Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK; European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, CNRS UMR 8199, INSERM UMR 1283, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille University Hospital, University of Lille, 59045 Lille, France; McGill Genome Centre, McGill University, 740 Doctor Penfield Avenue, Montréal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada.
Massimo FedericiDepartment of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Lesley HoylesDepartment of Biosciences, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK.
Antoni CaimariEurecat, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, Unitat de Nutrició i Salut, Reus, Spain.
Josep M Del BasEurecat, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, Unitat de Nutrició i Salut, Reus, Spain.
Xavier EscotéEurecat, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, Unitat de Nutrició i Salut, Reus, Spain. Electronic address: xavier.escote@eurecat.org.
José-Manuel Fernández-RealDepartment of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, Dr. Josep Trueta Hospital, Girona, Spain; Nutrition, Eumetabolism, and Health Group, Girona Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBGI), Girona, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: jmfreal@idibgi.org.
Jordi Mayneris-PerxachsDepartment of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, Dr. Josep Trueta Hospital, Girona, Spain; Nutrition, Eumetabolism, and Health Group, Girona Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBGI), Girona, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: jmayneris@idibgi.org.
Technological Center of Nutrition and Health · ESInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ESNorwich Research Park · GBHospital Universitari de Girona Doctor Josep Trueta · ESImperial College London · GBCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red · ESInstitut des Maladies Métaboliques et Cardiovasculaires · FRNottingham Trent University · GBUniversité de Lille · FRUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbiota contributes to the pathophysiology of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Histidine is a key energy source for the microbiota, scavenging it from the host. Its role in NAFLD is poorly known. Plasma metabolomics, liver transcriptomics, and fecal metagenomics were performed in three human cohorts coupled with hepatocyte, rodent, and Drosophila models. Machine learning analyses identified plasma histidine as being strongly inversely associated with steatosis and linked to a hepatic transcriptomic signature involved in insulin signaling, inflammation, and trace amine-associated receptor 1. Circulating histidine was inversely associated with Proteobacteria and positively with bacteria lacking the histidine utilization (Hut) system. Histidine supplementation improved NAFLD in different animal models (diet-induced NAFLD in mouse and flies, ob/ob mouse, and ovariectomized rats) and reduced de novo lipogenesis. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) from low-histidine donors and mono-colonization of germ-free flies with Enterobacter cloacae increased triglyceride accumulation and reduced histidine content. The interplay among microbiota, histidine catabolism, and NAFLD opens therapeutic opportunities.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseObesity, MorbidAnimalsDiet, High-FatHistidineHumansMiceRatsHistidineamino acidsdysbiosishepatic diseasehistidineHut operonNAFLDomicsProteobacteria

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PMID38118419
PMCPMC10772641
OpenAlexW4389935779

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