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. 2023 May;42(5):1315-1326.
doi: 10.1007/s10067-022-06451-1. Epub 2023 Jan 4.

The composition and function profile of the gut microbiota of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome

Fang Wang #  1 , Yunzhi Zhufeng  2 , Zhe Chen  1 , Jun Xu  3   4 , Yongjing Cheng  5
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The composition and function profile of the gut microbiota of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome

Fang Wang et al. Clin Rheumatol. 2023 May.

Abstract

Objectives: This healthy volunteer control-based study was conducted to explore alterations of compositions and function of gut microbiota in Chinese pSS patients.

Method: The high-throughput Illumina Miseq sequencing method, targeting the V3-V4 region of the 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene, was used to compare the microbiota communities between 30 pSS patients and 30 age-matched healthy volunteers. The intestinal dysbiosis of pSS patients was evaluated and its correlation with some disease phenotypes was analyzed. Furthermore, we performed the amino acid sequence alignment analysis to illustrate the molecular mimicry patterns of new microbial peptides.

Results: Compared with that in healthy controls, the composition and function of the gut microbiota significantly differed in pSS patients. Certain genera and species, including genera: Escherichia-Shigella, Sardovia, Veillonella, Insteinimonas, and Lactobacillales; species: Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus phage Sal3, Lactobacillus reuteri, Lactobacillus gasseri, Streptococcus lutetiensis, Streptococcus mutans, Scardovia wiggsiae, and Fusobacterrium ulcerans were found to be enriched in the feces of pSS patients, while butyrate-producing bacteria were less abundant in pSS patients. Certain genera (including Lactobacillales) and species (including Lactobacillus gasseri) were associated with disease severity and therapy resistance parameters. Autoantigen epitopes of "WPSALPT, NPARSFG, MNPARSFG, and AFGLAIGT" from aquaporin-5 were aligned perfectly with one enriched microbiota of patients with pSS, namely Escherichia coli.

Conclusions: The composition and function of the gut microbiota significantly differed in pSS patients compared with that in healthy controls. Our study would facilitate the possible research on the role of gut microbiota in the pathogenesis of pSS.

Keywords: 16SrRNA; Gut microbiota; Molecular mimicry; Primary Sjögren’s syndrome; Species level.

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