Gut Microbes,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: June 13, 2024
Metformin
is
widely
used
for
treating
type
2
diabetes
mellitus
(T2D).
However,
the
efficacy
of
metformin
monotherapy
highly
variable
within
human
population.
Understanding
potential
indirect
or
synergistic
effects
on
gut
microbiota
composition
and
encoded
functions
could
potentially
offer
new
insights
into
predicting
treatment
designing
more
personalized
treatments
in
future.
We
combined
targeted
metabolomics
metagenomic
profiling
microbiomes
newly
diagnosed
T2D
patients
before
after
therapy
to
identify
pre-treatment
biomarkers
functional
signatures
induced
changes
responders.
Our
sequencing
data
were
largely
corroborated
by
our
metabolic
identified
that
enrichment
microbial
encoding
purine
degradation
glutamate
biosynthesis
was
associated
with
good
response.
Furthermore,
we
glutamine-associated
amino
acid
(arginine,
ornithine,
putrescine)
metabolism
characterize
differences
therapy.
Moreover,
Responders'
displayed
a
shifted
balance
between
bacterial
lipidA
synthesis
as
well
alterations
glutamate-dependent
N-acetyl-galactosamine
its
derivatives
(e.g.
CMP-pseudaminate)
which
suggest
modulation
cell
walls
barrier,
thus
mediating
microbiome
composition.
Together,
glutamine
products
may
condition
activity
via
multiple
therefore
serve
important
efficacy.
Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 17, 2025
Inflammatory
bowel
disease
(IBD),
including
Crohn's
and
ulcerative
colitis,
is
a
chronic
condition
characterized
by
abnormal
immune
responses
intestinal
inflammation.
Emerging
evidence
highlights
the
vital
role
of
gut
microbiota
in
IBD's
onset
progression.
Recent
advances
have
shaped
diagnostic
therapeutic
strategies,
increasingly
focusing
on
microbiome-based
personalized
care.
Methodology:
this
review
covers
studies
from
2004
to
2024,
reflecting
surge
research
luminal
microbial
ecology
IBD.
Human
were
prioritized,
with
select
animal
included
for
mechanistic
insights.
Only
English-language,
peer-reviewed
articles
-
clinical
trials,
systematic
reviews,
meta-analyses
considered.
Studies
without
validation
excluded
unless
offering
essential
Searches
conducted
using
PubMed,
Scopus,
Web
Science.
we
explore
mechanisms
managing
IBD-related
microbiota,
markers
diagnosis
novel
therapies
such
as
fecal
transplantation,
metabolite-based
treatments,
precision
microbiome
modulation.
Additionally,
technologies
tools
used
analyze
composition
function
settings.
data
supporting
strategies
based
individual
profiles
are
discussed.
Standardized
integration
into
practice
will
enhance
IBD
care,
signaling
shift
toward
microbiota-based
medicine.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
24(8), P. 6901 - 6901
Published: April 7, 2023
The
human
body
is
a
superorganism
that
harbors
trillions
of
microbes,
most
which
inhabit
the
gut.
To
colonize
our
bodies,
these
microbes
have
evolved
strategies
to
regulate
immune
system
and
maintain
intestinal
homeostasis
by
secreting
chemical
mediators.
There
much
interest
in
deciphering
chemicals
furthering
their
development
as
novel
therapeutics.
In
this
work,
we
present
combined
experimental
computational
approach
identifying
functional
immunomodulatory
molecules
from
gut
microbiome.
Based
on
approach,
report
discovery
lactomodulin,
unique
peptide
Lactobacillus
rhamnosus
exhibits
dual
anti-inflammatory
antibiotic
activities
minimal
cytotoxicity
cell
lines.
Lactomodulin
reduces
several
secreted
proinflammatory
cytokines,
including
IL-8,
IL-6,
IL-1β,
TNF-α.
As
an
antibiotic,
lactomodulin
effective
against
range
pathogens,
potent
antibiotic-resistant
strains
such
methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus
aureus
(MRSA)
vancomycin-resistant
Enterococcus
faecium
(VRE).
multifunctional
activity
affirms
microbiome
encodes
with
promising
therapeutic
potential.
Gut Microbes,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: June 13, 2024
Metformin
is
widely
used
for
treating
type
2
diabetes
mellitus
(T2D).
However,
the
efficacy
of
metformin
monotherapy
highly
variable
within
human
population.
Understanding
potential
indirect
or
synergistic
effects
on
gut
microbiota
composition
and
encoded
functions
could
potentially
offer
new
insights
into
predicting
treatment
designing
more
personalized
treatments
in
future.
We
combined
targeted
metabolomics
metagenomic
profiling
microbiomes
newly
diagnosed
T2D
patients
before
after
therapy
to
identify
pre-treatment
biomarkers
functional
signatures
induced
changes
responders.
Our
sequencing
data
were
largely
corroborated
by
our
metabolic
identified
that
enrichment
microbial
encoding
purine
degradation
glutamate
biosynthesis
was
associated
with
good
response.
Furthermore,
we
glutamine-associated
amino
acid
(arginine,
ornithine,
putrescine)
metabolism
characterize
differences
therapy.
Moreover,
Responders'
displayed
a
shifted
balance
between
bacterial
lipidA
synthesis
as
well
alterations
glutamate-dependent
N-acetyl-galactosamine
its
derivatives
(e.g.
CMP-pseudaminate)
which
suggest
modulation
cell
walls
barrier,
thus
mediating
microbiome
composition.
Together,
glutamine
products
may
condition
activity
via
multiple
therefore
serve
important
efficacy.