Gut microbial dysbiosis, IgA, and Enterococcus in common variable immunodeficiency with immune dysregulation

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Berbers RM, Paganelli FL, van Montfrans JM, Ellerbroek PM, Viveen MC, Rogers MRC, Salomons M, Schuurmans J, van Stigt Thans M, Vanmaris RMM, Brosens LAA, van der Wal MM, Dalm VASH, van Hagen PM, van de Ven AAJM, Uh HW, van Wijk F, Willems RJL, Leavis HL
Journal
Microbiome
Year
2025
Keywords:
Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), Gut microbiota, Immune dysregulation, Pathobionts
BACKGROUND: Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia and recurrent infections. Significant morbidity and mortality are caused by immune dysregulation complications (CVIDid), which affect around one-third of CVID patients and have a poorly understood etiology. Here, we investigate the hypothesis that gut microbial dysbiosis contributes to the inflammation underlying CVIDid. RESULTS: Bacterial invasion of colonic crypts was observed in CVID (3/15) and X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA, 1/3), but not in healthy control (HC, 0/9) biopsies. Fecal gut microbiota was characterized using 16S rRNA-targeted amplicon sequencing. Increased bacterial load, decreased alpha diversity and distinct beta diversity were observed in CVIDid (n = 42) compared to HC (n = 48), and similar results were seen in CVID with IgA deficiency (n = 40) compared to HC. CVIDid and CVID-IgA showed enrichment of the genus Enterococcus, and in vitro studies confirmed the inflammatory potential of Enterococcus gallinarum and Enterococcus hirae in patient monocytes. CONCLUSIONS: This study further supports the hypothesis that a dysregulated gut microbiota, with IgA deficiency as an important driving factor, contributes to systemic inflammation in primary antibody deficiency, and introduces enterococci as potential pathobionts in CVIDid. Video Abstract.

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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
Common variable immunodeficiency acquired agammaglobulinemia,acquired hypogammaglobulinemia,common variable agammaglobulinemia,common variable hypogamma-globulinemia,common variable immune deficiency,common variable immunodeficiency,CVID,hypogamma-globulinemia, acquired,Idiopathic immunoglobulin deficiency,idiopathic immunoglobulin deficiency,Immunoglobulin deficiency, late-onset,Primary antibody deficiency,primary antibody deficiency,Primary hypogammaglobulinemia,primary hypogammaglobulinemia,secondary hypogammaglobulinemia,sporadic hypogammaglobulinemia,Common variable immunodeficiency
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Healthy Control (HC)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients living with Common Variable Immunodeficiency.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
48
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
93

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V3-V4
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Statistical test
Mann-Whitney (Wilcoxon)
ANCOM-BC
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


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Source: Fig. 5A and Supplementary Table 4

Description: Differentially abundant bacteria identified in CVID patients (n=93) vs Healthy Controls (n=48)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in

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Alloprevotella
Bacillati
Bacilli
Blautia
Caproiciproducens
Clostridia
Eggerthella
Enterobacterales
Enterobacteriaceae
Escherichia/Shigella sp.
Eubacteriaceae
Flavonifractor
Gammaproteobacteria
Lactococcus
Oscillibacter
Parasutterella
Pseudomonadota
Sellimonas
Thomasclavelia
Tyzzerella
Veillonella
Ruminococcus 1Ruminococcus 1
Ruminococcaceae UCG-004Ruminococcaceae UCG-004
Tyzzerella 3Tyzzerella 3
Eubacterium 1Eubacterium 1

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Source: Fig. 5A and Supplementary Table S4

Description: Differentially abundant bacteria identified in CVID patients (n=93) vs Healthy Controls (n=48)

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in

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Bifidobacteriales
Bifidobacterium
Bifidobacteriaceae
Prevotella 9Prevotella 9
Romboutsia
Selenomonadales
Actinomycetota

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Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID-med)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients living with Common Variable Immunodeficiency without use of antibiotics or immunosuppressive therapy 3 months prior to sampling.
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
50
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
3 months

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Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
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Description: Differentially abundant bacteria identified in CVID-med patients (Common Variable Immunodeficiency without medications) (n=50) vs Healthy Controls (n=48)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in

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Anaerotruncus
Caproiciproducens
Eubacteriaceae
Lactococcus
Sellimonas
Tyzzerella
Veillonella

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Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Common variable immunodeficiency , Immune dysregulation disease with immunodeficiency acquired agammaglobulinemia,acquired hypogammaglobulinemia,common variable agammaglobulinemia,common variable hypogamma-globulinemia,common variable immune deficiency,common variable immunodeficiency,CVID,hypogamma-globulinemia, acquired,Idiopathic immunoglobulin deficiency,idiopathic immunoglobulin deficiency,Immunoglobulin deficiency, late-onset,Primary antibody deficiency,primary antibody deficiency,Primary hypogammaglobulinemia,primary hypogammaglobulinemia,secondary hypogammaglobulinemia,sporadic hypogammaglobulinemia,Common variable immunodeficiency,immune dysregulation disease with immunodeficiency,Immune dysregulation disease with immunodeficiency
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Common Variable Immunodeficiency with infections only (CVIDio)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Common Variable Immunodeficiency with immune dysregulation (CVIDid)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients living with Common Variable Immunodeficiency with Immune dysregulation.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
51
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
42
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
Not specified

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Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Inverse Simpson Modification of Simpsons index D as 1/D to obtain high values in datasets of high diversity and vice versa
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Description: Differentially abundant bacteria identified in CVIDid patients (n=42) vs CVIDio (n=51)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Common Variable Immunodeficiency with immune dysregulation (CVIDid)

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Enterococcaceae
Enterococcus

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Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Common Variable Immunodeficiency with infections only without medication (CVIDio-med)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Common Variable Immunodeficiency with immune dysregulation without medication (CVIDid-med)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients living with Common Variable Immunodeficiency and Immune dysregulation without use of antibiotics or immunosuppressive therapy 3 months prior to sampling.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
32
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
18
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
3 months

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
unchanged

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Description: Differentially abundant bacteria identified in CVID with immune dysregulation without medication use (CVIDid -med. n=18) versus CVID with infections only without medication use (CVIDio -med. n=32)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Common Variable Immunodeficiency with immune dysregulation without medication (CVIDid-med)

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Enterococcaceae
Peptococcaceae
uncultured.2uncultured.2
Pasteurellaceae
Rhodospirillales
Pasteurellales
Alphaproteobacteria
Enterococcus
Eubacterium 2Eubacterium 2
Anaerotruncus
Veillonella
Haemophilus
gut metagenome

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Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Common variable immunodeficiency acquired agammaglobulinemia,acquired hypogammaglobulinemia,common variable agammaglobulinemia,common variable hypogamma-globulinemia,common variable immune deficiency,common variable immunodeficiency,CVID,hypogamma-globulinemia, acquired,Idiopathic immunoglobulin deficiency,idiopathic immunoglobulin deficiency,Immunoglobulin deficiency, late-onset,Primary antibody deficiency,primary antibody deficiency,Primary hypogammaglobulinemia,primary hypogammaglobulinemia,secondary hypogammaglobulinemia,sporadic hypogammaglobulinemia,Common variable immunodeficiency
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Common Variable Immunodeficiency with Immunoglobulin A > 0.1g/L (CVID+IgA)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Common Variable Immunodeficiency with Immunoglobulin A < 0.1g/L (CVID+IgA)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients living with CVID with IgA <0.1 g/L
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
53
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
40
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
Not specified

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Inverse Simpson Modification of Simpsons index D as 1/D to obtain high values in datasets of high diversity and vice versa
decreased

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Description: Differentially abundant bacteria identified in CVID with Immunoglobulin A < 0.1g/L (CVID-IgA n=40) versus CVID with Immunoglobulin A > 0.1g/L (CVID+IgA n=53)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in

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Enterococcaceae
Enterococcus
Eubacterium 2Eubacterium 2

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Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Common Variable Immunodeficiency with Immunoglobulin A > 0.1g/L without medication use (CVID+IgA-med)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Common Variable Immunodeficiency with Immunoglobulin A < 0.1g/L without medication use (CVID-IgA-med)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients living with Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) with Immunoglobulin A (IgA) <0.1 g/L without use of antibiotics or immunosuppressive therapy 3 months prior to sampling.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
29
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
21

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
unchanged

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Description: Differentially abundant bacteria identified in CVID with Immunoglobulin A < 0.1g/L without medication use (CVID-IgA-med n=21) versus CVID with Immunoglobulin A > 0.1g/L without medication use (CVID+IgA-med n=29).

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Common Variable Immunodeficiency with Immunoglobulin A < 0.1g/L without medication use (CVID-IgA-med)

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Veillonella
Eubacterium 2Eubacterium 2
Haemophilus
Enterococcus
Enterococcaceae
Pasteurellaceae
Pasteurellales

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