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ArticleNPJ biofilms and microbiomes2025

Lactobacillus regulate muscle fiber type conversion in Chinese native pigs via tryptophan metabolism.

Bo Song, Md Abul Kalam Azad, Qian Zhu, Yating Cheng, Sujuan Ding, Kang Yao, Xiangfeng Kong

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Article in NPJ biofilms and microbiomes, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Bo SongNational Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, China.
Md Abul Kalam AzadNational Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, China.
Qian ZhuNational Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, China.
Yating ChengNational Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, China.
Sujuan DingNational Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, China.
Kang YaoNational Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, China.
Xiangfeng KongNational Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, China. nnkxf@isa.ac.cn.

Funding

Future Partner Special Network Fund of Chinese Academy of Sciences 092GJHZ2022044FNHunan Province Natural Science Foundation 2022JJ30643National Key Research and Development Project 2023YFD1301305National Natural Science Foundation of China 32350410424
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Identifying potential gut microbes and metabolites that can influence muscle fiber type is gaining interest in meat quality research. In this study, muscle fiber characteristics, muscle metabolite profiles, and gut microbiota and metabolome were compared among three pig breeds (Taoyuan black, TB; Xiangcun black, XB; and Duroc pigs). The results showed that the slow-twitch fiber percentage was higher (P < 0.05) in native pigs (TB and XB pigs) compared to Duroc pigs. The differences were mainly regulated by Lactobacillus abundance and tryptophan metabolism. Further, fecal microbiota transplantation from XB pigs transferred a higher slow-twitch fiber percentage, Lactobacillus abundance, kynurenic acid level, and AMPK/PGC-1α expression to mice. These findings suggest that Lactobacillus in the colon of TB and XB pigs, through kynurenic acid production, may promote slow-twitch fiber formation via the AMPK/PGC-1α signaling pathway.

Indexed as

LactobacillusMuscle Fibers, SkeletalMuscle Fibers, Slow-TwitchTryptophanAMP-Activated Protein KinasesAnimalsFecesGastrointestinal MicrobiomeKynurenic AcidMetabolomeMicePeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alphaSwineAMP-Activated Protein KinasesKynurenic AcidPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alphaTryptophan

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PMID40550813
PMCPMC12185717

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