Oral Presentation Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society Annual Scientific Conference 2023

Does the microbiome influence host metabolism via gut hormones? (99406)

Damien Keating 1
  1. Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia

Within the gut lumen, bacteria produce a number of metabolites and contain structural components that act as signaling molecules to a number of cell types within the mucosa. Enteroendocrine cells within the mucosal lining of the gut synthesize and secrete a number of hormones including CCK, PYY, GLP-1, GIP, and serotonin, which have regulatory roles in key metabolic processes such as insulin sensitivity, glucose tolerance, fat storage, and appetite. Release of these hormones can be influenced by the presence of bacteria and their metabolites within the gut and as such, microbial-mediated gut hormone release is an important component of microbial regulation of host metabolism. Dietary or pharmacological interventions which alter the gut microbiome therefore pose as potential therapeutics for the treatment of human metabolic disorders. This presentation aims to describe the complex interaction between intestinal microbiota and their metabolites and gut enteroendocrine cells, and highlight some of our published work in this area trying to unravel how the gut microbiome may influence host metabolism through the regulation of gut hormone release.