PMID- 36868081 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230530 LR - 20230602 IS - 1879-0364 (Electronic) IS - 1369-5274 (Linking) VI - 73 DP - 2023 Jun TI - Impact of caloric restriction on the gut microbiota. PG - 102287 LID - S1369-5274(23)00024-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.mib.2023.102287 [doi] AB - Caloric restriction (CR) and related time-restricted diets have been popularized as means of preventing metabolic disease while improving general well-being. However, evidence as to their long-term efficacy, adverse effects, and mechanisms of activity remains incompletely understood. The gut microbiota is modulated by such dietary approaches, yet causal evidence to its possible downstream impacts on host metabolism remains elusive. Herein, we discuss the positive and adverse influences of restrictive dietary interventions on gut microbiota composition and function, and their collective impacts on host health and disease risk. We highlight known mechanisms of microbiota influences on the host, such as modulation of bioactive metabolites, while discussing challenges in achieving mechanistic dietary-microbiota insights, including interindividual variability in dietary responses as well as other methodological and conceptual challenges. In all, causally understanding the impact of CR approaches on the gut microbiota may enable to better decode their overall influences on human physiology and disease. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Kern, Lara AU - Kern L AD - Systems Immunology Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. FAU - Kviatcovsky, Denise AU - Kviatcovsky D AD - Systems Immunology Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. FAU - He, Yiming AU - He Y AD - Systems Immunology Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. FAU - Elinav, Eran AU - Elinav E AD - Systems Immunology Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel; Microbiota & Cancer Division, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: eran.elinav@weizmann.ac.il. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20230301 PL - England TA - Curr Opin Microbiol JT - Current opinion in microbiology JID - 9815056 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Gastrointestinal Microbiome MH - Caloric Restriction MH - Diet MH - *Microbiota EDAT- 2023/03/04 06:00 MHDA- 2023/05/30 06:42 CRDT- 2023/03/03 18:16 PHST- 2022/11/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/01/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/01/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/05/30 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/03/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/03 18:16 [entrez] AID - S1369-5274(23)00024-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.mib.2023.102287 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Opin Microbiol. 2023 Jun;73:102287. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2023.102287. Epub 2023 Mar 1.