Causal Effects of Gut Microbiota on Gout and Hyperuricemia: Insights from Genome-Wide Mendelian Randomization, RNA-Sequencing, 16S rRNA Sequencing, and Metabolomes.
Xia Liu, Zhe Feng, Fenglian Zhang, Bo Wang, Zhijuan Wei, Nanqing Liao, Min Zhang, Jian Liang, Lisheng Wang
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Abstract
Background: This study investigated the causal relationship between gut microbiota (GM), serum metabolome, and host transcriptome in the development of gout and hyperuricemia (HUA) using genome-wide association studies (GWAS) data and HUA mouse model experiments. Methods: Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis of GWAS summary statistics was performed using an inverse variance weighted (IVW) approach to determine predict the causal role of the gut microbiota on gout. The HUA mouse model was used to characterize changes in the gut microbiome, host metabolome, and host kidney transcriptome by integrating cecal 16S rRNA sequencing, untargeted serum metabolomics, and host mRNA sequencing.
Results: Our analysis demonstrated causal effects of seven gut microbiota taxa on gout, including genera of Ruminococcus, Odoribacter, and Bacteroides. Thirty-eight, immune cell traits were associated with gout. Dysbiosis of Dubosiella, Lactobacillus,Bacteroides, Alloprevotella, and Lachnospiraceae_NK4A136_group genera were associated with changes in the serum metabolites and kidney transcriptome of the HUA model mice. The changes in the gut microbiome of the HUA model mice correlated significantly with alterations in the levels of serum metabolites such as taurodeoxycholic acid, phenylacetylglycine, vanylglycol, methyl hexadecanoic acid, carnosol, 6-aminopenicillanic acid, sphinganine, p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, pyridoxamine, and de-o-methylsterigmatocystin, and expression of kidney genes such as CNDP2, SELENOP, TTR, CAR3, SLC12A3, SCD1, PIGR, CD74, MFSD4B5, and NAPSA. Conclusion: Our study demonstrated a causal relationship between GM, immune cells, and gout. HUA development involved alterations in the vitamin B6 metabolism because of gut microbiota dysbiosis that resulted in altered pyridoxamine and pyridoxal levels, dysregulated sphingolipid metabolism, and excessive inflammation..
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