Nephrology & Infectious Diseases R & D Group, i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, INEB-Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.
Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Biomolecules. 2022 Jun 21;12(7):867. doi: 10.3390/biom12070867.
Vascular calcification (VC) is a frequent condition in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and a well-established risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Gut dysbiosis may contribute to CVD and inflammation in CKD patients. Nonetheless, the role of gut and blood microbiomes in CKD-associated VC remains unknown. Therefore, this pilot study aimed to explore the link between gut and blood microbiomes and VC in CKD patients on peritoneal dialysis (CKD-PD). Our results showed relative changes in specific taxa between CKD-PD patients with and without VC, namely Coprobacter, Coprococcus 3, Lactobacillus, and Eubacterium eligens group in the gut, and Cutibacterium, Pajaroellobacter, Devosia, Hyphomicrobium, and Pelomonas in the blood. An association between VC and all-cause mortality risk in CKD-PD patients was also observed, and patients with higher mortality risk corroborate the changes of Eubacterium eligens in the gut and Devosia genus in the blood. Although we did not find differences in uremic toxins, intestinal translocation markers, and inflammatory parameters among CKD-PD patients with and without VC, soluble CD14 (sCD14), a nonspecific marker of monocyte activation, positively correlated with VC severity. Therefore, gut Eubacterium eligens group, blood Devosia, and circulating sCD14 should be further explored as biomarkers for VC, CVD, and mortality risk in CKD.
血管钙化 (VC) 是慢性肾脏病 (CKD) 的常见病症,也是心血管疾病 (CVD) 发展的既定危险因素。肠道菌群失调可能导致 CKD 患者发生 CVD 和炎症。然而,肠道和血液微生物组在 CKD 相关 VC 中的作用尚不清楚。因此,本研究旨在探索腹膜透析 (CKD-PD) 患者的肠道和血液微生物组与 VC 之间的联系。我们的结果显示,CKD-PD 患者中存在 VC 与无 VC 患者之间的特定分类群发生了相对变化,即肠道中的 Coprobacter、Coprococcus 3、Lactobacillus 和 Eubacterium eligens 组,以及血液中的 Cutibacterium、Pajaroellobacter、Devosia、Hyphomicrobium 和 Pelomonas。还观察到 VC 与 CKD-PD 患者全因死亡率风险之间存在关联,并且死亡率较高的患者证实了肠道中 Eubacterium eligens 和血液中 Devosia 属的变化。尽管我们没有发现 VC 有无 CKD-PD 患者之间的尿毒症毒素、肠道通透性标志物和炎症参数存在差异,但单核细胞激活的非特异性标志物可溶性 CD14 (sCD14) 与 VC 严重程度呈正相关。因此,肠道 Eubacterium eligens 组、血液中的 Devosia 以及循环中的 sCD14 可能作为 VC、CVD 和 CKD 患者死亡风险的生物标志物进一步研究。