PMID- 35140612 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220216 IS - 1663-9812 (Print) IS - 1663-9812 (Electronic) IS - 1663-9812 (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2022 TI - Understanding the Gut-Kidney Axis in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis: An Analysis of Gut Microbiota Composition. PG - 783679 LID - 10.3389/fphar.2022.783679 [doi] LID - 783679 AB - Increasing evidence suggested that gut microbiota played critical roles in developing autoimmune diseases. This study investigated the correlation between gut microbiota and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) with kidney injury. We analyzed the fecal samples of 23 AAV patients with kidney injury using a 16s RNA microbial profiling approach. The alpha-diversity indexes were significantly lower in AAV patients with kidney injury than healthy controls (Sobs P < 0.001, Shannon P < 0.001, Chao P < 0.001). The beta-diversity difference demonstrated a significant difference among AAV patients with kidney injury, patients with lupus nephritis (LN), and health controls (ANOSIM, p = 0.001). Among these AAV patients, the Deltaproteobacteria, unclassified_o_Bacteroidales, Prevotellaceae, Desulfovibrionaceae Paraprevotella, and Lachnospiraceae_NK4A136_group were correlated negatively with serum creatinine, and the proportion of Deltaproteobacteria, unclassified_o_Bacteroidales, Desulfovibrionaceae, Paraprevotella, and Lachnospiraceae_NK4A136_group had a positive correlation with eGFR. In conclusion, the richness and diversity of gut microbiota were reduced in AAV patients with kidney injury, and the alteration of gut microbiota might be related with the severity of kidney injury of AAV patients. Targeted regulation of gut microbiota disorder might be a potential treatment for AAV patients with kidney injury. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Yu, Li, Ren, Feng, Tao, Cheng, Ma, Gou and Fu. FAU - Yu, Meilian AU - Yu M AD - Kidney Research Institute, Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. FAU - Li, Lingzhi AU - Li L AD - Kidney Research Institute, Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. FAU - Ren, Qian AU - Ren Q AD - Kidney Research Institute, Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. FAU - Feng, Han AU - Feng H AD - Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States. FAU - Tao, Sibei AU - Tao S AD - Kidney Research Institute, Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. FAU - Cheng, Lu AU - Cheng L AD - Kidney Research Institute, Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. FAU - Ma, Liang AU - Ma L AD - Kidney Research Institute, Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. FAU - Gou, Shen-Ju AU - Gou SJ AD - Kidney Research Institute, Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. FAU - Fu, Ping AU - Fu P AD - Kidney Research Institute, Division of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220124 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Pharmacol JT - Frontiers in pharmacology JID - 101548923 PMC - PMC8819146 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ANCA OT - gut microbiome OT - gut-kidney axis OT - kidney disease OT - vasculitis COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/02/11 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/11 06:01 PMCR- 2022/01/24 CRDT- 2022/02/10 05:34 PHST- 2021/09/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/02/10 05:34 [entrez] PHST- 2022/02/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/11 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/24 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 783679 [pii] AID - 10.3389/fphar.2022.783679 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Pharmacol. 2022 Jan 24;13:783679. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.783679. eCollection 2022.