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ArticleCell host & microbe2024

Linking microbial genes to plasma and stool metabolites uncovers host-microbial interactions underlying ulcerative colitis disease course.

Melanie Schirmer, Martin Stražar, Julian Avila-Pacheco, Daniel F Rojas-Tapias, Eric M Brown, Emily Temple, Amy Deik, Kevin Bullock, Sarah Jeanfavre, Kerry Pierce and 14 more

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Article in Cell host & microbe, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
15.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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49 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.

Melanie SchirmerThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Translational Microbiome Data Integration, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany; ZIEL - Institute for Food & Health, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany. Electronic address: melanie.schirmer@tum.de.
Martin StražarThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Julian Avila-PachecoThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Daniel F Rojas-TapiasThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Eric M BrownThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Center for Computational and Integrative Biology and Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Emily TempleThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Amy DeikThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Kevin BullockThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Sarah JeanfavreThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Kerry PierceThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Shen JinTranslational Microbiome Data Integration, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany.
Rachele InvernizziThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Marie-Madlen PustThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Center for Computational and Integrative Biology and Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Zach CostliowThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
David R MackDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada.
Anne M GriffithsDivision of Gastroenterology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada.
Thomas WaltersDivision of Gastroenterology, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada.
Brendan M BoyleDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.
Subra KugathasanDepartment of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Hera VlamakisThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Jeffrey HyamsConnecticut Children's Medical Center, Division of Digestive Diseases, Hartford, CT 06106, USA.
Lee DensonCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
Clary B ClishThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Ramnik J XavierThe Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Center for Computational and Integrative Biology and Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: rxavier@broadinstitute.org.
Broad Institute · USHospital for Sick Children · CACincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USConnecticut Children's Medical Center · USEmory University · USNationwide Children's Hospital · USTechnical University of Munich · DEUniversity of Ottawa · CA

Funding

Pilot & Feasibility ProgramP30DK043351 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · 1991 to 2025
$10.1M
ROLE OF DIETARY CONSTITUENTS ON GENE EXPRESSION IN INTESTINAL EPITHELIUMP30DK040561 · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · 1994 to 2025
$6.0M
Identification and Characterization of Microbial Metabolites in ImmunityR01AI172147 · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · 2025 to 2025
$790k
Dosing and Pilot Efficacy of 2'-Fucosyllactose in Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseR01HD094862 · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · 2025 to 2025
$677k
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT009708NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI172147NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD094862NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK040561NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK043351NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK095745
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the role of the microbiome in inflammatory diseases requires the identification of microbial effector molecules. We established an approach to link disease-associated microbes to microbial metabolites by integrating paired metagenomics, stool and plasma metabolomics, and culturomics. We identified host-microbial interactions correlated with disease activity, inflammation, and the clinical course of ulcerative colitis (UC) in the Predicting Response to Standardized Colitis Therapy (PROTECT) pediatric inception cohort. In severe disease, metabolite changes included increased dipeptides and tauro-conjugated bile acids (BAs) and decreased amino-acid-conjugated BAs in stool, whereas in plasma polyamines (N-acetylputrescine and N1-acetylspermidine) increased. Using patient samples and Veillonella parvula as a model, we uncovered nitrate- and lactate-dependent metabolic pathways, experimentally linking V. parvula expansion to immunomodulatory tryptophan metabolite production. Additionally, V. parvula metabolizes immunosuppressive thiopurine drugs through xdhA xanthine dehydrogenase, potentially impairing the therapeutic response. Our findings demonstrate that the microbiome contributes to disease-associated metabolite changes, underscoring the importance of these interactions in disease pathology and treatment.

Indexed as

Colitis, UlcerativeGastrointestinal MicrobiomeChildDisease ProgressionGenes, MicrobialHost Microbial InteractionsHumansculturomicsmetabolomicsmetagenomicsmicrobiomemultiomics data integrationnitrate respirationthiopurinestryptophan metabolismulcerative colitisVeillonella parvula

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PMID38215740
PMCPMC10923022
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