Nathan Calzadilla, Dulari Jayawardena, Aisha Qazi, Anchal Sharma, Kai Mongan, Shane Comiskey, Abhijith Eathara, Seema Saksena, Pradeep K Dudeja, Waddah A Alrefai, Ravinder K Gill
Serotonin transporter (SERT) deficiency has been implicated in metabolic syndrome, intestinal inflammation, and microbial dysbiosis. Interestingly, changes in microbiome metabolic capacity and several alterations in host gene expression, including lipid metabolism, were previously observed in SERT-/- mice ileal mucosa. However, the precise host or microbial metabolites altered by SERT deficiency that may contribute to the pleiotropic phenotype of SERT KO mice are not yet understood. This study investigated the hypothesis that SERT deficiency impacts lipid and microbial metabolite abundances in the ileal mucosa, where SERT is highly expressed...
April 18, 2024: International Journal of Molecular Sciences