Microbiome and metabolome features of the cardiometabolic disease spectrum
Journal article, 2022

Previous microbiome and metabolome analyses exploring non-communicable diseases have paid scant attention to major confounders of study outcomes, such as common, pre-morbid and co-morbid conditions, or polypharmacy. Here, in the context of ischemic heart disease (IHD), we used a study design that recapitulates disease initiation, escalation and response to treatment over time, mirroring a longitudinal study that would otherwise be difficult to perform given the protracted nature of IHD pathogenesis. We recruited 1,241 middle-aged Europeans, including healthy individuals, individuals with dysmetabolic morbidities (obesity and type 2 diabetes) but lacking overt IHD diagnosis and individuals with IHD at three distinct clinical stages—acute coronary syndrome, chronic IHD and IHD with heart failure—and characterized their phenome, gut metagenome and serum and urine metabolome. We found that about 75% of microbiome and metabolome features that distinguish individuals with IHD from healthy individuals after adjustment for effects of medication and lifestyle are present in individuals exhibiting dysmetabolism, suggesting that major alterations of the gut microbiome and metabolome might begin long before clinical onset of IHD. We further categorized microbiome and metabolome signatures related to prodromal dysmetabolism, specific to IHD in general or to each of its three subtypes or related to escalation or de-escalation of IHD. Discriminant analysis based on specific IHD microbiome and metabolome features could better differentiate individuals with IHD from healthy individuals or metabolically matched individuals as compared to the conventional risk markers, pointing to a pathophysiological relevance of these features.

Author

Sebastien Fromentin

University Paris-Saclay

Sofia K. Forslund

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Charité University Medicine Berlin

The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung e. V.

Kanta Chechi

St Mary's Hospital

National Heart and Lung Institute

Department of Metabolism

Judith Aron-Wisnewsky

Sorbonne University

Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)

Rima Chakaroun

Leipzig University

Trine Nielsen

University of Copenhagen

Valentina Tremaroli

Wallenberg Lab.

Boyang Ji

Chalmers, Biology and Biological Engineering, Systems and Synthetic Biology

Edi Prifti

Sorbonne University

UMMISCO

Antonis Myridakis

Department of Metabolism

J. Chilloux

Department of Metabolism

Petros Andrikopoulos

National Heart and Lung Institute

Department of Metabolism

Yong Fan

University of Copenhagen

Michael Olanipekun

Department of Metabolism

National Heart and Lung Institute

Renato Alves

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Solia Adiouch

Sorbonne University

Noam Bar

Weizmann Institute of Science

Yeela Talmor-Barkan

Rabin Medical Center Israel

Weizmann Institute of Science

Sackler Faculty of Medicine

Eugeni Belda

Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)

Sorbonne University

Integrative Phenomics

Robert Caesar

Wallenberg Lab.

Luis P. Coelho

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Gwen Falony

Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology

KU Leuven

Soraya Fellahi

Hôpital Henri Mondor

Pilar Galan

University Paris-Saclay

Nathalie Galleron

University Paris-Saclay

Gerard Helft

Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)

L. Hoyles

Department of Metabolism

Nottingham Trent University

Richard Isnard

Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)

Emmanuelle Le Chatelier

University Paris-Saclay

Hanna Julienne

University Paris-Saclay

Lisa M. Olsson

Wallenberg Lab.

Helle K. Pedersen

University of Copenhagen

Nicolas Pons

University Paris-Saclay

Benoit Quinquis

University Paris-Saclay

Christine Rouault

Sorbonne University

Hugo Roume

University Paris-Saclay

Joe-Elie Salem

Sorbonne University

Thomas S. B. Schmidt

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Sara Vieira-Silva

KU Leuven

Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology

Peishun Li

Chalmers, Biology and Biological Engineering, Systems and Synthetic Biology

Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Christian Lewinter

University of Copenhagen

Nadja B. Søndertoft

University of Copenhagen

Tue H. Hansen

University of Copenhagen

Dominique Gauguier

Paris Descartes University

Jens P. Gøtze

University of Copenhagen

Lars Køber

University of Copenhagen

Ran Kornowski

Rabin Medical Center Israel

H. Vestergaard

Bornholms Hospital

University of Copenhagen

Torben Hansen

University of Copenhagen

Jean-Daniel Zucker

UMMISCO

Sorbonne University

Serge Hercberg

University of Paris North

Ivica Letunic

Biobyte Solutions

Fredrik Bäckhed

University of Copenhagen

Wallenberg Lab.

Jean-Michel Oppert

Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)

Jens B Nielsen

Chalmers, Biology and Biological Engineering, Systems and Synthetic Biology

Jeroen Raes

Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology

KU Leuven

Peer Bork

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

M. Stumvoll

Leipzig University

Eran Segal

Weizmann Institute of Science

K. Clement

Sorbonne University

Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)

Marc-Emmanuel Dumas

CHU Lille

National Heart and Lung Institute

Department of Metabolism

Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich

University Paris-Saclay

University College London (UCL)

O. B. Pedersen

University of Copenhagen

Nature Medicine

1078-8956 (ISSN) 1546170x (eISSN)

Vol. 28 2 303-314

Subject Categories

Endocrinology and Diabetes

Other Clinical Medicine

Biomedical Laboratory Science/Technology

DOI

10.1038/s41591-022-01688-4

PubMed

35177860

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Latest update

11/21/2022