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Veeravalli, Sunil; Varshavi, Dorsa; Scott, Flora H; Varshavi, Dorna; Pullen, Frank S; Veselkov, Kirill; Phillips, Ian R; Everett, Jeremy R; Shephard, Elizabeth A
Frontiers in physiology, 08/2022, Volume: 13Journal Article
We previously showed that mice exhibit a lean phenotype and slower metabolic ageing. Their characteristics include lower plasma glucose and cholesterol, greater glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity, and a reduction in age-related weight gain and whole-body fat deposition. In this paper, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy-based metabolite analyses of the urine of and wild-type mice identified two isomers of 2,3-butanediol as discriminating urinary biomarkers of mice. Antibiotic-treatment of mice increased plasma cholesterol concentration and substantially reduced urinary excretion of 2,3-butanediol isomers, indicating that the gut microbiome contributed to the lower plasma cholesterol of mice, and that 2,3-butanediol is microbially derived. Short- and long-term treatment of wild-type mice with a 2,3-butanediol isomer mix decreased plasma cholesterol and epididymal fat deposition but had no effect on plasma concentrations of glucose or insulin, or on body weight. In the case of long-term treatment, the effects were maintained after withdrawal of 2,3-butanediol. Short-, but not long-term treatment, also decreased plasma concentrations of triglycerides and non-esterified fatty acids. Fecal transplant from to wild-type mice had no effect on plasma cholesterol, and 2,3-butanediol was not detected in the urine of recipient mice, suggesting that the microbiota of the large intestine was not the source of 2,3-butanediol. However, 2,3-butanediol was detected in the stomach of mice, which was enriched for genera, known to produce 2,3-butanediol. Our results indicate a microbial contribution to the phenotypic characteristic of mice of decreased plasma cholesterol and identify 2,3-butanediol as a potential agent for lowering plasma cholesterol.
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