Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Institute for Microbial Ecology, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2023 Jan 5;12:1086885. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.1086885. eCollection 2022.
OBJECTIVE: Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a novel microbial treatment for patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). In this study, we performed a clinical trial of capsulized FMT in UC patients to determine the association between the gut fungal community and capsulized FMT outcomes. DESIGN: This study recruited patients with active UC (N = 22) and healthy individuals (donor, N = 9) according to the criteria. The patients received capsulized FMT three times a week. Patient stool samples were collected before (week 0) and after FMT follow-up visits at weeks 1, 4, and 12. Fungal communities were analysed using shotgun metagenomic sequencing. RESULTS: According to metagenomic analysis, fungal community evenness index was greater in samples collected from patients, and the overall fungal community was clustered among the samples collected from donors. The dominant fungi in fecal samples collected from donors and patients were and . However, capsulized FMT ameliorated microbial fungal diversity and altered fungal composition, based on metagenomic analysis of fecal samples collected before and during follow-up visits after capsulized FMT. Fungal diversity decreased in samples collected from patients who achieved remission after capsulized FMT, similar to samples collected from donors. Patients achieving remission after capsulized FMT had specific enrichment of , , , and compared with patients who did not achieve remission. In addition, the relative abundance of was higher in remission fecal samples during the follow-up visit. Meanwhile, decreased levels of pathobionts, such as and , were associated with remission in patients receiving capsulized FMT. CONCLUSION: In the metagenomic analysis of fecal samples from donors and patients with UC receiving capsulized FMT, shifts in gut fungal diversity and composition were associated with capsulized FMT and validated in patients with active UC. We also identified the specific fungi associated with the induction of remission. ClinicalTrails.gov (NCT03426683).
目的:粪便微生物移植(FMT)是一种治疗溃疡性结肠炎(UC)患者的新型微生物治疗方法。在这项研究中,我们对 UC 患者进行了胶囊化 FMT 的临床试验,以确定肠道真菌群落与胶囊化 FMT 结果之间的关联。
设计:本研究根据标准招募了活动期 UC 患者(N=22)和健康个体(供体,N=9)。患者每周接受三次胶囊化 FMT。在 FMT 随访就诊前(第 0 周)和就诊后第 1、4 和 12 周采集患者粪便样本。使用 shotgun 宏基因组测序分析真菌群落。
结果:根据宏基因组分析,患者样本中的真菌群落均匀度指数更高,并且来自供体的样本中整体真菌群落聚类。供体和患者粪便样本中的优势真菌分别为 和 。然而,基于胶囊化 FMT 前后粪便样本的宏基因组分析,胶囊化 FMT 改善了微生物真菌多样性并改变了真菌组成。接受胶囊化 FMT 后缓解的患者样本中的真菌多样性降低,与供体样本相似。与未缓解的患者相比,接受胶囊化 FMT 后缓解的患者中 、 、 和 特异性富集。此外,在胶囊化 FMT 随访期间缓解的粪便样本中 的相对丰度更高。同时,接受胶囊化 FMT 的患者中,pathobionts(如 和 )的相对丰度降低与缓解相关。
结论:在接受胶囊化 FMT 的 UC 患者和供体的粪便样本宏基因组分析中,肠道真菌多样性和组成的变化与胶囊化 FMT 相关,并在活动期 UC 患者中得到验证。我们还确定了与诱导缓解相关的特定真菌。ClinicalTrials.gov(NCT03426683)。
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