The gut microbiome composition associates with bipolar disorder and illness severity

Study information

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study design

case-control

Citation

PMID PubMed identifier for scientific articles.

27988330

DOI Digital object identifier for electronic documents.

10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.12.007

URI

Authors

Evans SJ, Bassis CM, Hein R, Assari S, Flowers SA, Kelly MB, Young VB, Ellingrod VE, McInnis MG

Journal

Journal of psychiatric research

Year

2017

Keywords:

Bipolar disorder, Faecalibacterium, Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale, Microbiome, Patient Health Questionnaire, Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index

The gut microbiome is emerging as an important factor in regulating mental health yet it remains unclear what the target should be for psychiatric treatment. We aimed to elucidate the complement of the gut-microbiome community for individuals with bipolar disorder relative to controls; and test for relationships with burden of disease measures. We compared the stool microbiome from individuals with bipolar disorder (n = 115) and control subjects (n = 64) using 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequence analysis. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed global community case-control differences (AMOVA p = 0.047). Operational Taxonomical Unit (OTU) level analysis revealed significantly decreased fractional representation (p < 0.001) of Faecalibacterium after adjustment for age, sex, BMI and false discovery rate (FDR) correction at the p < 0.05 level. Within individuals with bipolar disorder, the fractional representation of Faecalibacterium associated with better self-reported health outcomes based on the Short Form Health Survey (SF12); the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9); the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI); the Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD7); and the Altman Mania Rating Scale (ASRM), independent of covariates. This study provides the first detailed analysis of the gut microbiome relationships with multiple psychiatric domains from a bipolar population. The data support the hypothesis that targeting the microbiome may be an effective treatment paradigm for bipolar disorder.

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Subjects

Location of subjects: United States of America

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: Bipolar disorder [X]Bipolar affective disorder, unspecified,[X]Bipolar affective disorder, unspecified (disorder),Affective Bipolar Psychosis,Affective Psychosis, Bipolar,Bipolar affective disorder,bipolar affective disorder,Bipolar affective disorder , current episode mixed (disorder),Bipolar affective disorder, current episode depression (disorder),Bipolar affective disorder, manic, unspecified degree,Bipolar affective disorder, mixed, unspecified degree,Bipolar Affective Psychosis,Bipolar Depression,bipolar depression,BIPOLAR DIS,bipolar disease,bipolar disorder,Bipolar disorder (disorder),bipolar disorder manic phase,BIPOLAR DISORDER NOS,Bipolar disorder, NOS,Bipolar disorder, unspecified,Bipolar Disorders,Depression, Bipolar,Depressive-manic psych.,depressive-manic psych.,Disorder, Bipolar,Disorder, Manic,MAFD,major affective disorder,major bipolar affective disorder,Mania,Manias,Manic Bipolar Affective disorder,manic bipolar affective disorder,Manic bipolar I disorder,manic bipolar I disorder,Manic bipolar I disorder (disorder),manic depression,Manic Depressive disorder,manic depressive disorder,MANIC DEPRESSIVE ILLNESS,Manic Depressive Psychosis,MANIC DIS,Manic Disorder,manic disorder,Manic Disorders,Manic State,Manic States,Manic-Depression,manic-depression,Manic-depressive illness,manic-depressive illness,Manic-Depressive Psychoses,Manic-depressive psychosis,manic-depressive psychosis,Manic-depressive syndrome NOS,MDI - Manic-depressive illness,mixed bipolar affective disorder (disorder),mixed bipolar affective disorder, NOS (disorder),mixed bipolar disorder,mixed bipolar I disorder (disorder),Psychoses, Bipolar Affective,Psychoses, Manic Depressive,Psychoses, Manic-Depressive,Psychosis, Bipolar Affective,Psychosis, Manic Depressive,Psychosis, Manic-Depressive,State, Manic,States, Manic,Unspecified bipolar affective disorder,Unspecified bipolar affective disorder (disorder),Unspecified bipolar affective disorder, NOS,Unspecified bipolar affective disorder, NOS (disorder),Unspecified bipolar affective disorder, unspecified,Unspecified bipolar affective disorder, unspecified (disorder),Bipolar disorder

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: Bipolar

Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group: Individuals with bipolar disorder

Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group: 64

Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group: 115

Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any): NIL

Lab analysis

Sequencing type: 16S

16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene: V4

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).: relative abundances

Statistical test: Logistic Regression

Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any): 0.05

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, sex

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Source: Table 2b

Description: Table 2b gives the mean and (SD) values for OTU fractional representations (percent of total) for all OTUs greater than 1% total in either group. P-values derive from logistical regressions with diagnosis (1,0) as the outcome measure and OTU as the predictor, adjusting for age, gender and BMI. Values in bold remained significant following FDR correction at the p<0.05 level.t

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Bipolar

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