Component
Mouse colonocyte mitochondrial respiration and energy state
Context-specific entity; species, compartment and exposure are stated on each claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
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What acts on it
Germ-free mouse colonocytes had reduced NADH/NAD+, oxidative phosphorylation and ATP; adding butyrate rescued mitochondrial respiration.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- nutrient_deficiency Imported condition classification; unverified.
- evidence_access
- Primary abstract
- experimental_model
- Germ-free mouse colonocytes and ex-vivo substrate addition.
- limitations
- Germ-free status removes many microbial functions; rescue supports a butyrate contribution without making every change a specific deficiency effect.
- nutrient_topic
- Butyrate collection; molecular form, preparation, species, exposure and manipulation remain explicit. · Butyrate
- plain_language
- Removing the microbiota deprived colon cells of an important fuel; adding it back restored respiration.
- primary_references
- The microbiome and butyrate regulate energy metabolism and autophagy in the mammalian colon. · 2011 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21531334/ · DOI 10.1016/j.cmet.2011.02.018
- trigger_kind
- nutrient_deficiency Imported condition classification; unverified.
Butyrate: microbial production, fuel use, signaling and nutrient interactions (2026-09-19) · lines 166–172
AI-assisted research curation; primary-abstract references and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Germ-free mouse colonocytes and ex-vivo substrate addition. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## butyrate-germfree-energy Removing the microbiota deprived colon cells of an important fuel; adding it back restored respiration. Germ-free mouse colonocytes had reduced NADH/NAD+, oxidative phosphorylation and ATP; adding butyrate rescued mitochondrial respiration. Model: Germ-free mouse colonocytes and ex-vivo substrate addition. Limitations: Germ-free status removes many microbial functions; rescue supports a butyrate contribution without making every change a specific deficiency effect. Evidence access: Primary abstract The microbiome and butyrate regulate energy metabolism and autophagy in the mammalian colon. · 2011 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21531334/ · DOI 10.1016/j.cmet.2011.02.018
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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In the sources
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