Guo Tao, Chang Lei, Huang Pan-Wang, Yao Jin-Ping, Zhang Yi-Chen, Ren Chun-Yan, Bao Chuan-Qing
Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China.
Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2025 Aug 8;104(32):e42698. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000042698.
Although an established correlation between gut microbiota (GM) and Behçet syndrome exists, the potential mediating involvement of plasma metabolites remains unclear. Using the most recent statistical data from genome-wide association studies conducted in 2024, we investigated the causal relationships between 473 GM taxa, 233 circulating metabolites, and Behçet syndrome (Behçet disease [BD]) through a 2-sample Mendelian randomization approach. This analysis was further supported by incorporating transcriptome and metagenomic data related to BD. A 2-step methodology was employed to evaluate the extent to which the effect of GM on BD is mediated through plasma metabolites. These results were subsequently validated in a separate validation set. Our Mendelian randomization results demonstrated correlations between various GM and the risk of Behçet syndrome. The potential link between GM and BD risk may be mediated through plasma circulating metabolite levels. Specifically, for every standard deviation, an increase in the abundance of Turicibacter sp001543345 was correlated with a 403% increase in BD risk (odds ratio : 5.03 [95% confidence interval, 1.77-14.25]). Meanwhile, the cholesteryl esters to total lipids ratio in large very low-density lipoprotein and the total cholesterol to total lipids ratio in very large very low-density lipoprotein increased by 4%. The proportion of indirect effects is 3.026% and 3.338%, respectively. Our study established a causal link between distinct GM and BD and quantified the proportion of effects mediated through plasma metabolites. These findings provide further insights for the treatment of BD.
尽管肠道微生物群(GM)与白塞病之间已确立存在关联,但血浆代谢物潜在的中介作用仍不清楚。利用2024年进行的全基因组关联研究的最新统计数据,我们通过两样本孟德尔随机化方法研究了473种GM分类群、233种循环代谢物与白塞病(BD)之间的因果关系。通过纳入与BD相关的转录组和宏基因组数据,进一步支持了该分析。采用两步法来评估GM对BD的影响通过血浆代谢物介导的程度。这些结果随后在一个单独的验证集中得到验证。我们的孟德尔随机化结果表明,各种GM与白塞病风险之间存在相关性。GM与BD风险之间的潜在联系可能通过血浆循环代谢物水平介导。具体而言,每增加一个标准差,Turicibacter sp001543345丰度的增加与BD风险增加403%相关(优势比:5.03 [95%置信区间,1.77 - 14.25])。同时,大极低密度脂蛋白中的胆固醇酯与总脂质比率以及超大极低密度脂蛋白中的总胆固醇与总脂质比率增加了4%。间接效应的比例分别为3.026%和3.338%。我们的研究建立了不同GM与BD之间的因果联系,并量化了通过血浆代谢物介导的效应比例。这些发现为BD的治疗提供了进一步的见解。
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