Martina Goffredo1, Kendra Mass1, Elizabeth J Parks1, David A Wagner1, Emily Ann McClure1, Joerg Graf1, Mary Savoye1, Bridget Pierpont1, Gary Cline1, Nicola Santoro1. 1. Department of Pediatrics (M.G., M.S., B.P., N.S.), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; Universita' Milano Bicocca (M.G.), Milano, Italy; Department of Molecular & Cell Biology (K.M., E.A.M., J.G.), University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut; Department of Medicine (E.J.P.), University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Metabolic Solutions Inc. (D.A.W.), Nashua, New Hampshire; Department of Internal Medicine (G.C.), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We aimed at determining the relationship of the gut microbiota and short chain fatty acids with obesity and fat partitioning and at testing potential differences in the ability of gut microbiota to ferment equal amounts of carbohydrates (CHO) between lean and obese youth. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We analyzed the gut microbiota of 84 youth in whom body fat distribution was measured by fast-magnetic resonance imaging, de novo lipogenesis (DNL) quantitated using deuterated water, and the capability of gut flora to ferment CHO was assessed by 13C-fructose treatment in vitro. RESULTS: A significant association was found between the Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes ratio, and the abundance of Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria with body mass index, visceral and SC fat (all P < .05). Plasma acetate, propionate, and butyrate were associated with body mass index and visceral and SC fat (all P < .05) and with hepatic DNL (P = .01, P = .09, P = .04, respectively). Moreover, the rate of CHO fermentation from the gut flora was higher in obese than in lean subjects (P = .018). CONCLUSIONS: These data demonstrate that obese youth show a different gut flora composition than lean and that short chain fatty acids are associated with body fat partitioning and DNL. Also, the gut microbiota of obese youth have a higher capability than the gut flora of lean to oxidize CHO.
OBJECTIVE: We aimed at determining the relationship of the gut microbiota and short chain fatty acids with obesity and fat partitioning and at testing potential differences in the ability of gut microbiota to ferment equal amounts of carbohydrates (CHO) between lean and obese youth. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We analyzed the gut microbiota of 84 youth in whom body fat distribution was measured by fast-magnetic resonance imaging, de novo lipogenesis (DNL) quantitated using deuterated water, and the capability of gut flora to ferment CHO was assessed by 13C-fructose treatment in vitro. RESULTS: A significant association was found between the Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes ratio, and the abundance of Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria with body mass index, visceral and SC fat (all P < .05). Plasma acetate, propionate, and butyrate were associated with body mass index and visceral and SC fat (all P < .05) and with hepatic DNL (P = .01, P = .09, P = .04, respectively). Moreover, the rate of CHO fermentation from the gut flora was higher in obese than in lean subjects (P = .018). CONCLUSIONS: These data demonstrate that obese youth show a different gut flora composition than lean and that short chain fatty acids are associated with body fat partitioning and DNL. Also, the gut microbiota of obese youth have a higher capability than the gut flora of lean to oxidize CHO.
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