Lv Li-Juan, Wen Ji-Ying, Zhang Yue, Guo Ruo-Chun, Li Hui, Yi Zhou-Ting, He Tian-Wen, Chen Min-Chai, Chen Yang, Wu Xiao-Yan, Li Sheng-Hui, Kang Jian, Hou Ya-Ping, Yan Qiu-Long, Yin Ai-Hua
Medical Genetic Center, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
Department of Obstetrics, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
mSphere. 2024 Apr 23;9(4):e0067623. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00676-23. Epub 2024 Mar 20.
Preeclampsia (PE), a pregnancy-specific syndrome, has been associated with the gut bacteriome. Here, to investigate the impact of the gut virome on the development of PE, we identified over 8,000 nonredundant viruses from the fecal metagenomes of 40 early-onset PE and 37 healthy pregnant women and profiled their abundances. Comparison and correlation analysis showed that PE-enriched viruses frequently connected to species enriched in PE. By contrast, bacteria linked to PE-depleted viruses were often the Bacteroidaceae members such as spp., spp., spp., and . In terms of viral function, PE-depleted viruses had auxiliary metabolic genes that participated in the metabolism of simple and complex polysaccharides, sulfur metabolism, lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis, and peptidoglycan biosynthesis, while PE-enriched viruses had a gene encoding cyclic pyranopterin monophosphate synthase, which seemed to be special, that participates in the biosynthesis of the molybdenum cofactor. Furthermore, the classification model based on gut viral signatures was developed to discriminate PE patients from healthy controls and showed an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.922 that was better than that of the bacterium-based model. This study opens up new avenues for further research, providing valuable insights into the PE gut virome and offering potential directions for future mechanistic and therapeutic investigations, with the ultimate goal of improving the diagnosis and management of PE.IMPORTANCEThe importance of this study lies in its exploration of the previously overlooked but potentially critical role of the gut virome in preeclampsia (PE). While the association between PE and the gut bacteriome has been recognized, this research takes a pioneering step into understanding how the gut virome, represented by over 8,000 nonredundant viruses, contributes to this condition. The findings reveal intriguing connections between PE-enriched viruses and specific gut bacteria, such as the prevalence of species in individuals with PE, contrasting with bacteria linked to PE-depleted viruses, including members of the Bacteroidaceae family. These viral interactions and associations provide a deeper understanding of the complex dynamics at play in PE.
子痫前期(PE)是一种与妊娠相关的综合征,与肠道菌群有关。在此,为了研究肠道病毒组对PE发展的影响,我们从40例早发型PE孕妇和37例健康孕妇的粪便宏基因组中鉴定出8000多种非冗余病毒,并分析了它们的丰度。比较和相关性分析表明,富含PE的病毒经常与PE中富集的物种相关联。相比之下,与PE缺失病毒相关的细菌通常是拟杆菌科成员,如某某菌属、某某菌属、某某菌属和某某菌属。在病毒功能方面,PE缺失的病毒具有参与简单和复杂多糖代谢、硫代谢、脂多糖生物合成和肽聚糖生物合成的辅助代谢基因,而富含PE的病毒有一个编码环磷酸吡喃蝶呤合酶的基因,该基因似乎很特别,参与钼辅因子的生物合成。此外,基于肠道病毒特征建立的分类模型用于区分PE患者和健康对照,其受试者工作特征曲线下面积为0.922,优于基于细菌的模型。本研究为进一步研究开辟了新途径,为PE肠道病毒组提供了有价值的见解,并为未来的机制和治疗研究提供了潜在方向,最终目标是改善PE的诊断和管理。重要性本研究的重要性在于其探索了肠道病毒组在子痫前期(PE)中先前被忽视但可能至关重要的作用。虽然PE与肠道菌群之间的关联已得到认可,但这项研究迈出了开创性的一步,以了解由8000多种非冗余病毒代表的肠道病毒组如何导致这种情况。研究结果揭示了富含PE的病毒与特定肠道细菌之间有趣的联系,例如PE个体中某某菌属的流行情况,这与与PE缺失病毒相关的细菌形成对比,包括拟杆菌科家族成员。这些病毒相互作用和关联为深入了解PE中复杂的动态变化提供了帮助。
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