Gut Microbiota Alterations and Their Functional Differences in Depression According to Enterotypes in Asian Individuals

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Citation
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Authors
Park S, Li C, Wu X, Zhang T
Journal
International journal of molecular sciences
Year
2023
Keywords:
enterotype, glucose metabolism, gut microbiota, gut–brain axis, network analysis
This study aimed to investigate alterations in the gut microbiota of patients with depression compared to those in the gut microbiota of healthy individuals based on enterotypes as a classification framework. Fecal bacteria FASTA/Q samples from 333 Chinese participants, including 107 healthy individuals (Healthy group) and 226 individuals suffering from depression (DP group), were analyzed. The participants were classified into three enterotypes: Bacteroidaceae (ET-B), Lachnospiraceae (ET-L), and Prevotellaceae (ET-P). An α-diversity analysis revealed no significant differences in microbial diversity between the Healthy and DP groups across all enterotypes. However, there were substantial differences in the gut microbial composition for β-diversity, particularly within ET-L and ET-B. The DP group within ET-B exhibited a higher abundance of Proteobacteria, while a linear discriminant analysis (LDA) of the DP group showed an increased relative abundance of specific genera, such as Mediterraneibacter, Blautia, Bifidobacterium, and Clostridium. Within ET-L, Bifidobacterium, Blautia, Clostridium, Collinsella, and Corynebacterium were significantly higher in the DP group in the LDA and ANOVA-like differential expression-2 (ALDEx2) analyses. At the species level of ET-L, Blautia luti, Blautia provencensis, Blautia glucerasea, Clostridium innocuum, Clostridium porci, and Clostridium leptum were the primary bacteria in the DP group identified using the machine learning approach. A network analysis revealed a more tightly interconnected microbial community within ET-L than within ET-B. This suggests a potentially stronger functional relationship among the gut microbiota in ET-L. The metabolic pathways related to glucose metabolism, tryptophan and tyrosine metabolism, neurotransmitter metabolism, and immune-related functions showed strong negative associations with depression, particularly within ET-L. These findings provide insights into the gut-brain axis and its role in the pathogenesis of depression, thus contributing to our understanding of the underlying mechanisms in Asian individuals. Further research is warranted to explain the mechanistic links between gut microbiota and depression and to explore their potential for use in precision medicine interventions.

Experiment 1


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Curated date: 2024/03/09

Curator: Idiat

Revision editor(s): Idiat, Folakunmi, Aananditaa

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
Depressive disorder depression,melancholia,melancholias,mental depression,syndrome, depressive,syndromes, depressive,Depressive disorder,depressive disorder
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Healthy group
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Depressive group
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
patients with depressive disorder in the high bacteroidaceae enterotype (ET-B). Enterotypes were identified through PCA using gut microbiota from the collected fecal FASTA/Q files.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
45
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
84
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
None

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

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Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-20

Curated date: 2024/03/09

Curator: Idiat

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Source: Figure 2C

Description: Primary gut microbiota in Healthy and Depression groups in high bacteroidaceae enterotype (ET-B) using linear discriminant analysis (LDA) scores.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Depressive group

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Pseudescherichia vulneris
Petroclostridium xylanilyticum
[Clostridium] innocuum

Revision editor(s): Idiat, Welile, Folakunmi

Signature 2

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Curator: Idiat

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Source: Figure 2C

Description: Primary gut microbiota in Healthy and Depression groups in high bacteroidaceae enterotype (ET-B) using linear discriminant analysis (LDA) scores.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Depressive group

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Agathobacter rectalis
Agathobaculum butyriciproducens
Catonella massiliensis
Escherichia albertii
Eubacterium coprostanoligenes
Faecalibacillus intestinalis
Faecalibacterium hattorii
Gemmiger formicilis
Parasutterella excrementihominis
Ruminococcus bromii
Ruminococcus callidus
[Clostridium] colinum
Blautia intestinalis
Romboutsia maritimum

Revision editor(s): Idiat, Folakunmi, Aananditaa

Experiment 2


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Curated date: 2024/03/19

Curator: Folakunmi

Revision editor(s): Folakunmi, Aananditaa

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
patients with depression in the high lachnospiraceae enterotype (ET-L). Enterotypes were identified through PCA using gut microbiota from the collected fecal FASTA/Q files.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
47
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
127

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

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

Signature 1

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Source: figure 3D

Description: Primary gut microbiota in Healthy and DP groups at the species level in high lachnospiraceae enterotype (ET-L) using linear discriminant analysis (LDA) scores.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Depressive group

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Blautia provencensis
Blautia luti
Streptococcus thermophilus
Mediterraneibacter gnavus
Bifidobacterium longum
Blautia glucerasea
Collinsella aerofaciens
Thomasclavelia ramosa
Ruthenibacterium lactatiformans
Enterocloster bolteae
Eggerthella lenta
Dorea phocaeensis
Enterocloster clostridioformis
[Clostridium] innocuum
Mediterraneibacter massiliensis
Anaeromassilibacillus senegalensis
Anaerotignum faecicola
Streptococcus parasanguinis
Evtepia gabavorous
Flavonifractor plautii

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Source: figure 3D

Description: Primary gut microbiota in Healthy and DP groups at the species level in high lachnospiraceae enterotype (ET-L) using linear discriminant analysis (LDA) scores.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Depressive group

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Agathobacter rectalis
Agathobaculum butyriciproducens
Alistipes shahii
Anaerostipes faecalis
Bacteroides kribbi
Bacteroides uniformis
Bifidobacterium catenulatum
Blautia hominis
Blautia phocaeensis
Clostridium saudiense
Dialister massiliensis
Dorea longicatena
Eisenbergiella porci
Escherichia albertii
Eubacterium coprostanoligenes
Faecalibacillus intestinalis
Faecalibacterium hattorii
Gehongia tenuis
Gemmiger formicilis
Haemophilus parainfluenzae
Intestinimonas massiliensis (ex Afouda et al. 2020)
Enterocloster hominis (ex Hitch et al. 2024)
Lachnospira eligens
[Lactobacillus] rogosae
Marseillibacter massiliensis
Mediterraneibacter faecis
Parasutterella excrementihominis
Petroclostridium xylanilyticum
Phascolarctobacterium faecium
Phocaeicola massiliensis
Phocaeicola vulgatus
Pseudoflavonifractor gallinarum
Roseburia hominis
Roseburia inulinivorans
Ruminococcus bromii
Segatella hominis
Simiaoa hominis
Streptococcus periodonticum
Streptococcus salivarius
Vescimonas coprocola
Blautia intestinalis
Romboutsia maritimum

Revision editor(s): Folakunmi, Aananditaa

Experiment 3


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Curated date: 2024/03/20

Curator: Folakunmi

Revision editor(s): Folakunmi

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
patients with depressive disorder in the high prevotellaceae enterotype (ET-P). Enterotypes were identified through PCA using gut microbiota from the collected fecal FASTA/Q files.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
15
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
15

Lab analysis

16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V3-V4

Statistical Analysis

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