Integrated Multi-Cohort Analysis of the Parkinson's Disease Gut Metagenome

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study design
Citation
PMID PubMed identifier for scientific articles.
DOI Digital object identifier for electronic documents.
URI
Authors
Boktor JC, Sharon G, Verhagen Metman LA, Hall DA, Engen PA, Zreloff Z, Hakim DJ, Bostick JW, Ousey J, Lange D, Humphrey G, Ackermann G, Carlin M, Knight R, Keshavarzian A, Mazmanian SK
Journal
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society
Year
2023
Keywords:
Parkinson's disease, dysbiosis, gut microbiome, microbial metabolism, shotgun metagenomics
BACKGROUND: The gut microbiome is altered in several neurologic disorders, including Parkinson's disease (PD). OBJECTIVES: The aim is to profile the fecal gut metagenome in PD for alterations in microbial composition, taxon abundance, metabolic pathways, and microbial gene products, and their relationship with disease progression. METHODS: Shotgun metagenomic sequencing was conducted on 244 stool donors from two independent cohorts in the United States, including individuals with PD (n = 48, n = 47, respectively), environmental household controls (HC, n = 29, n = 30), and community population controls (PC, n = 41, n = 49). Microbial features consistently altered in PD compared to HC and PC subjects were identified. Data were cross-referenced to public metagenomic data sets from two previous studies in Germany and China to determine generalizable microbiome features. RESULTS: We find several significantly altered taxa between PD and controls within the two cohorts sequenced in this study. Analysis across global cohorts returns consistent changes only in Intestinimonas butyriciproducens. Pathway enrichment analysis reveals disruptions in microbial carbohydrate and lipid metabolism and increased amino acid and nucleotide metabolism in PD. Global gene-level signatures indicate an increased response to oxidative stress, decreased cellular growth and microbial motility, and disrupted intercommunity signaling. CONCLUSIONS: A metagenomic meta-analysis of PD shows consistent and novel alterations in functional metabolic potential and microbial gene abundance across four independent studies from three continents. These data reveal that stereotypic changes in the functional potential of the gut microbiome are a consistent feature of PD, highlighting potential diagnostic and therapeutic avenues for future research. © 2023 The Authors. Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.

Experiment 1


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Curated date: 2024/03/10

Curator: Idiaru angela

Revision editor(s): Idiaru angela, Folakunmi

Subjects

Location of subjects
United States of America
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
Parkinson's disease IDIOPATHIC PARKINSON DIS,Idiopathic Parkinson Disease,Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease,IDIOPATHIC PARKINSONS DIS,Idiopathic PD,LEWY BODY PARKINSON DIS,Lewy Body Parkinson Disease,Lewy Body Parkinson's Disease,Paralysis agitans,paralysis agitans,PARKINSON DIS,PARKINSON DIS IDIOPATHIC,Parkinson disease,Parkinson Disease, Idiopathic,Parkinson syndrome,Parkinson's,Parkinson's disease,Parkinson's disease (disorder),Parkinson's disease NOS,Parkinson's disease NOS (disorder),Parkinson's Disease, Idiopathic,Parkinson's Disease, Lewy Body,Parkinson's syndrome,Parkinsonian disorder,Parkinsonism, Primary,Parkinsons,PARKINSONS DIS,PARKINSONS DIS IDIOPATHIC,PARKINSONS DIS LEWY BODY,Parkinsons disease,Primary Parkinsonism,parkinson's disease
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
HC: household controls
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
PD: individuals with Parkinson's disease
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
cohort 1: movement disorder specialists examined and confirmed the diagnosis of all PD participants at a baseline screening. Parkinsonian symptoms were assessed using the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) and Hoehn and Yahr (H&Y) staging scale. cohort 2: PD participants were self-identified, verifying that they had received a PD diagnosis from a qualified physician.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
56
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
88
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
12 weeks

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
WMS
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).
arcsine square-root
Statistical test
MaAsLin2
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.1
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
Yes

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

Signature 1

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Curator: Idiaru angela

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Source: Figure S2

Description: Summary of differential abundance results contrasting household controls and PD patients.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in PD: individuals with Parkinson's disease

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Verrucomicrobiota

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Signature 2

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Source: Figure S2

Description: Summary of differential abundance results contrasting household controls and PD patients.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in PD: individuals with Parkinson's disease

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Roseburia

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Experiment 2


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Curated date: 2024/03/10

Curator: Idiaru angela

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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
PC: healthy population controls without Parkinson's Disease
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
PD: Individuals with Parkinson's disease
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
cohort 1: movement disorder specialists examined and confirmed the diagnosis of all PD participants at a baseline screening. Parkinsonian symptoms were assessed using the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) and Hoehn and Yahr (H&Y) staging scale. cohort 2: PD participants were self-identified, verifying that they had received a PD diagnosis from a qualified physician.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
83

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study
age, body mass index, race, sex

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

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-4-5

Curated date: 2024/03/11

Curator: Idiaru angela

Revision editor(s): Idiaru angela, Folakunmi

Source: Figure 2 & figure S2

Description: Summary of differential abundance results contrasting healthy population controls and PD patients.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in PD: Individuals with Parkinson's disease

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Actinomycetota
Eisenbergiella
Eisenbergiella tayi
Ruthenibacterium
Ruthenibacterium lactatiformans

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Signature 2

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-4-5

Curated date: 2024/03/11

Curator: Idiaru angela

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Source: Figure 2 & figure S2

Description: Summary of differential abundance results contrasting healthy population controls and PD patients.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in PD: Individuals with Parkinson's disease

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Faecalibacterium prausnitzii
Firmicutes bacterium CAG:95
Lachnospira eligens
Faecalibacterium
Butyrivibrio

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