Butyrate extends health and lifespan in mice with mitochondrial deficiency
Enrique Gabandé‐Rodríguez, Manuel M. Gómez de las Heras, Pablo Ramírez-Ruiz de Erenchun, Carolina Simó, Virginia García‐Cañas, Naohiro Inohara, Inés Berenguer, Violeta Enriquez-Zarralanga, Álvaro Fernández-Almeida, Jorge Oller, Gonzalo Soto‐Heredero, Elisa Carrasco, Cristina Vázquez-Muñoz, Sandra Delgado-Pulido, José Ignacio Escrig-Larena, , Marı́a Mittelbrunn
This study shows that butyrate supplementation improves health and extends lifespan in mice with mitochondrial dysfunction by restoring intestinal barrier function and epigenetic marks.
Nature Communications · Mar 13, 2026Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology