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Ramaboli MC, Ocvirk S, Khan Mirzaei M, Eberhart BL, Valdivia-Garcia M, Metwaly A, Neuhaus K, Barker G, Ru J, Nesengani LT, Mahdi-Joest D, Wilson AS, Joni SK, Layman DC, Zheng J, Mandal R, Chen Q, Perez MR, Fortuin S, Gaunt B, Wishart D, Methé B, Haller D, Li JV, Deng L, Swart R, O'Keefe SJD. Diet changes due to urbanization in South Africa are linked to microbiome and metabolome signatures of Westernization and colorectal cancer. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3379. [PMID: 38643180 PMCID: PMC11032404 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46265-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/22/2024] Open
Abstract
Transition from traditional high-fiber to Western diets in urbanizing communities of Sub-Saharan Africa is associated with increased risk of non-communicable diseases (NCD), exemplified by colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. To investigate how urbanization gives rise to microbial patterns that may be amenable by dietary intervention, we analyzed diet intake, fecal 16 S bacteriome, virome, and metabolome in a cross-sectional study in healthy rural and urban Xhosa people (South Africa). Urban Xhosa individuals had higher intakes of energy (urban: 3,578 ± 455; rural: 2,185 ± 179 kcal/d), fat and animal protein. This was associated with lower fecal bacteriome diversity and a shift from genera favoring degradation of complex carbohydrates (e.g., Prevotella) to taxa previously shown to be associated with bile acid metabolism and CRC. Urban Xhosa individuals had higher fecal levels of deoxycholic acid, shown to be associated with higher CRC risk, but similar short-chain fatty acid concentrations compared with rural individuals. Fecal virome composition was associated with distinct gut bacterial communities across urbanization, characterized by different dominant host bacteria (urban: Bacteriodota; rural: unassigned taxa) and variable correlation with fecal metabolites and dietary nutrients. Food and skin microbiota samples showed compositional differences along the urbanization gradient. Rural-urban dietary transition in South Africa is linked to major changes in the gut microbiome and metabolome. Further studies are needed to prove cause and identify whether restoration of specific components of the traditional diet will arrest the accelerating rise in NCDs in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Affiliation(s)
- M C Ramaboli
- African Microbiome Institute, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Intestinal Microbiology Research Group, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam, Germany
- ZIEL - Institute for Food and Health, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Centre Munich - German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Chair of Microbial Disease Prevention, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Section of Nutrition, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Chair of Nutrition and Immunology, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Core Facility Microbiome, ZIEL - Institute for Food and Health, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Section of Nutrition, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Centre Munich - German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Chair of Microbial Disease Prevention, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Intestinal Microbiology Research Group, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam, Germany
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
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- The Metabolomics Innovation Centre & Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- The Metabolomics Innovation Centre & Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Section of Nutrition, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- African Microbiome Institute, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Zithulele Hospital, Mqanduli District, Mqanduli, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
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- The Metabolomics Innovation Centre & Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Center for Medicine and the Microbiome, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- ZIEL - Institute for Food and Health, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
- Chair of Nutrition and Immunology, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Section of Nutrition, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Centre Munich - German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Chair of Microbial Disease Prevention, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
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- African Microbiome Institute, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Elshorbagy AK, Valdivia-Garcia M, Graham IM, Palma Reis R, Sales Luis A, Smith AD, Refsum H. The association of fasting plasma sulfur-containing compounds with BMI, serum lipids and apolipoproteins. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2012; 22:1031-1038. [PMID: 21550220 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2011.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2010] [Revised: 11/27/2010] [Accepted: 01/04/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Sulfur amino acids are recognized as potent modulators of lipid metabolism. Plasma total cysteine (tCys) is associated with fat mass, obesity and serum LDL-cholesterol and apolipoprotein (Apo)-B in large population studies. It is not known how fasting plasma concentrations of cysteine precursors and products relate to these associations in humans, given that sulfur-containing compounds (SCC) influence rodent weight gain and serum lipids. METHODS AND RESULTS We investigated the cross-sectional associations of fasting plasma SCC (methionine, total homocysteine, cystathionine, tCys, taurine and total glutathione) with BMI and fasting serum lipids and apolipoproteins in 854 men and women with and without cardiovascular disease (CVD). In multiple linear regression analysis adjusted for age, gender, CVD and other SCC, neither methionine, taurine, nor total glutathione was associated with BMI. Plasma taurine was, however, inversely related to HDL-cholesterol (partial r = -0.12, p = 0.004) and its associated apoA1 (partial r = -0.18, p < 0.001). Plasma cystathionine correlated positively with triglycerides and BMI, while tCys positively correlated with total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol (partial r = 0.20, p < 0.001) and its associated apoB. The associations of SCC with serum lipids were independent of BMI. tCys was also independently associated with BMI (partial r = 0.20, p < 0.001) after adjustment for other SCC, glucose, lipids and apolipoproteins. CONCLUSIONS Fasting tCys is associated with BMI independently of metabolically related SCC. Elevation of plasma SCC is generally associated with an unfavorable lipid profile. The negative relations of plasma taurine with HDL-C and apoA1 deserve further investigation.
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