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ArticleScientific reports2024

Gut microbiota causally impacts adrenal function: a two-sample mendelian randomization study.

Tonghu Liu, Hongfei Ji, Zhiyuan Li, Yongkun Luan, Congcong Zhu, Dongxiao Li, Yukui Gao, Zechen Yan

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Tonghu LiuDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, People's Republic of China.
Hongfei JiDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, People's Republic of China.
Zhiyuan LiDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, People's Republic of China.
Yongkun LuanHenan Engineering Research Center of Tumor Molecular diagnosis and treatment, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, People's Republic of China.
Congcong ZhuHenan Engineering Research Center of Tumor Molecular diagnosis and treatment, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, People's Republic of China.
Dongxiao LiHenan Engineering Research Center of Tumor Molecular diagnosis and treatment, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, People's Republic of China. li_dongxiao@sina.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9209-3253
Yukui GaoHenan Engineering Research Center of Tumor Molecular diagnosis and treatment, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, People's Republic of China. gaoyukui@wnmc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-7527-3031
Zechen YanDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, People's Republic of China. yanzechen@foxmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2716-1731

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Abstract

Some studies have reported that the gut microbiota can influence adrenal-related hormone levels. However, the causal effects of the gut microbiota on adrenal function remain unknown. Therefore, we employed a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study to systematically investigate the impact of gut microbiota on the function of different regions of the adrenal gland. The summary statistics for gut microbiota and adrenal-related hormones used in the two-sample MR analysis were derived from publicly available genome-wide association studies (GWAS). In the MR analysis, inverse variance weighting (IVW) was used as the primary method, with MR-Egger, weighted median, and cML-MA serving as supplementary methods for causal inference. Sensitivity analyses such as the MR-Egger intercept test, Cochran's Q test, and leave-one-out analysis were used to assess pleiotropy and heterogeneity. We identified 27 causal relationships between 23 gut microbiota and adrenal function using the IVW method. Among these, Sellimonas enhanced the function of the adrenal cortex reticularis zone (beta = 0.008, 95% CI: 0.002-0.013, P = 0.0057). The cML-MA method supported our estimate (beta = 0.009, 95% CI: 0.004-0.013, P = 2 × 10

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Adrenal GlandsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGenome-Wide Association StudyMendelian Randomization AnalysisHumansAdrenal functionCausal inferenceGut microbiotaGut-microbiota-brain axisMendelian randomization

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