ArticleGenome medicine2022
Crohn's disease in endoscopic remission, obesity, and cases of high genetic risk demonstrates overlapping shifts in the colonic mucosal-luminal interface microbiome.
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- Crohn's disease in endoscopic remission, obesity, and cases of high genetic risk demonstrates overlapping shifts in the colonic mucosal-luminal interface microbiome.Genome medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundCrohn's disease (CD) patients demonstrate distinct intestinal microbial compositions and metabolic characteristics compared to unaffected controls. However, the impact of inflammation and underlying genetic risk on these microbial profiles and their relationship to disease phenotype are unclear. We used lavage sampling to characterize the colonic mucosal-luminal interface (MLI) microbiome of CD patients in endoscopic remission and unaffected controls relative to obesity, disease genetics, and phenotype.
methodsCecum and sigmoid colon were sampled from 110 non-CD controls undergoing screening colonoscopy who were stratified by body mass index and 88 CD patients in endoscopic remission (396 total samples). CD polygenic risk score (GRS) was calculated using 186 known CD variants. MLI pellets were analyzed by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing, and supernatants by untargeted liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.
resultsCD and obesity were each associated with decreased cecal and sigmoid MLI bacterial diversity and distinct bacterial composition compared to controls, including expansion of Escherichia/Shigella. Cecal and sigmoid dysbiosis indices for CD were significantly greater in obese controls than non-overweight controls. CD, but not obesity, was characterized by altered biogeographic relationship between the sigmoid and cecum. GRS was associated with select taxonomic shifts that overlapped with changes seen in CD compared to controls including Fusobacterium enrichment. Stricturing or penetrating Crohn's disease behavior was characterized by lower MLI bacterial diversity and altered composition, including reduced Faecalibacterium, compared to uncomplicated CD. Taxonomic profiles including reduced Parasutterella were associated with clinical disease progression over a mean follow-up of 3.7 years. Random forest classifiers using MLI bacterial abundances could distinguish disease state (area under the curve (AUC) 0.93), stricturing or penetrating Crohn's disease behavior (AUC 0.82), and future clinical disease progression (AUC 0.74). CD patients showed alterations in the MLI metabolome including increased cholate:deoxycholate ratio compared to controls.
conclusionsObesity, CD in endoscopic remission, and high CD genetic risk have overlapping colonic mucosal-luminal interface (MLI) microbiome features, suggesting a shared microbiome contribution to CD and obesity which may be influenced by genetic factors. Microbial profiling during endoscopic remission predicted Crohn's disease behavior and progression, supporting that MLI sampling could offer unique insight into CD pathogenesis and provide novel prognostic biomarkers.
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