Understanding the gut-kidney axis in nephrolithiasis: An analysis of the gut microbiota composition and functionality of stone formers

Andrea Ticinesi, Christian Milani, Angela Guerra, Franca Allegri, Fulvio Lauretani, Antonio Nouvenne, Leonardo Mancabelli, Gabriele Andrea Lugli, Francesca Turroni, Sabrina Duranti, Marta Mangifesta, Alice Viappiani, Chiara Ferrario, Rossella Dodi, Margherita Dall'Asta, Daniele Del Rio, Marco Ventura, Tiziana Meschi

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Abstract

Objectives: The involvement of the gut microbiota in the pathogenesis of calcium nephrolithiasis has been hypothesised since the discovery of the oxalate-degrading activity of Oxalobacter formigenes, but never comprehensively studied with metagenomics. The aim of this case-control study was to compare the faecal microbiota composition and functionality between recurrent idiopathic calcium stone formers (SFs) and controls. Design: Faecal samples were collected from 52 SFs and 48 controls (mean age 48±11). The microbiota composition was analysed through 16S rRNA microbial profiling approach. Ten samples (five SFs, five controls) were also analysed with deep shotgun metagenomics sequencing, with focus on oxalate-degrading microbial metabolic pathways. Dietary habits, assessed through a food-frequency questionnaire, and 24-hour urinary excretion of prolithogenic and antilithogenic factors, including calcium and oxalate, were compared between SFs and controls, and considered as covariates in the comparison of microbiota profiles. Results: SFs exhibited lower faecal microbial diversity than controls (Chao1 index 1460±363vs 1658±297, fully adjusted p=0.02 with stepwise backward regression analysis). At multivariate analyses, three taxa (Faecalibacterium, Enterobacter, Dorea) were significantly less represented in faecal samples of SFs. The Oxalobacter abundance was not different between groups. Faecal samples from SFs exhibited a significantly lower bacterial representation of genes involved in oxalate degradation, with inverse correlation with 24-hour oxalate excretion (r= '0.87, p=0.002). The oxalate-degrading genes were represented in several bacterial species, whose cumulative abundance was inversely correlated with oxaluria (r= '0.85, p=0.02). Conclusions: Idiopathic calcium SFs exhibited altered gut microbiota composition and functionality that could contribute to nephrolithiasis physiopathology.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)2097-2106
Numero di pagine10
RivistaGut
Volume67
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2018

Keywords

  • diet
  • kidney stones
  • metagenomics
  • microbiome
  • oxalate
  • urolithiasis

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