Immunoregulatory role of the gut microbiota in inflammatory depression

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Authors
Liu P, Liu Z, Wang J, Wang J, Gao M, Zhang Y, Yang C, Zhang A, Li G, Li X, Liu S, Liu L, Sun N, Zhang K
Journal
Nature communications
Year
2024
Inflammatory depression is a treatment-resistant subtype of depression. A causal role of the gut microbiota as a source of low-grade inflammation remains unclear. Here, as part of an observational trial, we first analyze the gut microbiota composition in the stool, inflammatory factors and short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) in plasma, and inflammatory and permeability markers in the intestinal mucosa of patients with inflammatory depression (ChiCTR1900025175). Gut microbiota of patients with inflammatory depression exhibits higher Bacteroides and lower Clostridium, with an increase in SCFA-producing species with abnormal butanoate metabolism. We then perform fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) and probiotic supplementation in animal experiments to determine the causal role of the gut microbiota in inflammatory depression. After FMT, the gut microbiota of the inflammatory depression group shows increased peripheral and central inflammatory factors and intestinal mucosal permeability in recipient mice with depressive and anxiety-like behaviors. Clostridium butyricum administration normalizes the gut microbiota, decreases inflammatory factors, and displays antidepressant-like effects in a mouse model of inflammatory depression. These findings suggest that inflammatory processes derived from the gut microbiota can be involved in neuroinflammation of inflammatory depression.

Experiment 1


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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 , Blood , Colonic mucosa 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,Portion of blood,Vertebrate blood,Whole blood,Blood,blood,Colon mucosa,Colon mucous membrane,Colonic mucosa,Colonic mucous membrane,Large bowel mucosa,Mucosa of colon,Mucosa of large bowel,colonic mucosa
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,Major depressive disorder
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
healthy controls (HCs)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Major depressive disorder (MDD)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients who had Major depressive disorder (MDD)
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
85
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
85
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
three months

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
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
2.0

Alpha Diversity

Pielou Quantifies how equal the community is numerically
unchanged
Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
increased
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
unchanged
Richness Number of species
increased
Faith Phylogenetic diversity, takes into account phylogenetic distance of all taxa identified in a sample
increased

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Source: FIG 1 (C)

Description: A linear discriminant analysis (LDA) effect size (LEfSe) between MDD patients and HCs

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Major depressive disorder (MDD)

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Micromonosporaceae
Adlercreutzia
Thermoleophilia
Rhodospirillales
Acidobacteriota
Rhodospirillaceae
Myxococcales
Anaerolineae
Ellin6529Ellin6529
iiil_15iiil_15

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Experiment 2


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Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
non-inflammatory depression
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients who belongs to non-inflammatory depression group
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
128
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
43

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
2.72


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Source: FIG 3 (A1)

Description: The LEfSe analysis was performed among three groups and found that compared with Non-inflammatory depression group and HCs.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in non-inflammatory depression

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Bacillota
Clostridia
Eubacteriales
Faecalibacterium
Haemophilus
Oscillospiraceae
Pasteurellaceae
Pasteurellales

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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
inflammatory depression
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients who belongs to inflammatory depression group
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
42

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

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Source: FIG 3 (A1)

Description: The LEfSe analysis was performed among three groups and found that compared with inflammatory depression group and HCs.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in inflammatory depression

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Aquincola
Bacteroidaceae
Bacteroidales
Bacteroides
Bacteroidia
Brevundimonas
Candidatus Entotheonella sp.
Candidatus Xiphinematobacter
Chlamydia
Chlamydiota
Chloroflexia
Erythrobacteraceae
Gaiella
Kaistibacter
Lactococcus
Micromonosporaceae
Nakamurellaceae
Noviherbaspirillum malthae
Peniophoraceae
Skermanella
Steroidobacter
Woodsholea
Ellin517Ellin517
OM190OM190
MVS_107MVS_107
CL_500_15CL_500_15
C0119C0119
DS_100DS_100
N31jN31j
SHA 20SHA 20
TM6TM6
0319_6E20319_6E2
BSV26BSV26
Streptosporangiaceae

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Experiment 4


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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
non-inflammatory depression
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients who belongs to the inflammatory depression group
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
43

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
2.45


Signature 1

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Source: FIG 3 (A1)

Description: The LEfSe analysis was performed among three groups and found that compared with inflammatory depression group and Non-inflammatory depression group.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in inflammatory depression

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Bacteroidaceae
Bacteroidales
Bacteroides
Bacteroidia
Haemophilus
Lactococcus
Parabacteroides
Porphyromonadaceae
Promicromonosporaceae
Solirubrobacter
Xanthobacteraceae
PRR_10PRR_10
SHA_20SHA_20
XG30_KF_CM45XG30_KF_CM45

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Source: FIG 3 (A2)

Description: The LEfSe analysis was performed among three groups and found that compared with Non-inflammatory depression group and inflammatory depression group.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in inflammatory depression

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Bacillota
Clostridia
Eubacteriales
Faecalibacterium
Oscillospiraceae
Clostridiaceae
Haemophilus
Pasteurellaceae
Pasteurellales

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Subjects

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
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
healthy controls (HCs)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients who belongs to inflammatory depression group
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
20
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
20

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
WMS
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
Not specified

Statistical Analysis

LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
2.0


Signature 1

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Source: FIG 3 (C)

Description: The LEfSe analysis between gut microbiota of inflammatory depression group (n = 20) and HCs (n = 20).

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in inflammatory depression

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Clostridium sp. CAG:138
Actinomyces bouchesdurhonensis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Mogibacterium diversum
Schaalia odontolytica
Actinomyces graevenitzii
Streptococcus parasanguinis
Solobacterium moorei
Actinomyces sp. ICM47

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Experiment 6


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Subjects

Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Mus musculus
Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology
Feces , Blood , Colonic mucosa , Brain 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,Portion of blood,Vertebrate blood,Whole blood,Blood,blood,Colon mucosa,Colon mucous membrane,Colonic mucosa,Colonic mucous membrane,Large bowel mucosa,Mucosa of colon,Mucosa of large bowel,colonic mucosa,Encephalon,Suprasegmental levels of nervous system,Suprasegmental structures,Synganglion,The brain,Brain,brain
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
healthy control (HC)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
high-inflammatory
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Mice classified into the high-inflammatory group
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
7
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
V3-V4

Statistical Analysis

LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
4.31

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

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Source: FIG 4 (D3)

Description: The LEfSe analysis between the High-inflammatory group(Mice) and HC group(Mice).

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in high-inflammatory

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Bacteroidaceae
Bacteroides
Enterobacteriaceae
Gammaproteobacteria
Shigella
Enterobacterales
Pseudomonadota

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Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
low-inflammatory
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
8

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

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Source: FIG 4 (D3)

Description: The LEfSe analysis between the High-inflammatory group(Mice) and Low-inflammatory group(Mice).

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in high-inflammatory

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Bacteroidaceae
Bacteroides
Enterobacteriaceae
Gammaproteobacteria
Shigella
Pseudomonadota
Enterobacterales

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Signature 2

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Source: FIG 4 (D3)

Description: The LEfSe analysis between the High-inflammatory group(Mice) and Low-inflammatory group(Mice).

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in high-inflammatory

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S24_7S24_7
Lachnospiraceae
Desulfovibrio

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Experiment 8


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Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
blank group
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
9

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

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Source: FIG 4 (D3)

Description: The LEfSe analysis between the High-inflammatory group(Mice) and Blank group(Mice).

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in high-inflammatory

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Bacteroidaceae
Bacteroides
Enterobacteriaceae
Gammaproteobacteria
Shigella
Enterobacterales
Pseudomonadota

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Signature 2

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Source: FIG 4 (D3)

Description: The LEfSe analysis between the High-inflammatory group(Mice) and Blank group(Mice).

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in high-inflammatory

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Allobaculum
Erysipelotrichaceae
Erysipelotrichales
Turicibacter
Turicibacteraceae
TuricibacteralesTuricibacterales
Erysipelotrichia

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Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
High inflammatory
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Clostridium butyricum (CB)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Mice classified into the Clostridium butyricum (CB)group
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
7
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
7

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

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
4.22

Alpha Diversity

Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
increased

Signature 1

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Source: FIG 6 (C)

Description: The LEfSe analysis between the CB group (Mice) and High-inflammatory group(Mice).

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Clostridium butyricum (CB)

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Clostridia
Eubacteriales
Bacillota
Lachnospiraceae
Oscillospiraceae
Desulfovibrio
Deltaproteobacteria

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Signature 2

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Source: FIG 6 (C)

Description: The LEfSe analysis between the CB group (Mice) and High-inflammatory group(Mice).

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Clostridium butyricum (CB)

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Gammaproteobacteria
Pseudomonadota
Bacteroidaceae
Bacteroides
Enterobacteriaceae
Enterobacterales
Shigella
Butyricimonas
Odoribacteraceae

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Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Normal saline (NS)
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
6

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
unchanged

Signature 1

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Source: FIG 6 (C)

Description: The LEfSe analysis between the CB group (Mice) and NS group(Mice).

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Clostridium butyricum (CB)

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Clostridia
Eubacteriales
Bacillota
Oscillospiraceae
Lachnospiraceae
Desulfovibrio
Deltaproteobacteria

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Signature 2

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Source: FIG 6 (C)

Description: The LEfSe analysis between the CB group (Mice) and NS group(Mice).

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Clostridium butyricum (CB)

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Bacteroidales
Bacteroidia
S24_7S24_7

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