Li Kangjie, Liu Xinjing, Zhong Xiaohua, Zeng Haijiao, Liu Tian, Lin Bing, Chen Pinyi, Xie Biao, Zhong Xiaoni
School of Public Health, Research Center for Medicine and Social Development, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Hospital of Sichuan International Studies University, Chongqing, China.
mSphere. 2025 Jun 25:e0023225. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00232-25.
UNLABELLED: Gut microbiome of men who have sex with men (MSM) exhibits distinctive characteristics compared with general populations. The dysbiosis of the gut microbiome in MSM is also associated with the onset and evolution of HIV infection. Enterotype is an important feature of the gut microbiome and remains unaffected by demographic factors. However, the enterotypes of gut microbiome in MSM are unclear. The associations between enterotypes and high-risk sexual behaviors in this population also remain to be elucidated. HIV-negative MSM were recruited in this study. Fecal samples of the participants were collected and subjected to 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Enterotype clusters were determined by Jensen-Shannon divergence based on genus-level relative abundance. Microbial function predictions were conducted by PICRUSt2 software. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression approaches were utilized to analyze the associations of enterotypes with sexual behaviors. A three-category random forest machine learning model was performed to further examine the correlation between abundant microbiome in each enterotype cluster and anal sex roles. Two enterotype clusters were identified in our data sets, primarily driven by genera and . The alpha diversity was comparable between the two enterotype clusters. Microbial metabolic functions significantly differed, and multivariate logistic regression indicated a significant association between anal sex role and enterotype. The results of the three-category random forest model indicate that the dominant bacterial communities in gut enterotypes can effectively differentiate MSM who engage exclusively in receptive anal intercourse from those who engage in insertive or versatile anal intercourse (AUC: 0.6400, 0.6929, respectively). We identified two enterotype clusters of gut microbiome in HIV-negative MSM. Enterotypes of MSM were significantly associated with anal sex roles. These findings further highlight the close correlation between the gut microbiome and anal intercourse roles. IMPORTANCE: Our study's discovery that gut microbiome enterotypes are significantly associated with anal sex roles in HIV-negative MSM opens a new frontier in understanding the complex interplay between microbiology and sexual health. This finding underscores the urgency of delving into the mechanistic connections between the gut microbiome, sexual behaviors, and HIV infection. By identifying modifiable factors influencing gut microbiome composition, we have paved the way for developing personalized preventive strategies that could disrupt the transmission dynamics of HIV within this high-risk population. This research contributes to the fundamental understanding of the gut microbiome's role in the sexual health of MSM, making it a pivotal advancement in the fields of gut microbiome research and sexual health.
未标注:与普通人群相比,男男性行为者(MSM)的肠道微生物群具有独特特征。MSM肠道微生物群的失调也与HIV感染的发生和演变有关。肠型是肠道微生物群的一个重要特征,且不受人口统计学因素影响。然而,MSM肠道微生物群的肠型尚不清楚。该人群中肠型与高危性行为之间的关联也有待阐明。本研究招募了HIV阴性的MSM。收集参与者的粪便样本并进行16S rRNA基因测序。基于属水平的相对丰度,通过詹森-香农散度确定肠型聚类。使用PICRUSt2软件进行微生物功能预测。采用单变量和多变量逻辑回归方法分析肠型与性行为之间的关联。进行了一个三类随机森林机器学习模型,以进一步检验每个肠型聚类中丰富微生物群与肛交角色之间的相关性。在我们的数据集中识别出两个肠型聚类,主要由属 和 驱动。两个肠型聚类之间的α多样性相当。微生物代谢功能存在显著差异,多变量逻辑回归表明肛交角色与肠型之间存在显著关联。三类随机森林模型的结果表明,肠道肠型中的优势细菌群落能够有效区分仅进行接受式肛交的MSM和进行插入式或通用式肛交的MSM(AUC分别为0.6400和0.6929)。我们在HIV阴性的MSM中识别出肠道微生物群的两个肠型聚类。MSM的肠型与肛交角色显著相关。这些发现进一步突出了肠道微生物群与肛交角色之间的密切相关性。 重要性:我们的研究发现肠道微生物群肠型与HIV阴性MSM的肛交角色显著相关,这为理解微生物学与性健康之间的复杂相互作用开辟了一个新领域。这一发现强调了深入研究肠道微生物群、性行为和HIV感染之间机制联系的紧迫性。通过识别影响肠道微生物群组成的可改变因素,我们为制定个性化预防策略铺平了道路,这些策略可能会破坏HIV在这一高危人群中的传播动态。这项研究有助于从根本上理解肠道微生物群在MSM性健康中的作用,使其成为肠道微生物群研究和性健康领域的一项关键进展。
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