scholarly journals Microbiome–metabolomics reveals gut microbiota associated with glycine-conjugated metabolites and polyamine metabolism in chronic kidney disease

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (24) ◽  
pp. 4961-4978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya-Long Feng ◽  
Gang Cao ◽  
Dan-Qian Chen ◽  
Nosratola D. Vaziri ◽  
Lin Chen ◽  
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Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Chih-Yu Yang ◽  
Ting-Wen Chen ◽  
Wan-Lun Lu ◽  
Shih-Shin Liang ◽  
Hsien-Da Huang ◽  
...  

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has long been known to cause significant digestive tract pathology. Of note, indoxyl sulfate is a gut microbe-derived uremic toxin that accumulates in CKD patients. Nevertheless, the relationship between gut microbiota, fecal indole content, and blood indoxyl sulfate level remains unknown. In our study, we established an adenine-induced CKD rat model, which recapitulates human CKD-related gut dysbiosis. Synbiotic treatment in CKD rats showed a significant reduction in both the indole-producing bacterium Clostridium and fecal indole amount. Furthermore, gut microbiota diversity was reduced in CKD rats but was restored after synbiotic treatment. Intriguingly, in our end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients, the abundance of indole-producing bacteria, Bacteroides, Prevotella, and Clostridium, is similar to that of healthy controls. Consistently, the fecal indole tends to be higher in the ESKD patients, but the difference did not achieve statistical significance. However, the blood level of indoxyl sulfate was significantly higher than that of healthy controls, implicating that under an equivalent indole production rate, the impaired renal excretion contributes to the accumulation of this notorious uremic toxin. On the other hand, we did identify two short-chain fatty acid-producing bacteria, Faecalibacterium and Roseburia, were reduced in ESKD patients as compared to the healthy controls. This may contribute to gut dysbiosis. We also identified that three genera Fusobacterium, Shewanella, and Erwinia, in the ESKD patients but not in the healthy controls. Building up gut symbiosis to treat CKD is a novel concept, but once proved effective, it will provide an additional treatment strategy for CKD patients.


Toxins ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 472
Author(s):  
Elisabetta Margiotta ◽  
Lara Caldiroli ◽  
Maria Luisa Callegari ◽  
Francesco Miragoli ◽  
Francesca Zanoni ◽  
...  

Background: Sarcopenia is a prevalent condition in chronic kidney disease (CKD). We determined gut microbiota (gMB) composition in CKD patients with or without sarcopenia. Furthermore, we investigated whether in these patients, there was any association between gMB, uremic toxins, inflammation and oxidative stress. Methods: We analyzed gMB composition, uremic toxins (indoxyl sulphate and p-cresyl sulphate), inflammatory cytokines (interleukin 10, tumor necrosis factor α, interleukin 6, interleukin 17, interleukin 12 p70, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and fetuin-A) and oxidative stress (malondialdehyde) of 64 elderly CKD patients (10 < eGFR < 45 mL/min/1.73 m2, not on dialysis) categorized as sarcopenic and not-sarcopenic. Sarcopenia was defined according to European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People 2 criteria. Results: Sarcopenic patients had a greater abundance of the Micrococcaceae and Verrucomicrobiaceae families and of Megasphaera, Rothia, Veillonella, Akkermansia and Coprobacillus genera. They had a lower abundance of the Gemellaceae and Veillonellaceae families and of Acidaminococcus and Gemella genera. GMB was associated with uremic toxins, inflammatory cytokines and MDA. However, uremic toxins, inflammatory cytokines and MDA were not different in sarcopenic compared with not-sarcopenic individuals, except for interleukin 10, which was higher in not-sarcopenic patients. Conclusions: In older CKD patients, gMB was different in sarcopenic than in not-sarcopenic ones. Several bacterial families and genera were associated with uremic toxins and inflammatory cytokines, although none of these latter substantially different in sarcopenic versus not-sarcopenic patients.


Toxins ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laetitia Koppe ◽  
Denis Fouque ◽  
Christophe Soulage

Author(s):  
Karla Thaís Resende Teixeira ◽  
Laís de Souza Gouveia Moreira ◽  
Natalia Alvarenga Borges ◽  
Isabela Brum ◽  
Bruna R. de Paiva ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mieke Steenbeke ◽  
Sophie Valkenburg ◽  
Wim Van Biesen ◽  
Joris Delanghe ◽  
Marijn Speeckaert ◽  
...  

Abstract Background and Aims Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by gut dysbiosis. We recently demonstrated a decrease of short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) producing bacterial species with the progression of CKD. Besides, levels of protein-bound uremic toxins (PBUTs) and post-translational modifications of protein are increased in CKD, both are risk factors for accelerated cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The link between the gut-kidney axis and protein carbamylation is unclear. The aim of the study was to explore the relation between carbamylated albumin, estimated by the albumin symmetry factor, and plasma levels of PBUTs, fecal levels of SCFAs (ongoing), and the abundance of related gut microbiota in different stages of CKD (1-5). Method The study cohort includes 103 non-dialyzed CKD patients (stages 1-5). Serum proteins were detected by capillary electrophoresis and UV absorbance at 214 nm with the symmetry factor as a marker of albumin carbamylation [the lower the symmetry factor, the more carbamylated albumin]. The quantification of PBUTs and SCFAs in plasma and fecal samples, respectively, using validated UPLC methods. Results The Pearson correlation coefficient (r) shows a positive correlation between the albumin symmetry factor and the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (r=0.3025; p=0.0019). The albumin symmetry factor correlates positively with the abundance of Butyricicoccus spp. (r= 0.3211; p=0.0009), Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (r=0.2765; p=0.0047) and Roseburia spp. (r=0.2527; p=0.0100) and negatively with the PBUTs, p-cresyl sulfate (pCS) (r=-0.2819; p=0.0039), p-cresyl glucuronide (pCG) (r=-0.2819; p=0.0039) and indoxyl sulfate (IxS) (r=-0.2650; p=0.0068). Conclusion The decreased abundance of SCFA producing gut bacteria with the progression of CKD can evoke unfavorable conditions in the gut. This can contribute to increased plasma levels of PBUTs potentially (indirectly) playing a role in albumin carbamylation. It will be further explored whether fecal levels of SCFAs are affected in parallel and could be potential targets to restore gut dysbiosis and uremia.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Eun Kim ◽  
Hyo-Eun Kim ◽  
Ji In Park ◽  
Hyunjeong Cho ◽  
Min-Jung Kwak ◽  
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD)-associated uremia aggravates—and is aggravated by—gut dysbiosis. However, the correlation between CKD severity and gut microbiota and/or their uremic metabolites is unclear. We enrolled 103 CKD patients with stage 1 to 5 and 46 healthy controls. We analyzed patients’ gut microbiota by MiSeq system and measured the serum concentrations of four uremic metabolites (p-cresyl sulfate, indoxyl sulfate, p-cresyl glucuronide, and trimethylamine N-oxide) by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Serum concentrations of the uremic metabolites increased with kidney function deterioration. Gut microbial diversity did not differ among the examined patient and control groups. In moderate or higher stage CKD groups, Oscillibacter showed positive interactions with other microbiota, and the proportions of Oscillibacter were positively correlated with those of the uremic metabolites. The gut microbiota, particularly Oscillibacter, was predicted to contribute to pyruvate metabolism which increased with CKD progression. Relative abundance of Oscillibacter was significantly associated with both serum uremic metabolite levels and kidney function. Predicted functional analysis suggested that kidney-function-associated changes in the contribution of Oscillibacter to pyruvate metabolism in CKD may greatly affect the gut environment according to kidney function, resulting in dysbiosis concomitant with uremic toxin production. The gut microbiota could be associated with uremia progression in CKD. These results may provide basis for further metagenomics analysis of kidney diseases.


2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 325-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuko Iwashita ◽  
Masaki Ohya ◽  
Mitsuru Yashiro ◽  
Tomohiro Sonou ◽  
Kazuki Kawakami ◽  
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Background: Recent studies suggest that prebiotic and/or probiotic treatments ameliorate kidney function in humans and animals by improving the gut environment. However, the gut microbiota and kidney disease interactions remain to be determined. This study investigated whether synbiotics modulate the gut microbiota and ameliorate kidney function using a rat model of chronic kidney disease (CKD). As uremic toxins are associated with CKD-related mineral and bone disorder, the secondary aim was to evaluate the relationship between synbiotics and secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT). Methods: 5/6 nephrectomy (Nx) rats were developed as the CKD model. Sham-operated (sham) rats were used as the control. To investigate the effectiveness of prebiotics (glutamine, dietary fiber, and oligosaccharide) and probiotics (Bifidobacterium longum strain; GFOB diet), rats were randomly assigned to 4 groups: Nx group fed the GFOB diet (n = 10); Nx group fed the control (CON) diet (n = 10); sham group fed the GFOB diet (n = 5); and sham group fed the control diet (n = 5). Blood, feces, and kidney samples were collected and analyzed. Results: Serum creatinine (Cre) and blood urea nitrogen in the Nx GFOB group were significantly lower than those in the Nx CON group. Serum indoxyl sulfate in the Nx GFOB group was lower than that in the Nx CON group, and significantly correlated with serum Cre. Inorganic phosphorus and intact parathyroid hormone in the Nx GFOB group were significantly lower than those in the Nx CON group. Conclusion: Improving the gut environment using synbiotics ameliorated kidney function and might be a pharmacological treatment for SHPT without any serious adverse events.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (19) ◽  
pp. 7237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chien-Ning Hsu ◽  
Hung-Wei Yang ◽  
Chih-Yao Hou ◽  
Guo-Ping Chang-Chien ◽  
Sufan Lin ◽  
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Maternal chronic kidney disease (CKD) during pregnancy causes adverse fetal programming. Nitric oxide (NO) deficiency, gut microbiota dysbiosis, and dysregulated renin-angiotensin system (RAS) during pregnancy are linked to the development of hypertension in adult offspring. We examined whether maternal adenine-induced CKD can program hypertension and kidney disease in adult male offspring. We also aimed to identify potential mechanisms, including alterations of gut microbiota composition, increased trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), reduced NO bioavailability, and dysregulation of the RAS. To construct a maternal CKD model, female Sprague-Dawley rats received regular chow (control group) or chow supplemented with 0.5% adenine (CKD group) for 3 weeks before pregnancy. Mother rats were sacrificed on gestational day 21 to analyze placentas and fetuses. Male offspring (n = 8/group) were sacrificed at 12 weeks of age. Adenine-fed rats developed renal dysfunction, glomerular and tubulointerstitial damage, hypertension, placental abnormalities, and reduced fetal weights. Additionally, maternal adenine-induced CKD caused hypertension and renal hypertrophy in adult male offspring. These adverse pregnancy and offspring outcomes are associated with alterations of gut microbiota composition, increased uremic toxin asymmetric and symmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA and SDMA), increased microbiota-derived uremic toxin TMAO, reduced microbiota-derived metabolite acetate and butyrate levels, and dysregulation of the intrarenal RAS. Our results indicated that adenine-induced maternal CKD could be an appropriate model for studying uremia-related adverse pregnancy and offspring outcomes. Targeting NO pathway, microbiota metabolite TMAO, and the RAS might be potential therapeutic strategies to improve maternal CKD-induced adverse pregnancy and offspring outcomes.


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