Chemogenetics defines a short-chain fatty acid receptor gut-brain axis

© 2022, Barki et al..

Volatile small molecules, including the short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), acetate and propionate, released by the gut microbiota from the catabolism of nondigestible starches, can act in a hormone-like fashion via specific G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The primary GPCR targets for these SCFAs are FFA2 and FFA3. Using transgenic mice in which FFA2 was replaced by an altered form called a Designer Receptor Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs (FFA2-DREADD), but in which FFA3 is unaltered, and a newly identified FFA2-DREADD agonist 4-methoxy-3-methyl-benzoic acid (MOMBA), we demonstrate how specific functions of FFA2 and FFA3 define a SCFA-gut-brain axis. Activation of both FFA2/3 in the lumen of the gut stimulates spinal cord activity and activation of gut FFA3 directly regulates sensory afferent neuronal firing. Moreover, we demonstrate that FFA2 and FFA3 are both functionally expressed in dorsal root- and nodose ganglia where they signal through different G proteins and mechanisms to regulate cellular calcium levels. We conclude that FFA2 and FFA3, acting at distinct levels, provide an axis by which SCFAs originating from the gut microbiota can regulate central activity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

eLife - 11(2022) vom: 01. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Barki, Natasja [VerfasserIn]
Bolognini, Daniele [VerfasserIn]
Börjesson, Ulf [VerfasserIn]
Jenkins, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Riddell, John [VerfasserIn]
Hughes, David I [VerfasserIn]
Ulven, Trond [VerfasserIn]
Hudson, Brian D [VerfasserIn]
Ulven, Elisabeth Rexen [VerfasserIn]
Dekker, Niek [VerfasserIn]
Tobin, Andrew B [VerfasserIn]
Milligan, Graeme [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Designer Receptor Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs
Fatty Acids, Volatile
Gut–brain axis
Journal Article
Medicine
Mouse
Propionates
Receptors, Cell Surface
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Short-chain fatty acids

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Date Completed 04.04.2022

Date Revised 05.04.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7554/eLife.73777

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337610983