Elevated Systemic Levels of Markers Reflecting Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction and Inflammasome Activation Are Correlated in Severe Mental Illness

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BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS: Gut microbiota alterations have been reported in severe mental illness (SMI) but fewer studies have probed for signs of gut barrier disruption and inflammation. We hypothesized that gut leakage of microbial products due to intestinal inflammation could contribute to systemic inflammasome activation in SMI.

STUDY DESIGN: We measured plasma levels of the chemokine CCL25 and soluble mucosal vascular addressin cell adhesion molecule-1 (sMAdCAM-1) as markers of T cell homing, adhesion and inflammation in the gut, lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP) and intestinal fatty acid binding protein (I-FABP) as markers of bacterial translocation and gut barrier dysfunction, in a large SMI cohort (n = 567) including schizophrenia (SCZ, n = 389) and affective disorder (AFF, n = 178), relative to healthy controls (HC, n = 418). We assessed associations with plasma IL-18 and IL-18BPa and leukocyte mRNA expression of NLRP3 and NLRC4 as markers of inflammasome activation.

STUDY RESULTS: Our main findings were: (1) higher levels of sMAdCAM-1 (P = .002), I-FABP (P = 7.6E-11), CCL25 (P = 9.6E-05) and LBP (P = 2.6E-04) in SMI compared to HC in age, sex, BMI, CRP and freezer storage time adjusted analysis; (2) the highest levels of sMAdCAM-1 and CCL25 (both P = 2.6E-04) were observed in SCZ and I-FABP (P = 2.5E-10) and LBP (3) in AFF; and (3), I-FABP correlated with IL-18BPa levels and LBP correlated with NLRC4.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings support that intestinal barrier inflammation and dysfunction in SMI could contribute to systemic inflammation through inflammasome activation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49

Enthalten in:

Schizophrenia bulletin - 49(2023), 3 vom: 03. Mai, Seite 635-645

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jensen, Søren B [VerfasserIn]
Sheikh, Mashhood A [VerfasserIn]
Akkouh, Ibrahim A [VerfasserIn]
Szabo, Attila [VerfasserIn]
O'Connell, Kevin S [VerfasserIn]
Lekva, Tove [VerfasserIn]
Engh, John A [VerfasserIn]
Agartz, Ingrid [VerfasserIn]
Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn [VerfasserIn]
Ormerod, Monica B E G [VerfasserIn]
Weibell, Melissa A [VerfasserIn]
Johnsen, Erik [VerfasserIn]
Kroken, Rune A [VerfasserIn]
Melle, Ingrid [VerfasserIn]
Drange, Ole K [VerfasserIn]
Nærland, Terje [VerfasserIn]
Vaaler, Arne E [VerfasserIn]
Westlye, Lars T [VerfasserIn]
Aukrust, Pål [VerfasserIn]
Djurovic, Srdjan [VerfasserIn]
Eiel Steen, Nils [VerfasserIn]
Andreassen, Ole A [VerfasserIn]
Ueland, Thor [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Affective disorder
Inflammasome
Inflammasomes
Intestinal fatty acid binding protein
Journal Article
Lipopolysaccharide binding protein
Mucosal vascular addressin cell adhesion molecule-1
Schizophrenia

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Date Completed 04.05.2023

Date Revised 04.12.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/schbul/sbac191

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349747180