Fecal Dysbiosis and Immune Dysfunction in Chinese Elderly Patients With Schizophrenia: An Observational Study

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Authors
Ling Z, Jin G, Yan X, Cheng Y, Shao L, Song Q, Liu X, Zhao L
Journal
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology
Year
2022
Schizophrenia (SZ) is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder with largely unknown etiology and pathogenesis. Mounting preclinical and clinical evidence suggests that the gut microbiome is a vital player in SZ. However, the gut microbiota characteristics and its host response in elderly SZ patients are still not well understood. A total of 161 samples was collected, including 90 samples from elderly SZ patients and 71 samples from healthy controls. We explored the gut microbiota profiles targeting the V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene by MiSeq sequencing, and to analyze their associations with host immune response. Our data found that bacterial β-diversity analyses could divide the SZ patients and healthy controls into two different clusters. The Linear discriminant analysis Effect Size (LEfSe) identified the compositional changes in SZ-associated bacteria, including Faecalibacterium, Roseburia, Actinomyces, Butyricicoccus, Prevotella and so on. In addition, the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-1β were greatly increased in SZ patients while the levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines such as IFN-γ were markedly decreased. Correlation analysis suggested that these bacteria contributed to immune disturbances in the host that could be used as non-invasive biomarkers to distinguish the SZ patients from healthy controls. Moreover, several predicted functional modules, including increased lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis, folate biosynthesis, lipoic acid metabolism, and decreased bile acid biosynthesis, fatty acid biosynthesis in SZ-associated microbiota, could be utilized by the bacteria to produce immunomodulatory metabolites. This study, for the first time, demonstrated the structural and functional dysbiosis of the fecal microbiota in Chinese elderly SZ patients, suggesting the potential for using gut key functional bacteria for the early, non-invasive diagnosis of SZ, personalized treatment, and the development of tailor-made probiotics designed for Chinese elderly SZ patients.

Experiment 1


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Curated date: 2023/03/09

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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
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
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
healthy control
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Schizophrenia
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients with schizophrenia
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
71
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
90
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
V3-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
Fisher's Exact Test
Spearman Correlation
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
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
3
Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study
age

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
increased
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
increased
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
increased

Signature 1

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Source: Figure 2B

Description: Increased abundance in the differential bacterial taxa between the elderly SZ patients and the healthy controls.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Schizophrenia

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Bacteroidia
Actinomycetota
Verrucomicrobiota
Synergistota
Prevotellaceae
Streptococcaceae
Akkermansia
Streptococcus
Romboutsia

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Signature 2

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Source: Figure 2B

Description: Decreased abundance in differential bacterial taxa between the elderly SZ patients and the healthy controls.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Schizophrenia

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Bacillota
Butyricicoccus
Coprococcus
Faecalibacterium
Fusicatenibacter
Gemmiger
Lachnospiraceae
Roseburia

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Experiment 3


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Curated date: 2023/03/11

Curator: Dupe

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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
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
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
healthy control
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Schizophrenia
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients with schizophrenia
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
71
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
90
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
The exclusion criteria included: body mass index (BMI) > 28 kg/m2, family history of dementia; any kind of other neurodegenerative disease such as Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease; confirmed mental illness such as depression; any kind of

tumor; antibiotic, prebiotic, probiotic, or symbiotic administration in the previous month; treatment with antidepressant, mood stabilizers or other psychiatric drugs in last 1 months; known active infections such as viral, bacterial, or fungal infections; other diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome or other autoimmune diseases.

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Statistical test
Fisher's Exact Test
Spearman Correlation
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
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
3


Confounders controlled for Confounding factors that have been accounted for by stratification or model adjustment
age, alcohol drinking, body mass index, smoking behavior

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2023/03/11

Curator: Dupe

Revision editor(s): Dupe

Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.886872/full#f2

Description: By using the LEfSe, our discriminant analyses showed that many key functional taxa were obviously different between the SZ patients and the healthy controls

Abundance in Group 1:

NCBI Links

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Signature 2

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Curated date: 2023/03/11

Curator: Dupe

Revision editor(s): Dupe

Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.886872/full#f2

Description: By using the LEfSe, our discriminant analyses showed that many key functional taxa were obviously different between the SZ patients and the healthy controls.

Abundance in Group 1:

NCBI Links

Revision editor(s): Dupe

Experiment 4


Needs review

Curated date: 2023/03/11

Curator: Dupe

Revision editor(s): Dupe

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
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
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
healthy control
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Schizophrenia
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients with schizophrenia
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
71
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
90
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
The exclusion criteria included: body mass index (BMI) > 28 kg/m2, family history of dementia; any kind of other neurodegenerative disease such as Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease; confirmed mental illness such as depression; any kind of tumor; antibiotic, prebiotic, probiotic, or symbiotic administration in the previous month; treatment with antidepressant, mood stabilizers or other psychiatric drugs in last 1 months; known active infections such as viral, bacterial, or fungal infections; other diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome or other autoimmune diseases.

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Statistical test
Fisher's Exact Test
Spearman Correlation
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
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
3


Confounders controlled for Confounding factors that have been accounted for by stratification or model adjustment
age, alcohol drinking, body mass index, smoking behavior

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
decreased
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
decreased

Signature 1

Needs review

Curated date: 2023/03/11

Curator: Dupe

Revision editor(s): Dupe

Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.886872/full#f5

Description: A total of 31 pathways in level 3 were identified with significantly different abundances in the fecal microbiome between the SZ patients and healthy controls (p < 0.05)

Abundance in Group 1:

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Signature 2

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Curated date: 2023/03/11

Curator: Dupe

Revision editor(s): Dupe

Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.886872/full#f5

Description: A total of 31 pathways in level 3 were identified with significantly different abundances in the fecal microbiome between the SZ patients and healthy control

Abundance in Group 1:

NCBI Links

Revision editor(s): Dupe

Experiment 5


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Curated date: 2023/03/11

Curator: Dupe

Revision editor(s): Dupe

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
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
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
healthy control
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Schizophrenia
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients with schizophrenia
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
71
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
90
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
The exclusion criteria included: body mass index (BMI) > 28 kg/m2, family history of dementia; any kind of other neurodegenerative disease such as Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease; confirmed mental illness such as depression; any kind of tumor; antibiotic, prebiotic, probiotic, or symbiotic administration in the previous month; treatment with antidepressant, mood stabilizers or other psychiatric drugs in last 1 months; known active infections such as viral, bacterial, or fungal infections; other diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome or other autoimmune diseases.

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Statistical test
Fisher's Exact Test
Spearman Correlation
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
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
3
Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study
body mass index
Confounders controlled for Confounding factors that have been accounted for by stratification or model adjustment
age, alcohol drinking, body mass index, smoking behavior

Alpha Diversity

Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
increased

Signature 1

Needs review

Curated date: 2023/03/11

Curator: Dupe

Revision editor(s): Dupe

Source:

Description:

Abundance in Group 1:

NCBI Links

Revision editor(s): Dupe

Signature 2

Needs review

Curated date: 2023/03/11

Curator: Dupe

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Source:

Description:

Abundance in Group 1:

NCBI Links

Revision editor(s): Dupe