Gut Dysbiosis and Its Associations with Gut Microbiota-Derived Metabolites in Dogs with Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease
Gut dysbiosis and gut microbiota-derived metabolites, including bile acid (BA), short-chain fatty acid, and trimethylamine -oxide (TMAO), are associated with cardiovascular disease. Canine myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is a model for human MMVD. The aim of the study is to evaluate gut micro...
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Published in | mSystems Vol. 6; no. 2 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
American Society for Microbiology
20.04.2021
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Summary: | Gut dysbiosis and gut microbiota-derived metabolites, including bile acid (BA), short-chain fatty acid, and trimethylamine
-oxide (TMAO), are associated with cardiovascular disease. Canine myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is a model for human MMVD. The aim of the study is to evaluate gut microbial dysbiosis and its relationship with gut-produced metabolites in dogs with MMVD. Fecal samples from 92 privately owned dogs, including 17 healthy, 23 and 27 asymptomatic MMVD dogs without (stage B1) and with (stage B2) secondary cardiac enlargement, respectively, and 25 MMVD dogs with history of congestive heart failure (stage C or D), were analyzed by 16S rRNA sequencing. Alpha and beta diversities were different between healthy and MMVD dogs (adjusted
< 0.05). The average dysbiosis indexes were -1.48, -0.6, 0.01, and 1.47 for healthy, B1, B2, and C/D dogs, respectively (
= 0.07). Dysbiosis index was negatively correlated with
(
< 0.0001,
= -0.79).
, capable of trimethylamine production in the gut, had an increased abundance (adjusted
< 0.05) and may be responsible for the increased circulating TMAO levels in stage B2 and C/D MMVD dogs. Primary and secondary BAs showed opposite associations with
, a key BA converter (
< 0.0001 for both,
= -0.94 and 0.95, respectively). Secondary BAs appeared to promote the growth of
and
but inhibit that of
Multivariate analysis revealed significant but weak associations between gut microbiota and several circulating metabolites, including short-chain acylcarnitines and TMAO.
Our study expands the current "gut hypothesis" to include gut dysbiosis at the preclinical stage, prior to the onset of heart failure. Gut dysbiosis index increases in proportion to the severity of myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) and is inversely associated with
, a key bile acid (BA) converter in the gut. Secondary BAs appear to promote the growth of beneficial bacteria but inhibit that of harmful ones. An intricate interplay between gut microbiota, gut microbiota-produced metabolites, and MMVD pathophysiological progression is implicated. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Citation Li Q, Larouche-Lebel É, Loughran KA, Huh TP, Suchodolski JS, Oyama MA. 2021. Gut dysbiosis and its associations with gut microbiota-derived metabolites in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease. mSystems 6:e00111-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00111-21. |
ISSN: | 2379-5077 2379-5077 |
DOI: | 10.1128/MSYSTEMS.00111-21 |