Comparison of the Fecal Bacteriome of HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Older Adults

HIV infection is considered a scenario of accelerated aging. Previous studies have suggested a link between aging, frailty, and gut dysbiosis, but there is a knowledge gap regarding the HIV population. Our objective was to compare the fecal bacteriome of older people with HIV (PWH) and non-HIV controls, and to assess potential links between gut dysbiosis and frailty. A total of 36 fecal samples (24 from PWH and 12 from non-HIV controls) were submitted to a metataxonomic analysis targeting the V3-V4 hypervariable region of the 16S rRNA gene. High-quality reads were assembled and classified into operational taxonomic units. Alpha diversity, assessed using the Shannon index, was higher in the control group than in the HIV group (p < 0.05). The relative abundance of the genus Blautia was higher in the HIV group (p < 0.001). The presence of Blautia was also higher in PWH with depression (p = 0.004), whereas the opposite was observed for the genus Bifidobacterium (p = 0.004). Our study shows shifts in the composition of the PWH bacteriome when compared to that of healthy controls. To our knowledge, this is the first study suggesting a potential link between depression and gut dysbiosis in the HIV population.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Biomedicines - 11(2023), 8 vom: 19. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sánchez-Conde, Matilde [VerfasserIn]
Alba, Claudio [VerfasserIn]
Castro, Irma [VerfasserIn]
Dronda, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Ramírez, Margarita [VerfasserIn]
Arroyo, Rebeca [VerfasserIn]
Moreno, Santiago [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez, Juan Miguel [VerfasserIn]
Brañas, Fátima [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aging
Depression
Dysbiosis
Frailty
Gut microbiome
HIV
Journal Article

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Date Revised 28.08.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/biomedicines11082305

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361249845