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Impaired Gut-Liver-Brain Axis in Patients with Cirrhosis

Scientific reports, 2016-05, Vol.6 (1), p.26800-26800, Article 26800 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright Nature Publishing Group May 2016 ;Copyright © 2016, Macmillan Publishers Limited 2016 Macmillan Publishers Limited ;ISSN: 2045-2322 ;EISSN: 2045-2322 ;DOI: 10.1038/srep26800 ;PMID: 27225869

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Title:
Impaired Gut-Liver-Brain Axis in Patients with Cirrhosis
Author: Ahluwalia, Vishwadeep ; Betrapally, Naga S ; Hylemon, Phillip B ; White, Melanie B ; Gillevet, Patrick M ; Unser, Ariel B ; Fagan, Andrew ; Daita, Kalyani ; Heuman, Douglas M ; Zhou, Huiping ; Sikaroodi, Masoumeh ; Bajaj, Jasmohan S
Subjects: Adult ; Aged ; Ammonia ; Astrocytes - pathology ; Bacteroidaceae - isolation & purification ; Brain - diagnostic imaging ; Brain - physiopathology ; Brain Edema - diagnostic imaging ; Brain Edema - etiology ; Brain Edema - physiopathology ; Choline ; Cirrhosis ; Cognition Disorders - etiology ; Cognitive ability ; Diffusion Tensor Imaging ; Dysbacteriosis ; Dysbiosis - complications ; Edema ; Encephalopathy ; Enterobacteriaceae - isolation & purification ; Female ; Firmicutes - isolation & purification ; Gastrointestinal Microbiome ; Glutamine ; Hepatic encephalopathy ; Hepatic Encephalopathy - etiology ; Hepatic Encephalopathy - physiopathology ; Humans ; Hyperammonemia ; Hyperammonemia - etiology ; Inflammation ; Inositol ; Intestinal microflora ; Intestines - microbiology ; Intestines - physiopathology ; Liver - physiopathology ; Liver Cirrhosis - complications ; Liver Cirrhosis - microbiology ; Liver Cirrhosis - physiopathology ; Liver Cirrhosis - psychology ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Models, Biological ; Neuroimaging ; Spectroscopy ; Spectrum analysis
Is Part Of: Scientific reports, 2016-05, Vol.6 (1), p.26800-26800, Article 26800
Description: Cirrhosis is associated with brain dysfunction known as hepatic encephalopathy (HE). The mechanisms behind HE are unclear although hyperammonemia and systemic inflammation through gut dysbiosis have been proposed. We aimed to define the individual contribution of specific gut bacterial taxa towards astrocytic and neuronal changes in brain function using multi-modal MRI in patients with cirrhosis. 187 subjects (40 controls, 147 cirrhotic; 87 with HE) underwent systemic inflammatory assessment, cognitive testing, stool microbiota analysis and brain MRI analysis. MR spectroscopy (MRS) changes of increased Glutamate/glutamine, reduced myo-inositol and choline are hyperammonemia-associated astrocytic changes, while diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) demonstrates changes in neuronal integrity and edema. Linkages between cognition, MRI parameters and gut microbiota were compared between groups. We found that HE patients had a significantly worse cognitive performance, systemic inflammation, dysbiosis and hyperammonemia compared to controls and cirrhotics without HE. Specific microbial families (autochthonous taxa negatively and Enterobacteriaceae positively) correlated with MR spectroscopy and hyperammonemia-associated astrocytic changes. On the other hand Porphyromonadaceae, were only correlated with neuronal changes on DTI without linkages with ammonia. We conclude that specific gut microbial taxa are related to neuronal and astrocytic consequences of cirrhosis-associated brain dysfunction.
Publisher: England: Nature Publishing Group
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 2045-2322
EISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/srep26800
PMID: 27225869
Source: MEDLINE
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Impaired Gut-Liver-Brain Axis in Patients with Cirrhosis

Copyright Nature Publishing Group May 2016 ;Copyright © 2016, Macmillan Publishers Limited 2016 Macmillan Publishers Limited ;ISSN: 2045-2322 ;EISSN: 2045-2322 ;DOI: 10.1038/srep26800 ;PMID: 27225869

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