Maternal gut microbiota in pregnancy dictates offspring metabolic phenotype
Ikuo Kimura, Junki Miyamoto, Ryuji Ohue-Kitano, Keita Watanabe, Takahiro Yamada, Masayoshi Onuki, Ryo Aoki, Yosuke Isobe, Daiji Kashihara, Daisuke Inoue, Akihiko Inaba, Yuta Takamura, Satsuki Taira, Shunsuke Kumaki, Masaki Watanabe, Masato Ito, Fumiyuki Nakagawa, Junichiro Irie, Hiroki Kakuta, Masakazu Shinohara, Ken Iwatsuki, Gozoh Tsujimoto, Hiroaki Ohno, Makoto Arita, Hiroshi Ito … & Koji Hase
Antibiotics and dietary habits can affect the gut microbial community, influencing disease susceptibility. Although the influence of microbiota on the postnatal environment has been well documented, much less is known regarding the impact of gut microbiota at the embryonic stage. Here, we show that maternal microbiota shapes the metabolic system of offspring. During pregnancy, short-chain fatty acids produced by the maternal microbiota dictate the differentiation of neural, intestinal, and pancreatic cells through embryonic GPR41 and...