Level D· Scientific groundwork from lab and animal studiesAnimal StudyEurope PMCOpen access

Fecal microbiota transplantation alleviates lipopolysaccharide-induced osteoporosis by modulating gut microbiota and long non-coding RNA <i>TUG1</i> expression

Ma P., Wang R., Chen H., Zheng J., Yang W., Meng B.

Animal Study, published in Front Cell Infect Microbiol (2025) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

Open my reading list
Level D· Scientific groundwork from lab and animal studiesEvidence level of this study

Evidence from laboratory and animal studies provides groundwork for understanding mechanisms and potential before human studies continue.

  • Level A · Stronger Clinical Evidence
  • Level B · Emerging clinical evidence with positive signals
  • Level C · Early human research exploring benefits
  • Level D · Scientific groundwork from lab and animal studies
  • Emerging · Emerging topic under active research
Read the A–D evidence level guide

This page is generated from the PubMed record. The Thai description is an automated summary of bibliographic fields and the abstract, not a full translation, and is not medical advice.

Study type
Animal Study
Journal
Front Cell Infect Microbiol (2025)
Reported sample size
—
Source database
Europe PMC
PMID
40292220
PMCID
PMC12021831
DOI
10.3389/fcimb.2025.1535666
Citations
1

Abstract (original English)

Purpose To study whether fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can alleviate lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced osteoporosis (OP) by regulating the composition and abundance of gut microbiota and the expression level of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) TUG1 . Methods Twenty C57BL/6 mice were selected. Two mice were randomly designated as fecal donors, while the remaining mice were randomly divided into control group, LPS group, and LPS + FMT group. Each group consisted of 6 mice. The mice in the LPS and LPS + FMT groups were intraperitoneally injected with LPS to establish the OP model, and the mice in the LPS + FMT group were treated with donor feces by gavage. Micro-CT was used to scan the femur specimens of mice, and the bone structural parameters of the control and LPS groups were compared to verify the effectiveness of the OP model. HE staining was used to compare the microstructure of femurs in the 3 groups. 16S rRNA gene sequencing was used to analyze the composition and abundance of gut microbiota in mice. Immunofluorescence staining was used to compare the expression levels of Runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2) in the femur of the 3 groups. Real-time quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) was used to compare the expression levels of lncRNA TUG1 in the intestines and serum of mice in the 3 groups. Results Micro-CT showed that compared with the control grou

What this study does not prove

  • • This study does not prove SVF is an approved treatment or a replacement for standard care.
  • • This is preclinical work; animal or laboratory results cannot be applied to humans.

Evidence level

Evidence from laboratory and animal studies provides groundwork for understanding mechanisms and potential before human studies continue.

How we grade evidence
FemurAnimalsMice, Inbred C57BLMiceOsteoporosisDisease Models, AnimalLipopolysaccharidesRNA, Ribosomal, 16SMaleCore Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit

Browse all related research

Filter the research library by this study's title keywords, author, or publication year.