Sex-specific differences in intestinal microbiota associated with cardiovascular diseases

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Authors
Garcia-Fernandez H, Arenas-de Larriva AP, Lopez-Moreno J, Gutierrez-Mariscal FM, Romero-Cabrera JL, Molina-Abril H, Torres-Peña JD, Rodriguez-Cano D, Malagon MM, Ordovas JM, Delgado-Lista J, Perez-Martinez P, Lopez-Miranda J, Camargo A
Journal
Biology of sex differences
Year
2024
Keywords:
CORDIOPREV, Cardiovascular diseases, Dysbiosis, Gut microbiota, Sexual dimorphism
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including coronary heart disease (CHD), display a higher prevalence in men than women. This study aims to evaluate the variations in the intestinal microbiota between men and women afflicted with CHD and delineate these against a non-CVD control group for each sex. METHODS: Our research was conducted in the framework of the CORDIOPREV study, a clinical trial which involved 837 men and 165 women with CHD. We contrasted our findings with a reference group of 375 individuals (270 men, 105 women) without CVD. The intestinal microbiota was examined through 16S metagenomics on the Illumina MiSeq platform and the data processed with Quiime2 software. RESULTS: Our results showed a sex-specific variation (beta diversity) in the intestinal microbiota, while alpha-biodiversity remained consistent across both sexes. Linear discriminant analysis effect size (LEfSe) analysis revealed sex-centric alterations in the intestinal microbiota linked to CVD. Moreover, using random forest (RF) methodology, we identified seven bacterial taxa-g_UBA1819 (Ruminococcaceae), g_Bilophila, g_Subdoligranulum, g_Phascolarctobacterium, f_Barnesiellaceae, g_Ruminococcus, and an unknown genus from the Ruminococcaceae family (Ruminococcaceae incertae sedis)-as key discriminators between men and women diagnosed with CHD. The same taxa also emerged as critical discriminators between CHD-afflicted and non-CVD individuals, when analyzed separately by sex. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest a sex-specific dysbiosis in the intestinal microbiota linked to CHD, potentially contributing to the sex disparity observed in CVD incidence. Trial registration Clinical Trials.gov.Identifier NCT00924937. The frequency with which cardiovascular diseases occur differs in men and women as it appears with greater frequency in men. Moreover, it has been known for years that the community of bacteria living in our intestine, also known as the gut microbiota, influences the development of these diseases. Indeed, nowadays it known the influence of the intestinal microbiota in the development of atherosclerosis, the pathological process which is responsible for the three main causes of cardiovascular diseases: coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and peripheral arterial disease. This study shows the differences in the community of bacteria living in the gut of men and those living in the gut of women, so that these differences could explain, at least in part, the differences in the frequency with which cardiovascular diseases appear between men and women. Our results suggest that the dysbiosis of the intestinal microbiota associated with CHD seems to be partially sex-specific, which may influence the sexual dimorphism in its incidence. Moreover, the identification of the mechanisms responsible for sexual dimorphism in the incidence of metabolic and cardiovascular disease is of particular importance when developing effective strategies and therapies aimed at reducing their incidence and recurrence. Indeed, the strategies and therapies used to treat the dysbiosis of the gut microbiota should be sex-specific.

Experiment 1


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Subjects

Location of subjects
Spain
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
Cardiovascular disease [X]Cardiovascular disease, unspecified,[X]Cardiovascular disease, unspecified (disorder),[X]Other forms of heart disease,[X]Other forms of heart disease (disorder),[X]Other ill-defined heart diseases,[X]Other ill-defined heart diseases (disorder),[X]Other specified diseases of pericardium,[X]Other specified diseases of pericardium (disorder),ASCVD,CARDIOVASC DIS,cardiovascular disease,Cardiovascular Disease (CVD),cardiovascular disease (CVD),Cardiovascular disease, NOS,Cardiovascular disease, unspecified,Cardiovascular Diseases,Cardiovascular Disorder,cardiovascular disorder,Cardiovascular disorder, NOS,Cardiovascular Disorders,Cardiovascular system disease,cardiovascular system disease,cardiovascular system disease or disorder,Certain sequelae of myocardial infarction, not elsewhere classified,CIRCULATORY DISEASE NOS,circulatory system disease,Circulatory system disease NOS,Circulatory system disease NOS (disorder),CVD,CVD, NOS,CVS disease,Disease affecting entire cardiovascular system,Disease affecting entire cardiovascular system (disorder),Disease of cardiovascular system,disease of cardiovascular system,Disease of cardiovascular system (disorder),Disease of cardiovascular system, NOS,disease of subdivision of hemolymphoid system,disease or disorder of cardiovascular system,Disease, Cardiovascular,DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM,Diseases, Cardiovascular,Disorder of cardiovascular system,disorder of cardiovascular system,Disorder of cardiovascular system (disorder),Disorder of circulatory system,Disorder of circulatory system, NOS,Disorder of the circulatory system,Ill-defined descriptions and complications of heart disease,ILL-DEFINED HRT DIS NEC,Other diseases of endocardium,Other diseases of endocardium (disorder),Other diseases of pericardium,Other diseases of pericardium (disorder),Other disorders of papillary muscle,Other forms of heart disease,Other forms of heart disease (disorder),Other heart disease,Other heart disease (disorder),Other heart disease NOS,Other heart disease NOS (disorder),Other ill-defined heart disease,Other ill-defined heart disease (disorder),Other ill-defined heart disease NOS,Other ill-defined heart disease NOS (disorder),Other ill-defined heart diseases,Other pericardial disease NOS,Other pericardial disease NOS (disorder),OTHER SEQUELAE OF MI NEC,Other sequelae of myocardial infarction, not elsewhere classified,Other specified diseases of pericardium,Other specified pericardial disease NOS,Other specified pericardial disease NOS (disorder),PAPILLARY MUSCLE DIS NEC,PERICARDIAL DISEASE NEC,Unspecified circulatory system disorder,Cardiovascular disease
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Men with coronary heart disease (CHD)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Women with coronary heart disease (CHD)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Women with coronary heart disease, and enrolled in the CORDIOPREV study.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
567
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
112
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
Not specified
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
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)?
Yes
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
2

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
unchanged
Richness Number of species
unchanged
Faith Phylogenetic diversity, takes into account phylogenetic distance of all taxa identified in a sample
unchanged

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Source: Fig.1 B

Description: Differently abundant taxa in CHD patients according to the sex, based on LEfSe analysis.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Women with coronary heart disease (CHD)

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Erysipelotrichaceae
Lachnospira
Prevotella
Prevotellaceae
Roseburia
[Eubacterium] siraeum
g_UCG_010g_UCG_010
f_UCG_010f_UCG_010
f_Clostridia_UCG_014f_Clostridia_UCG_014
g_Clostridia_UCG_014g_Clostridia_UCG_014
o_Clostridia_UCG_014o_Clostridia_UCG_014

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Source: Fig.1 B

Description: Differently abundant taxa in CHD patients according to sex, based on LEfSe analysis.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Women with coronary heart disease (CHD)

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Actinomycetota
Barnesiella
Barnesiellaceae
Bifidobacteriaceae
Bifidobacteriales
Bifidobacterium
Bilophila
Coriobacteriales
Coriobacteriia
Parabacteroides
Tannerellaceae
c_actinobacteriac_actinobacteria
g_UBA1819g_UBA1819
g_incertae_sedisg_incertae_sedis

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Experiment 2


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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Men without cardiovascular disease
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Women without cardiovascular disease
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Women without cardiovascular disease, and enrolled in the ONCOVER study
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
242
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
87

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
unchanged
Richness Number of species
unchanged
Faith Phylogenetic diversity, takes into account phylogenetic distance of all taxa identified in a sample
unchanged

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Source: Fig. 2 B

Description: Differently abundant taxa in non‑CVD patients according to sex, based on LEfSe analysis

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Women without cardiovascular disease

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Bacteroidales
Bacteroidia
Bacteroidota
Collinsella
Coriobacteriaceae

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Source: Fig. 2 B

Description: Differently abundant taxa in non‑CVD patients according to sex, based on LEfSe analysis

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Women without cardiovascular disease

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Akkermansia
Akkermansiaceae
Bacillota
Christensenellaceae
Christensenellales
Oscillospiraceae
Verrucomicrobiia
Verrucomicrobiales
Verrucomicrobiota
Christensenellaceae_R_7_groupChristensenellaceae_R_7_group

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Experiment 3


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Curated date: 2024/01/24

Curator: Andre

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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Men with coronary heart disease (CHD)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Men with coronary heart disease, and enrolled in the CORDIOPREV study.
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
567

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

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
Richness Number of species
unchanged
Faith Phylogenetic diversity, takes into account phylogenetic distance of all taxa identified in a sample
unchanged

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Source: Fig. 4

Description: Linear discriminant analysis between CHD patients and non‑CVD subjects in Men

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Men with coronary heart disease (CHD)

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Acidaminococcaceae
Acidaminococcales
Actinomycetota
Akkermansia
Akkermansiaceae
Bacilli
Bacillota
Candidatus Saccharimonadales
Candidatus Saccharimonadia
Clostridia
Coriobacteriales
Coriobacteriia
Desulfovibrionaceae
Desulfovibrionales
Desulfovibrionia
Enterobacterales
Enterobacteriaceae
Escherichia
Haemophilus
Lactobacillaceae
Lactobacillales
Lactobacillus
Negativicutes
Oscillospiraceae
Pasteurellaceae
Pasteurellales
Patescibacteria group
Phascolarctobacterium
Roseburia
Selenomonadales
Shigella
Streptococcaceae
Streptococcus
Subdoligranulum
Thermodesulfobacteriota
Veillonella
Veillonellaceae
Veillonellales
Verrucomicrobiales
g_NK4A214_groupg_NK4A214_group
f_clostridia_UCG_014f_clostridia_UCG_014
g_clostridia_UCG_014g_clostridia_UCG_014
o_clostridia_UCG_014o_clostridia_UCG_014
g_Eubacterium_coprostanoligenesg_Eubacterium_coprostanoligenes
f_Eubacterium_coprostanoligenesf_Eubacterium_coprostanoligenes
g_UCG_002g_UCG_002
oscillospiralesoscillospirales

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Source: Figure 4

Description: Linear discriminant analysis between CHD patients and non‑CVD subjects in Men

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Men with coronary heart disease (CHD)

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Alistipes
Bacteroidaceae
Bacteroidales
Bacteroides
Bacteroidia
Bacteroidota
Barnesiella
Barnesiellaceae
Blautia
Burkholderiales
Butyricimonas
Coprobacter
Erysipelotrichales
Marinifilaceae
Odoribacter
Parabacteroides
Paraprevotella
Parasutterella
Peptostreptococcales
Pseudomonadota
Rikenellaceae
Ruminococcus
Sutterella
Sutterellaceae
Tannerellaceae
Thomasclavelia
Tissierellales
[Eubacterium] siraeum
g_unculturedg_uncultured

Revision editor(s): Andre, MyleeeA

Experiment 4


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Curated date: 2024/01/24

Curator: Andre

Revision editor(s): Andre

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Women without cardiovascular disease
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Women with coronary heart disease (CHD)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Women with coronary heart disease, and enrolled in the CORDIOPREV study
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
87
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
112

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

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
Richness Number of species
unchanged
Faith Phylogenetic diversity, takes into account phylogenetic distance of all taxa identified in a sample
unchanged

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Chloe on 2024-1-25

Curated date: 2024/01/24

Curator: Andre

Revision editor(s): Andre

Source: Figure 4

Description: Linear discriminant analysis between CHD patients and non‑CVD subjects in Women

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Women with coronary heart disease (CHD)

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Acidaminococcaceae
Acidaminococcales
Actinomycetota
Bacilli
Bilophila
Collinsella
Coriobacteriaceae
Coriobacteriales
Coriobacteriia
Desulfovibrionaceae
Desulfovibrionales
Desulfovibrionia
Enterobacterales
Enterobacteriaceae
Escherichia
Lactobacillaceae
Lactobacillales
Lactobacillus
Negativicutes
Phascolarctobacterium
Shigella
Streptococcaceae
Streptococcus
Thermodesulfobacteriota
Veillonella
g_incertae_sedisg_incertae_sedis
g_UBA1819g_UBA1819

Revision editor(s): Andre

Signature 2

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Curated date: 2024/01/24

Curator: Andre

Revision editor(s): Andre

Source: Figure 4

Description: Linear discriminant analysis between CHD patients and non‑CVD subjects in Women

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Women with coronary heart disease (CHD)

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Bacteroidales
Bacteroidia
Bacteroidota
Blautia
Burkholderiales
Butyricimonas
Erysipelotrichales
Marinifilaceae
Odoribacter
Parasutterella
Peptostreptococcales
Ruminococcus
Sutterellaceae
Tissierellales
[Eubacterium] siraeum
g_UCG_010g_UCG_010
f_UCG_010f_UCG_010
ErysipelatoclostridiaceaeErysipelatoclostridiaceae
g_unculturedg_uncultured

Revision editor(s): Andre