Department of Respiratory, Zhejiang Jinhua Guangfu Cancer Hospital, Jinhua 321000, Zhejiang, China.
Department of Psychiatry, Jinhua Second People’s Hospital, Jinhua 321000, Zhejiang, China.
Aging (Albany NY). 2024 Feb 12;16(4):3241-3256. doi: 10.18632/aging.205532.
This study aimed to explore the profile of gut microbiota and immunological state in COPD patients. 80 fecal and blood samples were collected from 40 COPD patients and 40 healthy controls (HC) and analyzed with 16s-rRNA gene sequencing and immunofactor omics analysis to investigate the profile of gut microbiota and immunologic factors (IFs). The linear discriminant analysis (LDA) effect size (LefSe) was used to determine the biomarker's taxa. The random forest and LASSO regression analysis were executed to screen IFs and develop an IFscore model. The correlation between gut microbiota and IFs, along with the IFscore and the diversity of gut microbiota, was evaluated with the Spearman analysis. The α and β diversity showed that the composition and distribution of gut microbiota in the COPD group differed from that of the HC group. 7 differential taxa at the phylum level and 17 differential taxa at the genus level were found. LefSe analysis screened out 5 biomarker's taxa. 32 differential IFs (up-regulated 27 IFs and down-regulated 5 IFs) were identified between two groups, and 5 IFs (CCL3, CXCL9, CCL7, IL2, IL4) were used to construct an IFscore model. The Spearman analysis revealed that 29 IFs were highly related to 5 biomarker's taxa and enriched in 16 pathways. Furthermore, the relationship between the IFscore and gut microbiota diversity was very close. The gut microbiota and IFs profile in COPD patients differed from that in healthy individuals. Gut microbiota was highly related to the immune status in COPD patients.
本研究旨在探讨 COPD 患者的肠道微生物群特征和免疫状态。从 40 名 COPD 患者和 40 名健康对照者(HC)中收集了 80 份粪便和血液样本,并进行了 16s-rRNA 基因测序和免疫因子组学分析,以研究肠道微生物群和免疫因子(IFs)的特征。使用线性判别分析(LDA)效应量(LefSe)确定生物标志物的分类群。执行随机森林和 LASSO 回归分析筛选 IFs 并开发 IFscore 模型。通过 Spearman 分析评估肠道微生物群与 IFs 之间的相关性,以及 IFscore 与肠道微生物群多样性之间的相关性。α和β多样性表明 COPD 组和 HC 组的肠道微生物群组成和分布存在差异。在门水平上发现了 7 个差异分类群,在属水平上发现了 17 个差异分类群。LefSe 分析筛选出 5 个生物标志物分类群。两组之间鉴定出 32 个差异 IF(上调 27 个 IF 和下调 5 个 IF),并使用 5 个 IF(CCL3、CXCL9、CCL7、IL2、IL4)构建 IFscore 模型。Spearman 分析表明,29 个 IFs 与 5 个生物标志物分类群高度相关,并富集于 16 条通路。此外,IFscore 与肠道微生物群多样性之间的关系非常密切。COPD 患者的肠道微生物群和 IFs 特征与健康个体不同。肠道微生物群与 COPD 患者的免疫状态高度相关。