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Persistence and reversibility of arsenic-induced gut microbiome and metabolome shifts in rats after 30-days recovery duration
Jie Zhang
Institute of Urban Environment Chinese Academy of Sciences
Corresponding Author
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5902-3317
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Background: The metabolites of gut microbiome are important host-health regulating factors and can be easily interrupted by the host exposure to environmental pollution via ingestion route. Arsenic contaminated drinking water is one of the most serious environmental problems worldwide. Therefore, the arsenic-induced alterations of gut microbiome and the metabolome, especially the persistence and reversibility parts of the alterations after the long-term arsenic exposure will be interesting to know.
Results: We investigated the relationship between gut microbiota and its related metabolites in male rats both after the 30-days arsenic treatment and 30-days recovery duration. The composition and diversity of gut microbiota were affected significantly by the treatment, but they presented partial improvement in recovery duration. Moreover, arsenic exposure induced the significant changes of 73 metabolites, which involved in the metabolism of glycerophospholipid, linoleic acid, as well as the biosynthesis of phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan. Although it had a persistent effect, the restoration of glycerophospholipid metabolism was observed in the 30-days recovery. Integration analysis further correlated the arsenic impacting microbes with some important differential metabolites, but only Lactobacillus associated with the decreases of phosphatidylethanolamine(34:1) , 16alpha-hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone 3-sulfate, seryltryptophan and alanyltyrosine in the recovery. Lactobacillus strains have potential to work as protective agents against arsenic toxicity by restoring perturbed glycerophospholipid metabolism.
Conclusions: Arsenic significantly modified gut microbiome and metabolome, but arsenic-induced disruptions of gut microbiome and metabolome are reversible to some extent after a 30-days recovery. The deeper understanding of correlation of altered gut microbiome and metabolome could be a novel strategy to combat arsenic-induced disease.
Keywords
Arsenic, Gut microbiome, Metabolome, Reversibility.
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Persistence and reversibility of arsenic-induced gut microbiome and metabolome shifts in rats after 30-days recovery duration
Jie Zhang
Institute of Urban Environment Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Background: The metabolites of gut microbiome are important host-health regulating factors and can be easily interrupted by the host exposure to environmental pollution via ingestion route. Arsenic contaminated drinking water is one of the most serious environmental problems worldwide. Therefore, the arsenic-induced alterations of gut microbiome and the metabolome, especially the persistence and reversibility parts of the alterations after the long-term arsenic exposure will be interesting to know.
Results: We investigated the relationship between gut microbiota and its related metabolites in male rats both after the 30-days arsenic treatment and 30-days recovery duration. The composition and diversity of gut microbiota were affected significantly by the treatment, but they presented partial improvement in recovery duration. Moreover, arsenic exposure induced the significant changes of 73 metabolites, which involved in the metabolism of glycerophospholipid, linoleic acid, as well as the biosynthesis of phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan. Although it had a persistent effect, the restoration of glycerophospholipid metabolism was observed in the 30-days recovery. Integration analysis further correlated the arsenic impacting microbes with some important differential metabolites, but only Lactobacillus associated with the decreases of phosphatidylethanolamine(34:1) , 16alpha-hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone 3-sulfate, seryltryptophan and alanyltyrosine in the recovery. Lactobacillus strains have potential to work as protective agents against arsenic toxicity by restoring perturbed glycerophospholipid metabolism.
Conclusions: Arsenic significantly modified gut microbiome and metabolome, but arsenic-induced disruptions of gut microbiome and metabolome are reversible to some extent after a 30-days recovery. The deeper understanding of correlation of altered gut microbiome and metabolome could be a novel strategy to combat arsenic-induced disease.
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