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Effects of Perfluorooctanoic Acid on Gut Microbiota and Microbial Metabolites in C57BL/6J Mice.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
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| Author | Gao, Bei Chen, Lixia Xu, Weichen Shan, Jinjun Shen, Weishou Gao, Nan |
| Editor | Meyer, Markus R. |
| Copyright Year | 2023 |
| Abstract | Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) represents an increasing public health concern due to its persistence in the environment and its toxic effects. The gut microbiota is known to produce various metabolites that assist the host to maintain metabolic homeostasis. However, few studies have explored the effects of PFOA on gut-microbiota-related metabolites. In the present study, male C57BL/6J mice were exposed to 1 ppm of PFOA in drinking water for four weeks and integrative analysis of the gut microbiome and metabolome was performed to reveal the health effects of PFOA. Our results showed that PFOA disturbed both the gut microbiota composition and the metabolic profiles of the feces, serum, and liver in mice. A correlation was found between Lachnospiraceae UCG004, Turicibacter, Ruminococcaceae, and different fecal metabolites. Significant alterations of gut-microbiota-related metabolites were induced by PFOA exposure, including bile acids and tryptophan metabolites such as 3-indoleacrylic acid and 3-indoleacetic acid. The findings of this study are helpful to improve the understanding of the health effects of PFOA, which might be mediated through the gut microbiota and its related metabolites. |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC10305235 |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| PubMed reference number | 37367865 |
| Journal | Metabolites |
| e-ISSN | 22181989 |
| DOI | 10.3390/metabo13060707 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2023-05-30 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). © 2023 by the authors. |
| Subject Keyword | gut microbiome tryptophan derivatives glycodeoxycholic acid beta-hyodeoxycholic acid gamma-muricholic acid |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Biochemistry Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Molecular Biology |