Alteration of the gut microbiome in first-episode drug-naïve and chronic medicated schizophrenia correlate with regional brain volumes

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study design
Citation
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DOI Digital object identifier for electronic documents.
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Authors
Ma X, Asif H, Dai L, He Y, Zheng W, Wang D, Ren H, Tang J, Li C, Jin K, Li Z, Chen X
Journal
Journal of psychiatric research
Year
2020
Keywords:
Brain, Gut microbiome, Schizophrenia, Structural MRI
The human gut microbiome plays an important role in the basic neurodevelopmental processes of the central nervous system and has been implicated in several neuropsychiatric disorders. However, the connection between the gut microbiome and the underlying pathogenesis of schizophrenia (SCZ) is poorly defined. Here we analyzed the faecal samples from 40 first-episode drug-naïve SCZ (FSCZ) patients, 85 chronically antipsychotic-treated SCZ (TSCZ) patients and 69 healthy controls (HCs) using 16S rRNA gene sequence to determine whether the alterations of the gut microbiome were associated with SCZ or antipsychotic treatment. In addition, we acquired the T1-weighted brain imaging data by using structural magnetic resonance imaging to test whether microbial composition correlated with structural brain signatures. Our analyses revealed low microbiome alpha-diversity indexes in TSCZ patients but not in FSCZ patients as compared to HCs. Importantly, both FSCZ and TSCZ patients had distinct changes in gut microbial composition at certain taxa including Christensenellaceae, Enterobacteriaceae, Pasteurellaceae, Turicibacteraceae at the family level and Escherichia at genus level as compared to HCs. We also found significant disturbances of gut microbial composition in TSCZ versus FSCZ patients (eg. Enterococcaceae and Lactobacillaceae). Most interestingly, our exploratory analyses found specific SCZ-associated microbiota to be correlated with the right middle frontal gyrus (rMFG) volume which was aberrant in SCZ patients. Our findings extend prior work and suggest a possible link between the gut microbiome and brain structure which may be implicated in the pathology of SCZ.

Experiment 1


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Curated date: 2021/01/10

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Subjects

Location of subjects
China
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
Schizophrenia [X]Schizophrenia, unspecified,[X]Schizophrenia, unspecified (disorder),Dementia Praecox,Disorder, Schizophrenic,Disorders, Schizophrenic,Other specified types of schizophrenia,Other specified types of schizophrenia, chronic state,Other specified types of schizophrenia, chronic state with acute exacerbation,Other specified types of schizophrenia, in remission,Other specified types of schizophrenia, subchronic state,Other specified types of schizophrenia, subchronic state with acute exacerbation,Other specified types of schizophrenia, unspecified state,SCHIZO NEC-CHR/EXACERB,SCHIZO NEC-SUBCHR/EXACER,SCHIZO NOS-CHR/EXACERB,SCHIZO NOS-SUBCHR/EXACER,schizoaffective disorder,schizophrenia,schizophrenia (disease),Schizophrenia (disorder),SCHIZOPHRENIA NEC-CHR,SCHIZOPHRENIA NEC-REMISS,SCHIZOPHRENIA NEC-SUBCHR,SCHIZOPHRENIA NEC-UNSPEC,Schizophrenia NOS,Schizophrenia NOS (disorder),SCHIZOPHRENIA NOS-UNSPEC,schizophrenia with or without an affective disorder,Schizophrenia, NOS,schizophrenia-1,Schizophrenias,SCHIZOPHRENIC DIS,Schizophrenic Disorder,Schizophrenic Disorders,Schizophrenic disorders (disorder),SCZD,Unspecified schizophrenia,Unspecified schizophrenia (disorder),Unspecified schizophrenia, chronic state with acute exacerbation,Unspecified schizophrenia, subchronic state with acute exacerbation,Unspecified schizophrenia, unspecified state,Schizophrenia
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
FSCZ
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
first-episode drug naive schizophrenia (FSCZ) diagnosed according to the DSM IV criteria and PANSS having illness duration <=12 months and no treatment with antipsychotic medications before
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
69
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)
1 month

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).
raw counts
Statistical test
DESeq2
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
Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study
demographics

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
unchanged
Richness Number of species
unchanged

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Atrayees on 2023-7-18

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Fatima Zohra

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks, Atrayees

Source: Figure 3

Description: Compositional differences in gut microbiota between first-episode drug naive schizophrenia (FSCZ), anti-psychotic treated schizophrenia (TSCZ) patients and healthy controls (HC)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in FSCZ

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Christensenellaceae
Enterobacteriaceae
Victivallaceae
Enterococcaceae
Escherichia
Shigella
Veillonella
Enterococcus

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks, Atrayees

Signature 2

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Atrayees on 2023-7-18

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Fatima Zohra

Revision editor(s): Atrayees, WikiWorks

Source: Figure 3

Description: Compositional differences in gut microbiota between first-episode drug naive schizophrenia (FSCZ), anti-psychotic treated schizophrenia (TSCZ) patients and healthy controls (HC)

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in FSCZ

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Pasteurellaceae
Succinivibrionaceae
Turicibacteraceae
Peptostreptococcaceae
Fusobacterium
Megasphaera
Actinobacillus
Veillonellaceae

Revision editor(s): Atrayees, WikiWorks

Experiment 2


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Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: WikiWorks

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks, Atrayees, Victoria

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
TSCZ
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
first-episode drug naive schizophrenia(FSCZ) diagnosed according to the DSM IV criteria and PANSS having illness duration <=12 months and no treatment with antipsycotic medications before, anti-psycotic treated schizophrenia (TSCZ) having illness duration >12 months and received antipsychotic treatment for at least past 3 months
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
85

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
decreased
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
decreased
Richness Number of species
decreased

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Atrayees on 2023-7-18

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Fatima Zohra

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Source: Figure 3

Description: Compositional differences in gut microbiota between first-episode drug naive schizophrenia (FSCZ), anti-psychotic treated schizophrenia (TSCZ) patients and healthy controls (HC)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in TSCZ

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Christensenellaceae
Enterobacteriaceae
Enterococcaceae
Lactobacillaceae
Escherichia
Enterococcus
Lactobacillus
Shigella
Streptococcus
Veillonella

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Signature 2

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Atrayees on 2023-7-18

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Fatima Zohra

Revision editor(s): Aiyshaaaa, WikiWorks, Atrayees

Source: Figure 3

Description: Compositional differences in gut microbiota between first-episode drug naive schizophrenia (FSCZ), anti-psychotic treated schizophrenia (TSCZ) patients and healthy controls (HC)

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in TSCZ

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Pasteurellaceae
Turicibacteraceae
Actinobacillus
Megasphaera

Revision editor(s): Aiyshaaaa, WikiWorks, Atrayees

Experiment 3


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Atrayees on 2023-7-18

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: WikiWorks

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks, Atrayees, Victoria

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
FSCZ
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
40

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
decreased
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
decreased
Richness Number of species
decreased

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Atrayees on 2023-7-18

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Fatima Zohra

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Source: Figure 3

Description: Compositional differences in gut microbiota between first-episode drug naive schizophrenia (FSCZ), anti-psychotic treated schizophrenia (TSCZ) patients and healthy controls (HC)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in TSCZ

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Peptostreptococcaceae
Veillonellaceae
Enterococcaceae
Lactobacillaceae
Escherichia
Fusobacterium
Megasphaera
Enterococcus
Lactobacillus
Shigella
Streptococcus

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Signature 2

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Atrayees on 2023-7-18

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Fatima Zohra

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Source: Figure 3

Description: Compositional differences in gut microbiota between first-episode drug naive schizophrenia (FSCZ), anti-psychotic treated schizophrenia (TSCZ) patients and healthy controls (HC)

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in TSCZ

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Veillonella

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks