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ArticleLipids in health and disease2025

Fecal Dysosmobacter spp. concentration is linked to plasma lipidome in insulin-resistant individuals with overweight, obesity and metabolic syndrome.

Camille Petitfils, Clara Depommier, Nathalie M Delzenne, Amandine Everard, Matthias Van Hul, Patrice D Cani

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Camille PetitfilsMetabolism and Nutrition Research Group (MNUT), Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI), UCLouvain, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Clara DepommierMetabolism and Nutrition Research Group (MNUT), Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI), UCLouvain, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Nathalie M DelzenneMetabolism and Nutrition Research Group (MNUT), Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI), UCLouvain, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Amandine EverardMetabolism and Nutrition Research Group (MNUT), Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI), UCLouvain, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Matthias Van HulMetabolism and Nutrition Research Group (MNUT), Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI), UCLouvain, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. Matthias.vanhul@uclouvain.be.
Patrice D CaniMetabolism and Nutrition Research Group (MNUT), Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI), UCLouvain, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. Patrice.cani@uclouvain.be.

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Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS T.0032.25Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS T.0115.24Walloon excellence in life sciences and biotechnology WELBIO-CR-2022A-02P
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backgroundObesity is reaching epidemic proportions worldwide. This excessive increase of adipose tissue is a risk factor for the development of multiple diseases and premature death. Amongst associated diseases, metabolic syndrome is one of the main comorbidities of obesity. In this context, the gut microbiota has been recognized as both shaping and responding to host energy metabolism. Recently metabolomics has emerged as a powerful tool to capture a snapshot of the metabolites present in a specific tissue, providing new insights into host-microbiota interactions. Integrating metabolomics with gut microbiota studies could help us better understand how specific species impact on host metabolomic profile. Dysosmobacter welbionis has been identified as a promising next generation beneficial bacteria with potential effects on fat mass and glucose metabolism in mice, and fecal Dysosmobacter spp. concentration was inversely correlated to body mass index fasting glucose and plasmatic HbA1c in humans.

methodsConcentration of Dysosmobacter spp. was quantified by qPCR in the stools of insulin resistant overweight/obese participants with a metabolic syndrome and plasma metabolites were analyzed using untargeted metabolomics. Correlations between Dysosmobacter spp. fecal abundance and the 1169 identified plasma metabolites were uncovered using Spearman correlations followed by a false discovery rate correction.

resultsInterestingly, among the detected metabolites, Dysosmobacter spp. was exclusively associated with lipid molecules. Fecal concentration of Dysosmobacter spp. was positively associated with plasmatic levels of five phosphatidylcholines, arachidonate, two monoacylglycerols, twelve diacylglycerols, three lysophosphatidylethanolamines, one phosphatidylinositol and three lysophosphatidylinositols, as well as glycerophosphoethanolamines, glycerophosphatidylcholine and PC(P-16:0). The correlation was particularly interesting with acylcholine and lysophosphatidylcholine metabolites as, respectively, 6/8 and 8/10 detected molecules were positively associated with Dysosmobacter spp.

conclusionThese results suggest that Dysosmobacter spp. plays a specific role in host lipid metabolism. This finding aligns with previous in vivo studies highlighting lipid profile alterations in multiple tissues of mice treated with this bacterium. Further studies are needed to elucidate the underlying mechanisms and assess its potential therapeutic applications.

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EubacterialesFecesInsulin ResistanceMetabolic SyndromeObesityOverweightAdultFemaleGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansMaleMetabolomicsMiddle AgedLipidsMetabolic syndromeMetabolomicsMicrobiota

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