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Antibiotics in early life alter the murine colonic microbiome and adiposity

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  • Ilseung Cho

    (New York University School of Medicine
    Medical Service, VA New York Harbor Healthcare System)

  • Shingo Yamanishi

    (New York University School of Medicine)

  • Laura Cox

    (New York University School of Medicine)

  • Barbara A. Methé

    (J. Craig Venter Institute)

  • Jiri Zavadil

    (New York University School of Medicine
    Center for Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, New York University School of Medicine)

  • Kelvin Li

    (J. Craig Venter Institute)

  • Zhan Gao

    (New York University School of Medicine)

  • Douglas Mahana

    (New York University School of Medicine)

  • Kartik Raju

    (New York University School of Medicine)

  • Isabel Teitler

    (New York University School of Medicine)

  • Huilin Li

    (New York University School of Medicine)

  • Alexander V. Alekseyenko

    (New York University School of Medicine
    Center for Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, New York University School of Medicine)

  • Martin J. Blaser

    (New York University School of Medicine
    Medical Service, VA New York Harbor Healthcare System
    New York University School of Medicine)

Abstract

Antibiotics administered in low doses have been widely used as growth promoters in the agricultural industry since the 1950s, yet the mechanisms for this effect are unclear. Because antimicrobial agents of different classes and varying activity are effective across several vertebrate species, we proposed that such subtherapeutic administration alters the population structure of the gut microbiome as well as its metabolic capabilities. We generated a model of adiposity by giving subtherapeutic antibiotic therapy to young mice and evaluated changes in the composition and capabilities of the gut microbiome. Administration of subtherapeutic antibiotic therapy increased adiposity in young mice and increased hormone levels related to metabolism. We observed substantial taxonomic changes in the microbiome, changes in copies of key genes involved in the metabolism of carbohydrates to short-chain fatty acids, increases in colonic short-chain fatty acid levels, and alterations in the regulation of hepatic metabolism of lipids and cholesterol. In this model, we demonstrate the alteration of early-life murine metabolic homeostasis through antibiotic manipulation.

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  • Ilseung Cho & Shingo Yamanishi & Laura Cox & Barbara A. Methé & Jiri Zavadil & Kelvin Li & Zhan Gao & Douglas Mahana & Kartik Raju & Isabel Teitler & Huilin Li & Alexander V. Alekseyenko & Martin J. B, 2012. "Antibiotics in early life alter the murine colonic microbiome and adiposity," Nature, Nature, vol. 488(7413), pages 621-626, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:488:y:2012:i:7413:d:10.1038_nature11400
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11400
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