Characteristics and Dysbiosis of the Gut Microbiome in Renal Transplant Recipients

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Citation
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Authors
Swarte JC, Douwes RM, Hu S, Vich Vila A, Eisenga MF, van Londen M, Gomes-Neto AW, Weersma RK, Harmsen HJM, Bakker SJL
Journal
Journal of clinical medicine
Year
2020
Keywords:
16S rRNA sequencing, Proteobacteria, butyrate-producing bacteria, diarrhea, gut microbiome, gut microbiota, immunosuppressive medication, kidney transplantation, renal transplant recipient
Renal transplantation is life-changing in many aspects. This includes changes to the gut microbiome likely due to exposure to immunosuppressive drugs and antibiotics. As a consequence, renal transplant recipients (RTRs) might suffer from intestinal dysbiosis. We aimed to investigate the gut microbiome of RTRs and compare it with healthy controls and to identify determinants of the gut microbiome of RTRs. Therefore, RTRs and healthy controls participating in the TransplantLines Biobank and Cohort Study (NCT03272841) were included. We analyzed the gut microbiome using 16S rRNA sequencing and compared the composition of the gut microbiome of RTRs to healthy controls using multivariate association with linear models (MaAsLin). Fecal samples of 139 RTRs (50% male, mean age: 58.3 ± 12.8 years) and 105 healthy controls (57% male, mean age: 59.2 ± 10.6 years) were collected. Median time after transplantation of RTRs was 6.0 (1.5-12.5)years. The microbiome composition of RTRs was significantly different from that of healthy controls, and RTRs had a lower diversity of the gut microbiome (p < 0.01). Proton-pump inhibitors, mycophenolate mofetil, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) are significant determinants of the gut microbiome of RTRs (p < 0.05). Use of mycophenolate mofetil correlated to a lower diversity (p < 0.01). Moreover, significant alterations were found in multiple bacterial taxa between RTRs and healthy controls. The gut microbiome of RTRs contained more Proteobacteria and less Actinobacteria, and there was a loss of butyrate-producing bacteria in the gut microbiome of RTRs. By comparing the gut microbiome of RTRs to healthy controls we have shown that RTRs suffer from dysbiosis, a disruption in the balance of the gut microbiome.

Experiment 1


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Subjects

Location of subjects
Netherlands
Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Homo sapiens
Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology
Feces Cow dung,Cow pat,Droppings,Dung,Excrement,Excreta,Faeces,Fecal material,Fecal matter,Fewmet,Frass,Guano,Matières fécales@fr,Merde@fr,Ordure,Partie de la merde@fr,Piece of shit,Porción de mierda@es,Portion of dung,Portion of excrement,Portion of faeces,Portion of fecal material,Portion of fecal matter,Portion of feces,Portion of guano,Portion of scat,Portionem cacas,Scat,Spoor,Spraint,Stool,Teil der fäkalien@de,Feces,feces
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Renal transplant outcome measurement Renal transplant outcome measurement,renal transplant outcome measurement
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Healthy controls
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
RTR (Renal Transplant Recipients)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
These are renal transplant recipients that were at least one year post transplantation
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
105
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
139

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V4-V5
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
arcsine square-root
Statistical test
MaAsLin2
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.1
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
Yes
Confounders controlled for Confounding factors that have been accounted for by stratification or model adjustment
age, body mass index, smoking behavior, sex, Confounders controlled for: "medication use" is not in the list (abnormal glucose tolerance, acetaldehyde, acute graft vs. host disease, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, adenoma, age, AIDS, alcohol consumption measurement, alcohol drinking, ...) of allowed values.medication use

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
decreased
Richness Number of species
unchanged

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Curated date: 2025/04/19

Curator: Agatha

Revision editor(s): Agatha, Montana-D, Victoria

Source: Figure 4 & Table S1

Description: Significantly differential abundant taxa between RTRs and healthy controls.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in RTR (Renal Transplant Recipients)

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Abiotrophia para-adiacens
Acidaminococcus
Aerococcaceae
Anaerofustis
Bacilli
Blautia
Blautia faecis
Blautia glucerasea
Blautia wexlerae
Caloramator
Carnobacteriaceae
Catenibacterium
Coprobacillus
Delftia
Desulfonema
Eggerthella lenta
Enterococcaceae
Escherichia coli
Eubacterium
Faecalitalea
Finegoldia
Gammaproteobacteria
Gracilibacter
Granulicatella
Haemophilus
Hespellia
Holdemania
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Lachnoclostridium
Lentisphaeria
Lentisphaerota
Limosilactobacillus vaginalis
Megamonas
Megasphaera
Parasporobacterium
Pasteurellaceae
Pasteurellales
Peptoniphilus
Phascolarctobacterium
Rhodospirillum
Rothia mucilaginosa
Ruminococcus
Schaalia odontolytica
Streptococcaceae
Streptococcus
Streptococcus mitis
Streptococcus parasanguinis
Streptococcus thermophilus
Succiniclasticum
Thomasclavelia
Vallitalea
Veillonella
Victivallaceae
Victivallales
[Clostridium] scindens
DolichumDolichum
Blautia hansenii
Sutterella
Alcaligenaceae
Enterocloster clostridioformis
Actinomycetales
Solobacterium
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Coprobacillus cateniformis
Enterobacteriaceae
Enterobacterales
Actinomyces
Pseudomonadota
Christensenella
Streptococcus peroris
Hydrogenoanaerobacterium
Eubacteriaceae
Actinomycetaceae
Dispar
Rothia
Veillonella dispar
Desulfotomaculum
Saccharofermentans
Micrococcaceae

Revision editor(s): Agatha, Montana-D, Victoria

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Curated date: 2025/04/22

Curator: Agatha

Revision editor(s): Agatha, Montana-D, Victoria

Source: Figure 4 & Table S1

Description: Significantly differential abundant taxa between RTRS and healthy controls.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in RTR (Renal Transplant Recipients)

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Acidaminococcus
Actinomycetota
Agathobacter rectalis
Alloprevotella rava
Anaerococcus
Anaerostipes
Anaerovibrio
Asaccharospora
Bacillales
Barnesiella viscericola
Bifidobacterium adolescentis
Bifidobacterium catenulatum subsp. kashiwanohense
Bifidobacterium ruminantium
Brenneria
Bulleidia extructa
Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens
Caldimonas
Caloramator mitchellensis
Candidatus Epulonipiscium
Christensenella hongkongensis
Citrobacter
Clostridium disporicum
Collinsella
Collinsella aerofaciens
Coprococcus
Coprococcus comes
Coprococcus eutactus
Coriobacteriaceae
Coriobacteriales
Coriobacteriia
Dehalobacterium
Dehalobacterium formicoaceticum
Desulfofundulus kuznetsovii
Dorea
Dorea longicatena
Enterococcus casseliflavus
Eubacteriales
Faecalibacterium
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii
Flavonifractor plautii
Fusobacteriales
Fusobacteriia
Fusobacteriota
Fusobacterium
Gemmiger formicilis
Holdemanella
Holdemanella biformis
Howardella ureilytica
Lachnobacterium
Lachnobacterium bovis
Lachnospiraceae
Lacrimispora saccharolytica
Lactococcus
Leuconostoc
Ligilactobacillus ruminis
Lysinibacillus
Mitsuokella
Mogibacterium
Moraxellaceae
Oribacterium
Oscillibacter
Oscillospiraceae
Oxalobacter
Paeniclostridium
Papillibacter cinnamivorans
Peptococcaceae
Prevotella
Pseudoflavonifractor capillosus
Romboutsia ilealis
Roseburia
Roseburia hominis
Ruminococcus bromii
Ruminococcus champanellensis
Salmonella
Selenomonas
Slackia
Slackia isoflavoniconvertens
Staphylococcaceae
Syntrophococcus
Thomasclavelia cocleata
[Clostridium] leptum
[Clostridium] polysaccharolyticum
[Eubacterium] infirmum
[Eubacterium] siraeum
Anaeromicropila populeti
Brassicibacter mesophilus
Thermotalea metallivorans
ParaprevotellaceaeParaprevotellaceae
Coprophilus
Alkaliphilus transvaalensis
Clostridium cadaveris
Heliophilum fasciatum
EutactusEutactus
BromiiBromii
Desulfosporosinus burensis
Anaerobranca
Heliophilum
Asaccharospora irregularis
DehalobacteriaceaeDehalobacteriaceae
Eubacterium rangiferina
Acetivibrio ethanolgignens
Lutispora thermophila
Obesumbacterium

Revision editor(s): Agatha, Montana-D, Victoria