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Zhao G, Qi M, Wang Q, Hu C, Li X, Chen Y, Yang J, Yu H, Chen H, Guo A. Gut microbiome variations in Rhinopithecus roxellanae caused by changes in the environment. BMC Genomics 2023; 24:62. [PMID: 36737703 PMCID: PMC9896789 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09142-6] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellanae) is an endangered animal species mainly distributed in China and needs to be protected. Gut microbiome is an important determinant of animal health and population survival as it affects the adaptation of the animals to different foods and environments under kinetic changes of intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Therefore, this study aimed to elucidate gut fecal microbiome profiles of snub-nosed monkeys affected by several extrinsic and intrinsic factors, including raising patterns (captive vs. wild), age, sex, and diarrheal status to provide a reference for making protection strategies. RESULTS The 16S rRNA gene sequencing was firstly used to pre-check clustering of 38 fecal samples from the monkeys including 30 wild and 8 captive (5 healthy and 3 diarrheal) from three Regions of Shennongjia Nature Reserve, Hubei Province, China. Then the 24 samples with high-quality DNA from 18 wild and 6 captive (4 healthy and 2 diarrheal) monkeys were subjected to shotgun metagenomic sequencing to characterize bacterial gut microbial communities. We discovered that the raising pattern (captive and wild) rather than age and sex was the predominant factor attributed to gut microbiome structure and proportionality. Wild monkeys had significantly higher bacterial diversity and lower Bacteroidetes/Firmicutes ratios than captive animals. Moreover, the gut microbiomes in wild healthy monkeys were enriched for the genes involved in fatty acid production, while in captive animals, genes were enriched for vitamin biosynthesis and metabolism and amino acid biosynthesis from carbohydrate intermediates. Additionally, a total of 37 antibiotic resistant genes (ARG) types were detected. Unlike the microbiome diversity, the captive monkeys have a higher diversity of ARG than the wild animals. CONCLUSION Taken together, we highlight the importance of self-reprogramed metabolism in the snub-nosed monkey gut microbiome to help captive and wild monkeys adapt to different intrinsic and extrinsic environmental change.
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- Gang Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Veterinary Epidemiology, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137Shennongjia Science & Technology Innovation Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137National Professional Laboratory for Animal Tuberculosis (Wuhan), Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China
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- grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China
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- grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137Shennongjia Science & Technology Innovation Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Veterinary Epidemiology, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137Shennongjia Science & Technology Innovation Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137National Professional Laboratory for Animal Tuberculosis (Wuhan), Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology of Shennongjia Golden Monkey (Shennongjia National Park Administration), Shennongjia Forest Ecosystem Research Station, Shennongjia, 442411 China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology of Shennongjia Golden Monkey (Shennongjia National Park Administration), Shennongjia Forest Ecosystem Research Station, Shennongjia, 442411 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Veterinary Epidemiology, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137Shennongjia Science & Technology Innovation Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137National Professional Laboratory for Animal Tuberculosis (Wuhan), Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Veterinary Epidemiology, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137Shennongjia Science & Technology Innovation Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China ,grid.35155.370000 0004 1790 4137National Professional Laboratory for Animal Tuberculosis (Wuhan), Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 Hubei China
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Rössler H, Flasbeck V, Gatermann S, Brüne M. Alterations of the gut microbiota in borderline personality disorder. J Psychosom Res 2022; 158:110942. [PMID: 35594813 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.110942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE A growing body of research has shown that people with a wide range of psychiatric disorders, including depression, present with alterations of the gut microbiota, although it is unclear if differences may be caused by the action of psychotropic medication. No data exist for patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD), a psychiatric condition that is frequently comorbidly associated with depression. METHODS Twenty-four unmedicated patients and twenty-one age- and sex-matched healthy controls were recruited. Stool samples were frozen at -80 °C within ten minutes after defecation. The V4 region of bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene was sequenced on an Illumina platform. Operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were used for further analysis of community structure, alpha- and beta-diversity. RESULTS There was no significant difference in alpha- and beta-diversity between patients and controls. However, the Bacteroidetes/Firmicutes-ratio was higher in patients, approaching significance (p = 0.06, r = 0.23). Four species were significantly less abundant in BPD patients, namely Pseudoflavonifractor phocaensis (p = 0.003, r = 0.41), Eubacterium coprostanoligenes (p = 0.01, r = 0.34), Anaerotaenia torta (p = 0.01, r = 0.35), and (statistically somewhat weaker) Parabacteroides chongii (p = 0.046, r = 0.26), which correlated with various psychometric scores. CONCLUSION Differences in the taxonomic composition may indicate a potential dysbiosis among SCFA-producing bacteria in BPD. Future research is warranted to replicate these findings in independent and larger samples. If confirmed, the results suggest that microbiota-targeted therapies may be a useful adjunct strategy for BPD.
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- Hannah Rössler
- LWL University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Preventive Medicine, Division of Social Neuropsychiatry and Evolutionary Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Medical Microbiology; National Reference Centre for Multi-Resistant Gram-Negative Infectious Agents, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
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- LWL University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Preventive Medicine, Division of Social Neuropsychiatry and Evolutionary Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Medical Microbiology; National Reference Centre for Multi-Resistant Gram-Negative Infectious Agents, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
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- LWL University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Preventive Medicine, Division of Social Neuropsychiatry and Evolutionary Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
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