Dan Wang, Jing Cai, Qilin Pei, Zedong Yan, Feng Zhu, Zhe Zhao, Ruobing Liu, Xiangyang Guo, Tao Sun, Juan Liu, Yulan Tian, Hongbo Liu, Xi Shao, Jinghui Huang, Xiaoxia Hao, Qi Chang, Zhuojing Luo, Da Jing
Although mechanical loading is essential for maintaining bone health and combating osteoporosis, its practical application is limited to a large extent by the high variability in bone mechanoresponsiveness. Here, we found that gut microbial depletion promoted a significant reduction in skeletal adaptation to mechanical loading. Among experimental mice, we observed differences between those with high and low responses to exercise with respect to the gut microbial composition, in which the differential abundance of Lachnospiraceae contributed to the differences in bone mechanoresponsiveness...
May 2, 2024: Cell Metabolism