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ArticleCell reports. Medicine2025

Gut symbiont-derived ursodeoxycholic acid promotes fatty acid oxidation to protect against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Ming Xie, Jun Zheng, Yao Yu, Qishen Yang, Zhipeng Zhou, Jingwen Xue, Benlin Wang, Yifeng Qiu, Zhangrui Zhu, Qi Sun and 6 more

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Ming XieDepartment of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Jun ZhengDepartment of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Yao YuDepartment of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Qishen YangDepartment of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Zhipeng ZhouDepartment of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Jingwen XueDepartment of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Benlin WangDepartment of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Yifeng QiuDepartment of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Zhangrui ZhuDepartment of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Qi SunDepartment of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Xinhang ShiDepartment of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Wentai ShangguanDepartment of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Leqian LiDepartment of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Zhipeng ZouState Key Laboratory of Multi-organ Injury Prevention and Treatment, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. Electronic address: zzp@smu.edu.cn.
Jie ZhaoNMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Drug Metabolism, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. Electronic address: zhaojie_0412@163.com.
Peng WuDepartment of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. Electronic address: doctorwupeng@gmail.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a common complication of renal surgery that currently lacks effective prevention or treatment strategies. The gut microbiota and their metabolites are closely associated with kidney injury. However, the exact mechanisms underlying this link are unclear. Here, we find that renal IRI reduces ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), a metabolite of Eubacterium limosum (E. limosum), in mice cecal content and serum. Conversely, supplementation with either E. limosum or UDCA prevents these mice from IRI. Mechanistically, UDCA directly binds and activates peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARγ) to increase fatty acid oxidation, inducing ATP production and reducing lipid accumulation in proximal tubular epithelial cells, ultimately protecting the kidney against IRI. Importantly, while renal IRI in patients markedly lowers their serum UDCA, patients with higher pre-IRI UDCA or E. limosum level develop less severe IRI. Collectively, our findings highlight the rationale of using UDCA and E. limosum for the prevention or treatment of renal IRI.

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Fatty AcidsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeKidneyReperfusion InjuryUrsodeoxycholic AcidAnimalsHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOxidation-ReductionPPAR gammaFatty AcidsPPAR gammaUrsodeoxycholic Acidacute kidney injurybile acidEubacterium limosumfatty acid oxidationgut-kidney axisgut microbiomelipid metabolismperoxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gammarenal ischemia-reperfusion injuryursodeoxycholic acid

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