Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 161, Issue -, Pages 321-325Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2020.10.025
Keywords
Diet; Microbiota; Bacteria; Reactive nitrogen compounds; Nitrate, nitrite, nitric oxide, nitrosamine, TMAO
Funding
- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation
- NovoNordisk
- EFSD/Lilly European Diabetes Research Programme
- Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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It is becoming increasingly clear that commensal bacteria inhabiting our body surfaces interact closely with the host to modulate a vast number of physiological functions. Metabolism of dietary components by gut microbiota can result in formation of a variety of reactive compounds associated with both favorable and unfavorable health effects. N-nitrosamines and trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) have been associated with detrimental health effects, including increased risk of cardiovascular and metabolic disease. Contrary, bacteria-dependent formation of nitric oxide and related bioactive nitrogen oxides from dietary nitrate have been associated with salutary effects on cardiovascular function, metabolic control and more. Here we briefly discuss how the microbiota interacts with dietary factors to regulate host functions in health and disease, focusing on formation of reactive nitrogen compounds.
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