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Gut bacteria can hack into body clock to make you fat
In a study that may someday lead to new strategies to fight obesity, scientists have found that gut bacteria, or microbiome, regulates fat uptake and storage by hacking into and changing the function of the circadian clocks in the cells that line the gut.
New York : In a study that may someday lead to new strategies to fight obesity, scientists have found that gut bacteria, or microbiome, regulates fat uptake and storage by hacking into and changing the function of the circadian clocks in the cells that line the gut.
"Our work provides a deeper understanding of how the gut microbiota interacts with the circadian clock, and how this interaction impacts metabolism," said Lora Hooper, Professor at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the US.
"It could also help to explain why people who work the night shift or travel abroad frequently - which disrupts their circadian clocks - have higher rates of metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease," Hooper, lead author of the study published in the journal Science, added. Many of the body's metabolic pathways are synchronised with day-night cycles via the circadian clock.
