Gut microbiota-derived trimethylamine-N-oxide: a bridge between dietary fatty acid and cardiovascular disease?

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a serious disease that endangers human health and is one of the leading causes of death. Recent studies have reported that gut microbiota plays an important role in the development of CVD, especially its metabolite trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO). Dietary precursors, su...

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Main Authors: He, Mengxue, Tan, Chin Ping, Xu, Yong Jiang, Liu, Yuanfa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89141/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89141/1/GUT.pdf
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author He, Mengxue
Tan, Chin Ping
Xu, Yong Jiang
Liu, Yuanfa
author_facet He, Mengxue
Tan, Chin Ping
Xu, Yong Jiang
Liu, Yuanfa
author_sort He, Mengxue
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description Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a serious disease that endangers human health and is one of the leading causes of death. Recent studies have reported that gut microbiota plays an important role in the development of CVD, especially its metabolite trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO). Dietary precursors, such as choline, L-carnitine, phosphatidylcholine and betaine were metabolized to trimethylamine (TMA) under the action of gut microbiota, and subsequently oxidized by hepatic flavin monooxygenases (FMOs) to form TMAO. Dietary fat is one of three major nutrients in food, has been found to have a positive or negative effect on the development of CVD. Multiple clinical and experimental evidences suggested that dietary fatty acids (FAs) can affect TMAO production through gut microbiota and/or FMO3 enzyme activity. This article summarizes the existing gut microbiota-mediated reduction of TMA, discusses the molecular mechanism of dietary FAs in the pathobiology of CVD from the view of TMAO. Therefore, this review provides new insight into the association of dietary FAs and CVD, paving the way for dietary FAs therapy for CVD.
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spelling upm-891412021-09-04T00:04:17Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89141/ Gut microbiota-derived trimethylamine-N-oxide: a bridge between dietary fatty acid and cardiovascular disease? He, Mengxue Tan, Chin Ping Xu, Yong Jiang Liu, Yuanfa Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a serious disease that endangers human health and is one of the leading causes of death. Recent studies have reported that gut microbiota plays an important role in the development of CVD, especially its metabolite trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO). Dietary precursors, such as choline, L-carnitine, phosphatidylcholine and betaine were metabolized to trimethylamine (TMA) under the action of gut microbiota, and subsequently oxidized by hepatic flavin monooxygenases (FMOs) to form TMAO. Dietary fat is one of three major nutrients in food, has been found to have a positive or negative effect on the development of CVD. Multiple clinical and experimental evidences suggested that dietary fatty acids (FAs) can affect TMAO production through gut microbiota and/or FMO3 enzyme activity. This article summarizes the existing gut microbiota-mediated reduction of TMA, discusses the molecular mechanism of dietary FAs in the pathobiology of CVD from the view of TMAO. Therefore, this review provides new insight into the association of dietary FAs and CVD, paving the way for dietary FAs therapy for CVD. Elsevier 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89141/1/GUT.pdf He, Mengxue and Tan, Chin Ping and Xu, Yong Jiang and Liu, Yuanfa (2020) Gut microbiota-derived trimethylamine-N-oxide: a bridge between dietary fatty acid and cardiovascular disease? Food Research International, 138 (pt. 8). art. no. 109812. pp. 1-9. ISSN 0963-9969 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0963996920308371 10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109812
spellingShingle He, Mengxue
Tan, Chin Ping
Xu, Yong Jiang
Liu, Yuanfa
Gut microbiota-derived trimethylamine-N-oxide: a bridge between dietary fatty acid and cardiovascular disease?
title Gut microbiota-derived trimethylamine-N-oxide: a bridge between dietary fatty acid and cardiovascular disease?
title_full Gut microbiota-derived trimethylamine-N-oxide: a bridge between dietary fatty acid and cardiovascular disease?
title_fullStr Gut microbiota-derived trimethylamine-N-oxide: a bridge between dietary fatty acid and cardiovascular disease?
title_full_unstemmed Gut microbiota-derived trimethylamine-N-oxide: a bridge between dietary fatty acid and cardiovascular disease?
title_short Gut microbiota-derived trimethylamine-N-oxide: a bridge between dietary fatty acid and cardiovascular disease?
title_sort gut microbiota-derived trimethylamine-n-oxide: a bridge between dietary fatty acid and cardiovascular disease?
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89141/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89141/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89141/1/GUT.pdf