Links between gut microbiome, metabolome, clinical variables and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease severity in bariatric patients

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Bacterial species and microbial pathways along with metabolites and clinical parameters may interact to contribute to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and disease severity. We used integrated machine learning models and a cross-validation approach to assess this interaction in bariatric patients.

METHODS: 113 patients undergoing bariatric surgery had clinical and biochemical parameters, blood and stool metabolite measurements as well as faecal shotgun metagenome sequencing to profile the intestinal microbiome. Liver histology was classified as normal liver obese (NLO; n = 30), simple steatosis (SS; n = 41) or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH; n = 42); fibrosis was graded F0 to F4.

RESULTS: We found that those with NASH versus NLO had an increase in potentially harmful E. coli, a reduction of potentially beneficial Alistipes putredinis and an increase in ALT and AST. There was higher serum glucose, faecal 3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-3-hydroxypropionic acid and faecal cholic acid and lower serum glycerophospholipids. In NAFLD, those with severe fibrosis (F3-F4) versus F0 had lower abundance of anti-inflammatory species (Eubacterium ventriosum, Alistipes finegoldii and Bacteroides dorei) and higher AST, serum glucose, faecal acylcarnitines, serum isoleucine and homocysteine as well as lower serum glycerophospholipids. Pathways involved with amino acid biosynthesis and degradation were significantly more represented in those with NASH compared to NLO, with severe fibrosis having an overall stronger significant association with Superpathway of menaquinol-10 biosynthesis and Peptidoglycan biosynthesis IV.

CONCLUSIONS: In bariatric patients, NASH and severe fibrosis were associated with specific bacterial species, metabolic pathways and metabolites that may contribute to NAFLD pathogenesis and disease severity.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 44(2024), 5 vom: 05. Apr., Seite 1176-1188

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schwenger, Katherine J P [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Divya [VerfasserIn]
Ghorbani, Yasaman [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Lou, Wendy [VerfasserIn]
Comelli, Elena M [VerfasserIn]
Fischer, Sandra E [VerfasserIn]
Jackson, Timothy D [VerfasserIn]
Okrainec, Allan [VerfasserIn]
Allard, Johane P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Fatty liver
Glucose
Glycerophospholipids
Hepatic fibrosis
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Journal Article
Metabolic pathways
Metagenome
Morbid obesity

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Date Completed 19.04.2024

Date Revised 19.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/liv.15864

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368431363