[HTML][HTML] Microbiota diurnal rhythmicity programs host transcriptome oscillations

CA Thaiss, M Levy, T Korem, L Dohnalová, H Shapiro… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
CA Thaiss, M Levy, T Korem, L Dohnalová, H Shapiro, DA Jaitin, E David, DR Winter
Cell, 2016cell.com
The intestinal microbiota undergoes diurnal compositional and functional oscillations that
affect metabolic homeostasis, but the mechanisms by which the rhythmic microbiota
influences host circadian activity remain elusive. Using integrated multi-omics and imaging
approaches, we demonstrate that the gut microbiota features oscillating biogeographical
localization and metabolome patterns that determine the rhythmic exposure of the intestinal
epithelium to different bacterial species and their metabolites over the course of a day. This …
Summary
The intestinal microbiota undergoes diurnal compositional and functional oscillations that affect metabolic homeostasis, but the mechanisms by which the rhythmic microbiota influences host circadian activity remain elusive. Using integrated multi-omics and imaging approaches, we demonstrate that the gut microbiota features oscillating biogeographical localization and metabolome patterns that determine the rhythmic exposure of the intestinal epithelium to different bacterial species and their metabolites over the course of a day. This diurnal microbial behavior drives, in turn, the global programming of the host circadian transcriptional, epigenetic, and metabolite oscillations. Surprisingly, disruption of homeostatic microbiome rhythmicity not only abrogates normal chromatin and transcriptional oscillations of the host, but also incites genome-wide de novo oscillations in both intestine and liver, thereby impacting diurnal fluctuations of host physiology and disease susceptibility. As such, the rhythmic biogeography and metabolome of the intestinal microbiota regulates the temporal organization and functional outcome of host transcriptional and epigenetic programs.
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