Gut microbiota production of trimethyl-5-aminovaleric acid reduces fatty acid oxidation and accelerates cardiac hypertrophy

Intestinal microbiota alterations may affect heart function through the production of gut-derived metabolites. Here the authors found that gut microbiota-derived TMAVA is a key determinant for the development of cardiac hypertrophy through inhibition of carnitine synthesis and subsequent fatty acid...

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Main Authors: Mingming Zhao, Haoran Wei, Chenze Li, Rui Zhan, Changjie Liu, Jianing Gao, Yaodong Yi, Xiao Cui, Wenxin Shan, Liang Ji, Bing Pan, Si Cheng, Moshi Song, Haipeng Sun, Huidi Jiang, Jun Cai, Minerva T. Garcia-Barrio, Y. Eugene Chen, Xiangbao Meng, Erdan Dong, Dao Wen Wang, Lemin Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29060-7