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Modulation of the fecal bile acid profile by gut microbiota in cirrhosis.

ABSTRACT: The 7?-dehydroxylation of primary bile acids (BAs), chenodeoxycholic (CDCA) and cholic acid (CA) into the secondary BAs, lithocholic (LCA) and deoxycholic acid (DCA), is a key function of the gut microbiota. We aimed at studying the linkage between fecal BAs and gut microbiota in cirrhosis since this could help understand cirrhosis progression.Fecal microbiota were analyzed by culture-independent multitagged-pyrosequencing, fecal BAs using HPLC and serum BAs using LC-MS in controls, early (Child A) and advanced cirrhotics (Child B/C). A subgroup of early cirrhotics underwent BA and microbiota analysis before/after eight weeks of rifaximin.Cross-sectional: 47 cirrhotics (24 advanced) and 14 controls were included. In feces, advanced cirrhotics had the lowest total, secondary, secondary/primary BA ratios, and the highest primary BAs compared to early cirrhotics and controls. Secondary fecal BAs were detectable in all controls but in a significantly lower proportion of cirrhotics (p<0.002). Serum primary BAs were higher in advanced cirrhotics compared to the rest. Cirrhotics, compared to controls, had a higher Enterobacteriaceae (potentially pathogenic) but lower Lachonospiraceae, Ruminococcaceae and Blautia (7?-dehydroxylating bacteria) abundance. CDCA was positively correlated with Enterobacteriaceae (r=0.57, p<0.008) while Ruminococcaceae were positively correlated with DCA (r=0.4, p<0.05). A positive correlation between Ruminococcaceae and DCA/CA (r=0.82, p<0.012) and Blautia with LCA/CDCA (r=0.61, p<0.03) was also seen. Prospective study: post-rifaximin, six early cirrhotics had reduction in Veillonellaceae and in secondary/primary BA ratios.Cirrhosis, especially advanced disease, is associated with a decreased conversion of primary to secondary fecal BAs, which is linked to abundance of key gut microbiome taxa.

SUBMITTER: Kakiyama G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3936319 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Modulation of the fecal bile acid profile by gut microbiota in cirrhosis.

Kakiyama Genta G Pandak William M WM Gillevet Patrick M PM Hylemon Phillip B PB Heuman Douglas M DM Daita Kalyani K Takei Hajime H Muto Akina A Nittono Hiroshi H Ridlon Jason M JM White Melanie B MB Noble Nicole A NA Monteith Pamela P Fuchs Michael M Thacker Leroy R LR Sikaroodi Masoumeh M Bajaj Jasmohan S JS

Journal of hepatology 20130116 5

<h4>Background & aims</h4>The 7α-dehydroxylation of primary bile acids (BAs), chenodeoxycholic (CDCA) and cholic acid (CA) into the secondary BAs, lithocholic (LCA) and deoxycholic acid (DCA), is a key function of the gut microbiota. We aimed at studying the linkage between fecal BAs and gut microbiota in cirrhosis since this could help understand cirrhosis progression.<h4>Methods</h4>Fecal microbiota were analyzed by culture-independent multitagged-pyrosequencing, fecal BAs using HPLC and serum ...[more]

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Project description:Background and aimsGut dysbiosis and abnormal cytokine profiles are common in cirrhosis. This study aimed to evaluate the correlations between them.MethodsIn the blood plasma of cirrhosis patients and controls, 27 cytokines were examined using a multiplex assay. The plasma levels of nitrites (stable metabolites of the endothelial dysfunction biomarker nitric oxide) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were examined. The fecal microbiota was assessed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.ResultsLevels of IL-1b, IL-2, IL-6, IL-13, IP-10, IFN-g, TNF-a, LPS, and nitrites were higher in cirrhosis patients than in controls, while levels of IL-4, IL-7, and PDGF-BB were lower. The LPS level was directly correlated with the levels of IL-1b, IL1-Ra, IL-9, IL-17, PDGF-BB, IL-6, TNF-a, and nitrites. The nitrite level was significantly directly correlated with the levels of TNF-a, GM-CSF, IL-17, and IL-12, and inversely correlated with the IL-7 level. TNF-a levels were directly correlated with ascites severity and the abundance of Negativicutes, Enterobacteriaceae, Veillonellaceae, and Klebsiella, while inversely correlated with the abundance of Firmicutes, Clostridia, and Subdoligranulum. IFN-g levels were directly correlated with the abundance of Bacteroidaceae, Lactobacillaceae, Bacteroides, and Megasphaera, and inversely correlated with the abundance of Verrucomicrobiota, Akkermansiaceae, Coriobacteriaceae, Akkermansia, Collinsella, and Gemella. IL-1b levels were directly correlated with the abundance of Comamonadaceae and Enterobacteriaceae and inversely correlated with the abundance of Marinifilaceae and Dialister. IL-6 levels were directly correlated with the abundance of Enterobacteriaceae, hepatic encephalopathy, and ascites severity, and inversely correlated with the abundance of Peptostreptococcaceae, Streptococcaceae, and Streptococcus.ConclusionsThe abundance of harmful gut microbiota taxa and endotoxinemia directly correlates with the levels of proinflammatory cytokines.

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