Microbiome impact on metabolism and function of sex, thyroid, growth and parathyroid hormones

• Authors: Michał Kunc , Anna Gabrych , Jacek Witkowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Commensal bacteria and their genes associated with host are known as microbiome. In recent years, microbial influence on host endocrine system has been under detailed investigation. The role of microbiome in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and obesity, the function of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and secretion of hormones regulating appetite is well described in world literature. In this article we discuss poorly reviewed issues: the microbiome role in modulation of non-peptide (sex and thyroid) and peptide (growth hormone and parathyroid hormone) functions. Understanding complex bidirectional relations between host endocrine system and bacteria is of fundamental importance to understanding microbial impact on host reproduction, risk of endocrine-related cancers, pathogenesis of non-thyroidal illness syndrome, growth failure in children and hormonal changes during chronic kidney disease. This article also highlights effects of dietary compounds on microbiome composition and bacterial enzymes activity, and thus host hormonal status.

Keywords

EN

microbiome; lipopolysaccharide; estrogens; thyroid hormones; growth hormone

• Publisher: Polish Biochemical Society
• Journal: Acta Biochimica Polonica
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 189-201

Dates

published

2016

received

2015-06-30

revised

2015-09-21

accepted

2015-09-25

(unknown)

2015-10-26

Contributors

author

Michał Kunc

• Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

author

Anna Gabrych

• Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

author

Jacek Witkowski

• Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

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