Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Intestinal AMPK modulation of microbiota mediates crosstalk with brown fat to control thermogenesis

  • Eryun Zhang,
  • Lihua Jin,
  • Yangmeng Wang,
  • Jui Tu,
  • Ruirong Zheng,
  • Lili Ding,
  • Zhipeng Fang,
  • Mingjie Fan,
  • Ismail Al-Abdullah,
  • Rama Natarajan,
  • Ke Ma,
  • Zhengtao Wang,
  • Arthur D. Riggs,
  • Sarah C. Shuck,
  • Li Yang,
  • Wendong Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28743-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Mammalian 5′-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a nutrient sensor and a therapeutic target for Type 2 Diabetes. Here the authors report that intestinal AMPK modulates brown adipose tissue thermogenesis through anti-microbial peptide controlled gut microbiota and may partially underlie the anti-diabetic effects of metformin.