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Emerging evidence suggests that alcohol-induced alterations in host metabolism and gut microbiota composition play a critical role in driving intestinal barrier dysfunction. In this study, we employed a mouse model of chronic alcohol gavage to investigate these interactions. Untargeted metabolomics analysis revealed significant perturbations in isoflavone metabolism caused by chronic alcohol exposure. These metabolic disturbances were accompanied by notable shifts in gut microbiota composition, including an enrichment of\n                    <jats:italic>Colidextribacter<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Ruminococcus<\/jats:italic>\n                    . Transcriptomic analysis further identified 286 upregulated and 367 downregulated genes in the alcohol group, and demonstrated that these microbial changes were strongly associated with the downregulation of the\n                    <jats:italic>Ccr2<\/jats:italic>\n                    gene in intestinal cells, implicating this pathway in intestinal barrier dysfunction. Taken together, these findings suggest that alcohol-induced disruptions in isoflavone metabolism contribute to gut microbiota imbalances, which were associated with suppressed\n                    <jats:italic>Ccr2<\/jats:italic>\n                    expression and impaired intestinal barrier integrity, although causal relationships and the specific cell types involved remain to be determined, providing new insights into the mechanisms underlying alcohol-related gut pathology.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmicb.2026.1851136","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,28]],"date-time":"2026-07-28T15:16:03Z","timestamp":1785251763000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Chronic alcohol consumption-induced alterations in gut microbiota disrupt the integrity of the intestinal barrier"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Zizheng","family":"Gao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Basic Medicine, Beihua University","place":["Jilin, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Weiyao","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Health, Beihua University","place":["Jilin, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zilong","family":"Lun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Basic Medicine, Beihua University","place":["Jilin, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaoting","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Basic Medicine, Beihua University","place":["Jilin, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Basic Medicine, Beihua University","place":["Jilin, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Health, Beihua University","place":["Jilin, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhuang","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Microbiome Medicine Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University","place":["Guangzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chun","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Basic Medicine, Beihua University","place":["Jilin, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"G98","DOI":"10.1152\/ajpgi.1999.276.1.G98","article-title":"Ethanol dissociates hormone-stimulated cAMP production from inhibition of TNF-alpha production in rat Kupffer cells","volume":"276","author":"Aldred","year":"1999","journal-title":"Am. 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