Age-specific differential changes on gut microbiota composition in patients with major depressive disorder

Study information

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study design

cross-sectional observational, not case-control

Citation

PMID PubMed identifier for scientific articles.

32040443

DOI Digital object identifier for electronic documents.

10.18632/aging.102775

URI Uniform resource identifier for web resources.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32040443/

Authors

Chen JJ, He S, Fang L, Wang B, Bai SJ, Xie J, Zhou CJ, Wang W, Xie P

Journal

Aging

Year

2020

Emerging evidence has shown the age-related changes in gut microbiota, but few studies were conducted to explore the effects of age on the gut microbiota in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). This study was performed to identify the age-specific differential gut microbiota in MDD patients. In total, 70 MDD patients and 71 healthy controls (HCs) were recruited and divided into two groups: young group (age 18-29 years) and middle-aged group (age 30-59 years). The 16S rRNA gene sequences were extracted from the collected fecal samples. Finally, we found that the relative abundances of Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes were significantly decreased and increased, respectively, in young MDD patients as compared with young HCs, and the relative abundances of Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria were significantly decreased and increased, respectively, in middle-aged MDD patients as compared with middle-aged HCs. Meanwhile, six and 25 differentially abundant bacterial taxa responsible for the differences between MDD patients (young and middle-aged, respectively) and their respective HCs were identified. Our results demonstrated that there were age-specific differential changes on gut microbiota composition in patients with MDD. Our findings would provide a novel perspective to uncover the pathogenesis underlying MDD.

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Curated date: 2022/06/17

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Subjects

Location of subjects: China

Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled (if applicable): 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

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology: major depressive disorder major depression,major depressive disorder,recurrent major depression,single major depressive episode,unipolar depression

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies: Healthy controls (age 18-29)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies: MDD patients (age 18-29)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group: Subjects with major depressive disorder between the ages of 18 and 29
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group: 27
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group: 25

Lab analysis

Sequencing type: 16S

16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene: V3-V5

Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance: Roche454

Statistical Analysis

Statistical test: LEfSe

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)?: No
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool: 2

Alpha Diversity

Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness: unchanged