Yuwei Wang1,2†
Yumeng Zhang
Shiren Sun- 1Department of Postgraduate Student, Xi’an Medical University, Xi’an, China
- 2Department of Nephrology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
- 3Department of Nephrology, Bethune International Peace Hospital, Shijiazhuang, China
- 4Department of Geriatric, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
Background: Emerging evidence indicates that gut dysbiosis is involved in the occurrence and development of diabetic kidney diseases (DKD). However, the key microbial taxa closely related to DKD have not been determined.
Methods: PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane, Chinese Biomedical Databases, China National Knowledge Internet, and Embase were searched for case-control or cross-sectional studies comparing the gut microbiota of patients with DKD and healthy controls (HC) from inception to February 8, 2022, and random/fixed-effects meta-analysis on the standardized mean difference (SMD) were performed for alpha diversity indexes between DKD and HC, and beta diversity indexes and the relative abundance of gut microbiota were extracted and summarized qualitatively.
Results: A total of 16 studies (578 patients with DKD and 444 HC) were included. Compared to HC, the bacterial richness of patients with DKD was significantly decreased, and the diversity indexes were decreased but not statistically, companying with a distinct beta diversity. The relative abundance of phylum Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Bacteroidetes, family Coriobacteriaceae, Enterobacteriaceae, and Veillonellaceae, genus Enterococcus, Citrobacter, Escherichia, Klebsiella, Akkermansia, Sutterella, and Acinetobacter, and species E. coli were enriched while that of phylum Firmicutes, family Lachnospiraceae, genus Roseburia, Prevotella, and Bifidobacterium were depleted in patients with DKD.
Conclusions: The gut microbiota of patients with DKD may possess specific features characterized by expansion of genus Escherichia, Citrobacter, and Klebsiella, and depletion of Roseburia, which may contribute most to the alterations of their corresponding family and phylum taxa, as well as the bacterial diversity and composition. These microbial taxa may be closely related to DKD and serve as promising targets for the management of DKD.
Systematic Review Registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/, identifier CRD42021289863.
Introduction
Data released by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in 2021 show that about 537 million adults aged 20-79 are diagnosed with diabetes worldwide, which will reach 783 million by 2045 (1). About 20%-40% of diabetics can develop diabetic kidney disease (DKD) (2, 3). DKD is the most common microvascular complication of diabetes, and also the primary cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) (4), and its all-cause mortality is approximately 30 times higher than that in diabetic patients without nephropathy (5), which brings a huge economic burden to patients and the country. The pathogenesis of critical pathological damage, including glomerular hypertrophy, mesangial expansion, tubulointerstitial fibrosis, and inflammation in DKD, has not been fully elucidated (6), and traditional treatments such as blood pressure lowering, glucose-lowering, and lipid regulation have proven incapable of stopping progressive kidney damage (7). Hence, the specific pathogenic mechanisms should be determined for better management of DKD.
The human gut microbiome was described as the “second genome” that controls human health (8), which affects human metabolic and immune functions through genes, intermediates, and metabolic activity. Recent studies suggest that lower alpha-diversity and the characteristic of a pro-inflammatory environment in gut microbiota dysbiosis promote insulitis by activating and proliferating pancreatic‐draining lymph node T cells, particularly diabetogenic CD8+ T cells, which may contribute to the risk of developing type 1 diabetes (T1D) in genetically predisposed individuals (9). In the case of type 2 diabetes (T2D), gut microbial taxa can serve as a biomarker for disease diagnosis (10) and predicting remission (11), which interact with dietary constituents to modulate inflammation, affect gut permeability, glucose and lipid metabolism, insulin sensitivity, and overall energy homeostasis, involving in the pathophysiology of T2D (12). DKD is one of the most common and serious complications of diabetes, and the emerging role of its gut microbiota has attracted wide attention and is considered an important factor affecting the occurrence and development of DKD. Studies have shown that the gut microbiome mediated the synthesis, modification, and uptake of bile acids via activation of key nuclear receptors (such as the G protein-coupled receptor TGR5 and the farnesoid X receptor) (13–15), and the production of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and peptide YY (PYY) (16) to maintain energy balance and glucose homeostasis. In the disturbed gut microbiota of patients with DKD, overexpression of Gram-negative bacteria is accompanied by markedly elevated serum levels of the potent immunostimulant lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which correlates with inflammatory markers, such as interleukin 6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα) (17). Meanwhile, the expansion of bacteria containing urease leads to increased ammonia concentrations and pH in the intestinal lumen, leading to enhanced intestinal permeability, allowing substances such as indole and p-cresol to be transferred to the blood and metabolized into uremic toxins, which induce kidney damage (18). In addition, gut microbiome dysbiosis can lead to the thickened glomerular basement membrane and podocyte foot process effacement by activating the renin-angiotensin system (19), and tubulointerstitial injury via the disruption of cholesterol homeostasis (20) to promote the progression of DKD in preclinical models. While gut microbiota interventions such as probiotics supplementation (21, 22), antibiotic administration (23, 24), and fecal microbiota transplantation (24) can partially improve renal function and pathology in DKD. These evidences suggested that intervention targeting specific microbial taxa of DKD may be an effective strategy for the prevention and treatment of DKD.
Although a large number of case-control studies or cross-sectional studies in different populations have characterized the gut microbiota of DKD, inconsistent results describing the microbial differences have been reported between DKD and healthy controls (HC). For example, Xin Xiaohong et al. (25) found a significantly higher alpha diversity in DKD compared with HC, whereas Xuguang Bao et al. (26) revealed the alpha diversity in DKD decreased significantly. On the other hand, changes in the abundance of genus Lachnospira (26, 27), Rothia (25, 27), and Lachnoclostridium (25, 28) were reversed in two studies of DKD compared with HC. In short, the gut microbiota differences between DKD and HC lack obvious reproducibility in different studies when identifying the gut microbiome characteristics in DKD. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to dissect the differences of bacterial diversity, the relative abundance of microbial taxa, and bacterial metabolites in the gut microbiota between patients with DKD and HC to identify the crucial taxa that are closely related to DKD and provide potential bacterial targets for the prevention and treatment of DKD.
Methods
The scheme of the review has been pre-registered in PROSPERO (CRD42021289863). We followed the Preferred Reporting Items for the Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) reporting guidelines (29).
Search Strategy
We conducted extensive literature searches in PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane, Chinese Biomedical Databases (CBM), China National Knowledge Internet (CNKI), and Embase by combining MeSH words with free words.. References to all included literature were screened to avoid omissions. The retrieval time was from the inception of the database to February 8, 2022. There were no language restrictions on literature searches, and the search strings used can be found in Supplementary Table S1.
Study Selection and Quality Assessment
Titles and abstracts were screened separately by two researchers (Wang Y and Zhao J) for potential eligibility for inclusion. Any disagreements between researchers were resolved through consultation with the third researcher (Qin Y). Inclusion criteria: (1) the gut microbiota of patients with DKD was analyzed and its diversity or abundance was reported; (2) the observational case-control studies or cross-sectional studies design was used; (3) the adult population (18 years and older). Exclusion criteria: (1) only abstracts can be obtained and the authors cannot be contacted; (2) there is no control group or the control group is a non-healthy population; (3) combined with other metabolic diseases; (4) animal studies or studies of the microbiome outside the gut. Moreover, we used the Newcastle-Ottawa scale (NOS) to score the included literature (30).
Data Extraction
Data were extracted independently by two researchers (Wang Y and Zhao J) and confirmed by the third researcher (Qin Y), using a unified extraction table including publication details, alpha diversity, beta diversity, differentially abundant microbial taxa, metabolites, and functional characteristics of gut microbiota. Alpha diversity provides a summary of microbial communities in a single sample and evaluates the richness and evenness of the sample. Beta diversity is a method of measuring inter-individual diversity, which assesses the similarity between communities and other analyzed sample.
Data Processing and Meta-Integration
For alpha diversity, the RevMan5.3 software provided by the Cochrane collaboration network was used for Meta-merging. The minimum, mean (M), maximum, and standard deviation (SD) of alpha diversity indexes were extracted. If the median and quartile range in the original data were only provided, we used a web-based tool (http://www.math.hkbu.edu.hk/~tongt/papers/median2mean.html) to convert it to M and SD. If necessary, WebPlotdigitizer (V.4.4) was employed to extract digital data from the picture (31). The standardized mean difference (SMD) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of the above indexes between the DKD and controls were calculated. Two-sided P-values were statistically significant at less than 0.05. Heterogeneity is represented by I2, and 0% means no statistical heterogeneity, I2 ≤ 50% adopts a fixed-effects model, and I2>50% adopts a random-effects model and analyzes the source of heterogeneity. The results were presented by forest plots and the publication bias by funnel plots.
Since the results of beta diversity and relative abundance of microbial taxa in the included studies were only qualitatively described (higher or lower in disease groups compared to controls) and no quantitative data were provided, a meta-analysis could not be performed. Therefore, we performed a semi-quantitative analysis; that is, the consistent findings from two or more studies are considered worth noting for future validation and may be relevant to the disease and as candidates for disease-specific responses. However, results reported only by one study were not analyzed because they were considered potential methodology or population-specific discrepancy.
Results
Search Results
A total of 649 studies were retrieved, 211duplicated studies were removed, 422 studies were removed according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, and 16 studies (17, 25–28, 32–42) were finally included (PRISMA flowcharts in Figure 1).
Figure 1 PRISMA flowcharts of study selection. CBM, Chinese Biomedical Databases. CNKI, China National Knowledge Internet.
Characteristics of Included Studies
The 16 studies included 578 patients with DKD and 444 HC, 12 (12/16) studies were conducted in Asia (China) and four (4/16) in Europe (Denmark, the United States, and Romania). Two (2/16) studies were diabetic nephropathy (DN) confirmed by renal biopsy, and the rest (14/16) were DKD diagnosed empirically or excluded clinically. Eleven (11/16) studies were analyzed by 16S rRNA gene amplification, three (3/16) by bacterial culture, one (1/16) by polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DEEG), and one (1/16) by shotgun metagenomics. Due to the differences in analysis methods of gut microbiota, the treatment methods of stool samples are also different. Samples were stored at -80°C in 11 (11/16) studies, -20°C in one (1/16) study, 4°C in one (1/16) study, and DNA was extracted within 24h in two (2/16) studies (Table 1).
Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies.
Quality of Included Studies
The included studies were evaluated by Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (30), and five (5/16) studies were ranked with 8*, seven (7/16) with 7*, and four (4/16) with 6*, indicating that the quality of the selected studies was generally high (Supplementary Table S2).
Alpha Diversity
Nine (9/16) studies (25–28, 33, 35, 40–42) analyzed alpha diversity between DKD and HC, mainly related to two factors (31): one is richness, the number of species; second is diversity, the evenness of individual distribution in a community. The indexes of community richness mainly include Chao1, ACE, Observed species, and Sob. The indexes of community diversity, including Shannon, Simpson, Fisher, and phylogenetic diversity whole tree (PD _whole _tree) (Supplementary Table S3). A meta-analysis was performed on the alpha diversity indexes reported in two or more studies (Figure 2), and publication bias assessments were presented in Supplementary Figure S1.
Figure 2 Forest plots of alpha diversity in the gut microbiota of patients with DKD compared with HC. (A) Chao1 index, (B) ACE index, (C) Shannon index, (D) Simpson index, (E) PD_whole_tree index. A and B represent richness, while C, D, and E represent evenness. PD_whole_tree, phylogenetic diversity whole tree. DKD, diabetic kidney diseases; HC, healthy controls.
Regarding richness, four studies (28, 33, 40, 41) provided Chao1 index for quantitative consolidation (SMD = -0.80, 95% CI -1.34 to -0.25, p = 0.004, I2 = 73%) and three studies (28, 33, 41) reported ACE index (SMD = -0.77, 95% CI -1.50 to -0.04, p = 0.04, I2 = 82%). The number of species in the gut microbiota in DKD decreased significantly.
Regarding diversity, six studies (25, 28, 33, 35, 40, 41) reported the Shannon index for quantitative consolidation (SMD = -0.01, 95% CI -0.34 to 0.32, p = 0.95, I2 = 60%), five studies (28, 33, 35, 40, 41) provided the Simpson index (SMD = -0.11, 95% CI -0.32 to 0.10, p = 0.30, I2 = 0%), the results suggested that the species diversity of gut microbiota decreased in DKD, but there was no statistical significance. Two studies (26, 27) provided PD _whole _tree (SMD = -1.01, 95% CI -1.36 to -0.66, p <0.00001, I2 = 0%), and suggested phylogenetic diversity reduced and no heterogeneity in DKD.
We performed sensitivity analyses on indicators with greater heterogeneity. After removing the article of Chun Huan et al. (41), the heterogeneity of Chao1 and ACE decreased to 0%, the bacterial richness of patients with DKD decreased, and the statistical difference was more significant (I2 = 0%, p <0.00001). The subjects of this study (41) are mainly elderly patients with DKD compared with that of other studies (28, 33, 40), and the age difference of patients may be the main source of heterogeneity. After excluding the study of Song Dan-dan et al. (40), the heterogeneity of the Shannon index decreased to 0% (I2 = 0%, p = 0.08). Compared with other studies (25, 28, 33, 35, 41), the subjects of the study (40) were mainly patients with an advanced renal function who did not enter dialysis, and the stage of renal function may be the main source of heterogeneity.
Beta Diversity
Eight (8/16) studies (25–28, 33, 35, 40, 42) reported the beta diversity of gut microbiota between patients with DKD and HC, six (25–27, 33, 35, 40) of which (6/8) adopted principal coordinate analysis (PCoA), one (1/8) study (42) used principal component analysis (PCA), and one (1/8) study (28) used PCoA, PCA, and nonmetric multidimensional scale (NMD). The results showed that the beta diversity of DKD was significantly different from that of HC (Supplementary Table S3).
Differentially Abundant Microbial Taxa
Currently, the review identified 16 (16/16) studies (17, 25–28, 32–42) that compared the composition of gut microbiota in patients with DKD and HC (Supplementary Table S4).
Six (6/16) studies (17, 26–28, 33, 40, 41) described the distinct taxa at the phylum level, two (2/6) of which found that the relative abundance of Proteobacteria (17, 33), Actinobacteria (17, 33), and Bacteroidetes (27, 41) in patients with DKD was higher than that in HC. Five (5/6) studies found that the relative abundance of Firmicutes (26, 27, 33, 40, 41) in patients with DKD was lower.
Two (2/16) studies (28, 35) reported the distinct taxa at the class level, and no consistent changes were found.
Three (3/16) studies (28, 35, 40) explored the relative distinct taxa at the order level and found that the abundance of Selenomonadales was increased in DKD in T2D (28) and decreased in DKD in type 1 diabetes (35) compared with HC.
Five (5/16) studies (17, 26, 28, 33, 38) showed the distinct taxa at the family level and found that the relative abundance of Enterobacteriaceae (17, 26, 38), Coriobacteriaceae (26, 33), and Veillonellaceae (26, 28) were enriched in DKD compared with HC, while Lachnospiraceae (26, 28) was depleted.
Fifteen (15/16) studies (17, 25–28, 32–40, 42) reported the distinct taxa at the genus level, and found that the enrichment of Citrobacter (17, 25, 34), Escherichia (17, 25, 34), Klebsiella (17, 25, 34), Enterococcus (26, 34), E. coli (32, 37) (bacterial culture), Akkermansia (17, 25), Sutterella (17, 28), and Acinetobacter (17, 34) in DKD compared with HC, whereas the depletion of Bifidobacterium (27, 34), Bifidobacteria (37, 39) (bacterial culture), Prevotella (25, 42), and Roseburia (26, 28) in DKD. In addition, the abundance variations of Lactobacillus (increased in three studies (26, 28, 34) and decreased in two studies (39, 42)), Coprococcus (increased in three studies (27, 36, 39) and decreased in one study (26)), and Proteus (increased in two studies (17, 34) and decreased in one study (39)) are controversial, and Lachnoclostridium (25, 28), Rothia (25, 27),and Lachnospira (26, 27) were found to have contrary conclusions in two studies, which need to be further verified in future studies.
The Phylogenetic Profile of the Differentially Abundant Taxa
The phylogenetic profile of the differentially abundant taxa in patients with DKD at the phylum, family, and genus level showed that the amplification of genus Citrobacter, Escherichia, and Klebsiella may make a great contribution to the increase of phylum Proteobacteria, and the depletion of genus Roseburia significantly contributed to the decrease of phylum Firmicutes (Figure 3). Specifically, the abundance of genus Acinetobacter, Sutterella, Citrobacter, Escherichia, and Klebsiella increased in the enriched phylum Proteobacteria, while only genus Citrobacter, Escherichia, and Klebsiella were consistent with the increased abundance with their corresponding family-level (Enterobacteriaceae), indicating that they varied dramatically in abundance and may contribute most to the expansion of phylum Proteobacteria. Among the decreased phylum Firmicutes, the depletion of genus Roseburia may contribute to the decrease of family Lachnospiraceae, suggesting that the abundance of genus Roseburia reduced significantly and may contribute greatly to the depletion of phylum Firmicutes. However, the increase of genus Enterococcus may not promote the change of family Enterococcaceae, which thus exert less influence on the abundance of phylum Firmicutes. The decrease of the abundance of genus Bifidobacterium may not cause a significant variation in the abundance of family Bifidobacteriaceae, and was contrary to the variation enrichment of the abundance of phylum Actinobacteria. The enrichment of family Coriobacteriaceae may promote the increase of phylum Actinobacteria, but no significantly differential taxa were found at the genus level. The alteration of the abundance of genus Prevotella and Akkermansia did not cause the consistent changes in the abundance of their corresponding family and phylum taxa, respectively, suggesting their little influence on the change of gut microbiota in patients with DKD.
Figure 3 The phylogenetic profile of differentially abundant taxa at the phylum, family, and genus level of patients with DKD compared to HC. The colors indicate different bacterial variations at the phylum, family, and genus levels. Red, abundance increased. Green, abundance decreased. Blue, abundance inconsistent. Gray, abundance not reported or reported only once. DKD, diabetic kidney diseases; HC, healthy controls.
Inflammatory Indicators, Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction Markers, and Gut Microbiota Metabolites
Five (5/15) studies (17, 26, 27, 34, 37) reported inflammatory markers and intestinal barrier function between DKD and HC, and found that inflammatory indicators in patients with DKD were higher than those in HC (e.g.: IL-6 (17, 26, 27, 34, 37), CRP [increased in four studies (17, 26, 27, 37), and no statistical difference in one study (34)], TNFα (17, 34, 37), IL-8 (37), LPS [increased in one study (17) and no statistical difference in the other study (34)]. The levels of intestinal permeability index (zonulin) and endothelial dysfunction marker (ET-1) in DKD were higher than those in controls (34) (Supplementary Table S5).
Two (2/16) studies (34, 35) examined gut microbiota metabolites between DKD and HC. Mohammed A. I. Al-Obaided et al. demonstrated that the serum levels of trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) in patients with DKD were significantly higher than in HC (34). Signe A. Winther et al. found that compared with HC, patients with T1D with macroalbuminuria had lower concentrations of tryptophan and higher concentrations of L-citrulline (35).
Functional Characteristics of Gut Microbiota
Only one (1/16) study (25) used the KEGG method to evaluate the functional characteristics of gut microbiota in patients with DKD and HC, and found overexpression of the tyrosine metabolic pathway and low expression of a short-chain fatty acid metabolic pathway in DKD (Supplementary Table S6).
Discussion
To our knowledge, this is the first meta-analysis to systematically evaluate gut dysbiosis in patients with DKD to identify specific microbial taxa that may contribute to the onset or progression of DKD. There is consistent evidence that the composition of the gut microbiota is specifically altered in DKD, in which phylogenetic analysis of the differentially abundant taxa showed that the expansion of genus Escherichia, Citrobacter, and Klebsiella, and the depletion of Roseburia may make a great contribution to gut dysbiosis in DKD, which may provide bacterial targets for preventing or treating DKD by reestablishing the homeostasis of gut microbiota and be worthy of verification in future studies.
Lower alpha diversity is considered detrimental to the host (43) and has been observed in a range of other clinical conditions, including obesity, type 1 and 2 diabetes, and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (44). However, regarding alpha diversity (within sample), our meta-analysis demonstrated no significant association with diversity indexes (evenness) and richness, suggesting that while richness is compromised, evenness is overall preserved. While the diversity of DKD is not significantly different from that of T2D (26, 27), suggesting that alpha diversity is not a good discriminator of disease progression. Regarding beta diversity (between samples), the composition of gut microbiota in patients with DKD and HC was significantly different. Together, the above findings preliminarily revealed that the profile of gut microbiota was altered in patients with DKD.
Escherichia and Acinetobacter are TMAO-producing bacteria (34, 45) and are enriched in DKD compared with HC. TMAO was verified extensively to induce vascular inflammatory, endothelial dysfunction, and foam cell formation by activating nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB) and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK)-related pathways, leading to atherosclerosis (46), renal damage, and fibrosis (47), and it is considered to be an independent gut microbiota-derived risk factor for cardiovascular and renal disease. Meanwhile, elevated TMAO levels in plasma were found to be positively associated with the prevalence of T2D (48) and were predictive of mortality, cardiovascular disease, and renal outcomes in T1D and T2D (49, 50), which was consistent with the enrichment of Escherichia in T1D and T2D (51, 52). TMAO binding and activating PERK may be one of the potential mechanisms of diabetes (53). Citrobacter was increased in DKD compared with HC, while no significant enrichment was found in T1D and T2D. Citrobacter infection may lead to loss of intestinal barrier integrity and mucosal damage by disrupting the mitochondrial structure and oxidative respiratory chain function in intestinal epithelial cells (54), accelerating insulitis via activation of diabetogenic CD8+ T cells (55) and allowing pathogens and their derived toxins to enter the bloodstream, resulting in chronic inflammation and uremia (56), which may contribute to the occurrence and development of DKD. Besides, Escherichia may also enhance intestinal infiltration by penetrating the intestinal epithelial barrier (57), leading to the escape of pathogenic and commensal bacteria from the intestinal lumen to activate the systemic immune system.
Chronic inflammation plays an important role in the occurrence and development of diabetes and DKD (58). Escherichia, Klebsiella, and Sutterella are increased in DKD, T1D (52, 59, 60), and pre-and untreated T2D (51, 61), which can effectively increase the circulating LPS levels (56, 62, 63). LPS can bind to Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 resulting in inflammatory responses, cytokine production, and chemokine-mediated recruitment of inflammatory cells (64), which may damage cellular insulin receptors (65) and pancreatic β-cell (66), leading to insulin resistance (67) and insulin deficiency, and promoting the occurrence of diabetes. High serum LPS activity predicts the progression of T1D to DKD. Treatment of podocytes with LPS decreased the expression of 3-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 (PDK1), stimulated the pro-apoptotic p38MAPK pathway, and induced apoptosis, which contributed to the occurrence of DKD, while the immunomodulator 4,5-Dihydro-3-phenyl-5-isoxazoleacetic acid (GIT27), which inhibits the TLR signal pathway, can prevent this pathological change (68). In addition, Yoshihiko Sawa et al. found that TLR combined with LPS to produce cytokines, such as TNFα and IL-6, transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), which promotes the increase of proteinuria and the accumulation of type I collagen in the glomeruli in type 1 and type 2 diabetic mice (69). The above evidence suggests that reducing plasma LPS concentrations by altering the gut microbiota may be an effective strategy to control the progression of diabetes and DKD. Interestingly, consistent with the proinflammatory properties of the above differentially abundant bacteria, we found that LPS and other inflammatory markers (e.g., TNFα, CRP, IL-6, etc.) were elevated in the serum of patients with DKD (Supplementary Table S5).
Akkermansia was reported to be negatively associated with untreated T2D (12), and animal studies found that genus Akkermansia mediates the negative regulation of glucose metabolism by interferon gamma (IFNγ) (70). Supplementation with Akkermansia can improve insulin sensitivity, improve blood lipids, and reduce LPS (71, 72). Unexpectedly, our study found that genus Akkermansia is enriched in DKD, which may be related to the use of hypoglycemic drugs in patients with DKD. Animal and human studies have shown that metformin can increase the abundance of Akkermansia in the gut microbiota (73, 74). Therefore, longitudinal studies evaluating the effects of drugs on the gut microbiota are necessary to select the optimal treatment options.
Roseburia is a butyrate-producing bacteria and is depleted in DKD, T1D (75), and T2D (76). Butyrate, a kind of short-chain fatty acids, can stimulate the colonic L cells to secrete a large amount of GLP-1 and a minor amount of PYY by activating the colonic free fatty acid receptors FFAR2 (GPR43) and FFAR3 (GPR41), and GLP-1 and PYY have the potential anti-diabetes and anti-obesity effects (77). Studies have shown that butyrate combined with GLP-1 can promote differentiation of pancreatic progenitor cells into insulin-producing cells, inducing the proliferation of insulin-producing cells, promoting the synthesis and release of insulin (78), improving blood glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, dyslipidiasis, and inflammation, and reducing body fat in diabetic patients (79). PYY promotes pancreatic β-cell proliferation and reduces apoptosis by activating hypothalamic neuropeptide Y1 receptors (NPYR1) (80, 81), and increases intestinal transit rate and satiety by activating NPYR2, which have obvious benefits for diabetes and obesity (81). In addition, butyrate has a protective effect on DKD by promoting the expression of GPR43 and inhibiting the activation of NF-kB (82). These evidences suggest that Roseburia and its metabolites may be potential therapeutic targets for diabetes and DKD.
Although only one study analyzed the functional characteristics of the gut microbiota between DKD and HC, the results were in agreement with the gut microbiota, further supporting the potential role of gut microbiota in the regulation of DKD. The KEGG analysis showed that the tyrosine metabolic pathway was overexpressed and the short-chain fatty acid metabolic pathway was under-expressed in DKD. Kikuchi et al. (83) confirmed in a variety of animal models that phenyl sulfate (PS) produced by tyrosine metabolism promoted the production of proteinuria by leading to damage of the glomerular basement membrane barrier and podocyte, inhibiting the key enzyme in its metabolic pathway (tyrosine phenol lyase, TPL) can reverse the above-mentioned renal pathological changes. They also found that the enrichment of family Coriobacteriaceae- genus Adlercreutzia was positively correlated with the concentration of PS in serum. Our study concluded a consistent finding on the enrichment of family Coriobacteriaceae, albeit no differential taxa at the genus level have been found, which needs to be validated in future studies. In addition, the low expression of short-chain fatty acid metabolic pathways is consistent with the reduction of short-chain fatty acid-producing bacteria. In conclusion, the analysis of the metabolic pathways of gut microbiota further supports the characteristics of gut dysbiosis in DKD, and the intervention of the metabolic pathways of specific microbiota in DKD may provide a new strategy for the prevention and treatment of DKD. The potential mechanism between gut dysbiosis and DKD was postulated and is shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4 The potential mechanism between gut dysbiosis and DKD. The decreased glomerular filtration rate of DKD patients leads to the accumulation of metabolic waste, which enters the intestinal lumen through the intestinal wall and results in gut dysbiosis. The composition and function of gut microbiota in patients with DKD significantly varied, resulting in the destruction of intestinal epithelial barrier function. Gut microbiota metabolites enter the blood and further aggravate the progression of DKD through a variety of pathways. TMAO, trimethylamine-N-oxide; PS, phenyl sulfate; SCFAs, short-chain fatty acids; BAs, bile acids; LPS, lipopolysaccharide; NF- κB, nuclear factor kappa-B; MAPK, mitogen-activated protein kinases; G-protein-coupled receptors (GPRs), such as GPR41 and GPR43; GLP-1, glucagon-like peptide-1; PYY, peptide YY; HADC, histone deacetylases; TGR5, Takeda G-protein receptor 5; FXR, farnesoid X receptor; TLR, toll-like receptors; JNK, c-Jun N-terminal kinase; IKK, IkappaB kinase; IR, insulin resistance; GBM, glomerular basement membrane; DKD, diabetic kidney diseases.
Some limitations should be noted. First, the paucity of quantitative data on all parameters of gut microbiota impeded us from performing a comprehensive meta-analysis, which may influence the strength of evidence. Second, the crucial microbial taxa closely related to the onset or progression of DKD were not fully determined due to the feature of observational studies included in our study. Third, due to the incomplete data reporting, we were unable to conduct a subgroup analysis to assess the effects of some factors such as eating habits, living environment, obesity condition, and drugs on the changes of gut microbiota in patients with DKD. Therefore, future endeavors will seek to discover the cause and effect between gut microbiota and DKD and the underlying mechanism.
Conclusions
The gut microbiota of patients with DKD may possess specific characteristics. Compared to HC, the richness of gut microbiota in patients with DKD was decreased, while the diversity indexes were overall preserved, and the beta diversity was significantly distinct. Alterations of genus Escherichia, Citrobacter, Klebsiella, and Roseburia may contribute most to the abundance variation of their corresponding family and phylum taxa, as well as bacterial diversity and composition. These microbial taxa may be closely related to DKD and serve as promising targets for the management of DKD, which warrants further exploration.
Data Availability Statement
The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article/Supplementary Material. Further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author.
Author Contributions
YW, JZ, and SS wrote the manuscript and researched the data. YQ researched data, contributed to discussion, and reviewed the manuscript. ZY, YZ, and XN contributed to the discussion and reviewed the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript, and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Funding
National Natural Science Foundation of China grants (Reference number: 82170722 and 81870470), Key project of Shaanxi province (Reference number: 2017ZDXM-SF-045), and Clinical research project of Air Force Military Medical University (Reference number: 202ILC2205) supported this study.
Conflict of Interest
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to acknowledge the Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University.
Supplementary Material
The Supplementary Material for this article can be found online at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.908219/full#supplementary-material
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Keywords: diabetic kidney diseases, gut microbiota, gut dysbiosis, meta-analysis, systematic review
Citation: Wang Y, Zhao J, Qin Y, Yu Z, Zhang Y, Ning X and Sun S (2022) The Specific Alteration of Gut Microbiota in Diabetic Kidney Diseases—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Front. Immunol. 13:908219. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.908219
Received: 30 March 2022; Accepted: 18 May 2022;
Published: 17 June 2022.
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†These authors have contributed equally to this work and share first authorship