Review Article

“Gut Microbiota-Circadian Clock Axis” in Deciphering the Mechanism Linking Early-Life Nutritional Environment and Abnormal Glucose Metabolism

Table 1

The summarization of the relationship between gut microbiota and circadian clock.

ConditionsGut microbiotaCircadian clockReference

Jet lagLoss of oscillations in RuminococcaceaeBmal, Rev-erbα, and RORγt[66]
High-fat, high-sugar dietIncrease in ratio of Firmicutes/Bacteriodetes and RuminococcusPer2[69]
CyanobacteriaSynechococcus elongatus PCC 7942kaiA, kaiB, and kaiC[70]
HumanEnterobacter aerogenesMelatonin[72]
Antibiotic treatment or germ-free miceAntibiotic-induced gut microbial alterations or the absence of gut microbesRORα, RevErbα, Bmal1, Cry1, Per1, and Per2[73, 74]
Fecal transplantation from high-fat-diet-fed donorsIncrease in Firmicutes and decrease in BacteriodetesBmal1, Per2, Rev-erba, and Dbp[75]