Tissue-dependent transcriptional and bacterial associations in primary sclerosing cholangitis-associated inflammatory bowel disease
Background: Patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) frequently have co-ocurring ulcerative colitis (UC) and develop colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer risk in patients with PSC-associated ulcerative colitis (PSC/UC) is elevated relative to patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) alone, re...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9664024/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36447600 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16901.2 |
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author | Ilott, Nicholas E. Neyazi, Mastura Arancibia-Cárcamo, Carolina V. Powrie, Fiona Geremia, Alessandra |
author_facet | Ilott, Nicholas E. Neyazi, Mastura Arancibia-Cárcamo, Carolina V. Powrie, Fiona Geremia, Alessandra |
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description | Background: Patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) frequently have co-ocurring ulcerative colitis (UC) and develop colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer risk in patients with PSC-associated ulcerative colitis (PSC/UC) is elevated relative to patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) alone, reasons for which remain obscure. Understanding the molecular and microbial basis for differences between these two patient groups and how these vary across intestinal sites is important for the development of therapies to prevent colorectal cancer development in at-risk individuals. Methods: We employed ribonucleic acid sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis of biopsy samples across three intestinal tissue locations (ileum, caecum and rectum) in patients with PSC/UC (ileum n = 7, caecum n = 7, rectum n = 7), UC (ileum n = 9, caecum n = 10, rectum n = 10) and healthy controls (ileum n = 11, caecum n = 9, rectum n = 12) to determine tissue-dependent transcriptional alterations in PSC/UC. We also performed 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) amplicon sequencing to determine bacterial associations with PSC/UC. Results: Tissue-defining transcriptional signatures revealed that the ileum was enriched for genes involved in lipid and drug metabolism, the caecum for activated immune cells and the rectum for enteric neurogenesis. Transcriptional alterations relative to healthy control samples were largely shared between patients with PSC/UC or UC although were distinct across tissue locations. Nevertheless, we observed reduced expression of gamma-glutamyl transferase 1 ( GGT1) specifically in the ileum and caecum of patients with PSC/UC. Analysis of the bacterial component of the microbiome revealed high inter-individual variability of microbiome composition and little evidence for tissue-dependency. We observed a reduction in Parabacteroides relative abundance in the rectum of patients with PSC/UC. Conclusions: The role of gamma-glutamyl transferase in maintaining the redox environment through the glutathione salvage pathway makes our observed alterations a potential pathway to PSC-associated colorectal cancer. |
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spelling | pubmed-96640242022-11-28 Tissue-dependent transcriptional and bacterial associations in primary sclerosing cholangitis-associated inflammatory bowel disease Ilott, Nicholas E. Neyazi, Mastura Arancibia-Cárcamo, Carolina V. Powrie, Fiona Geremia, Alessandra Wellcome Open Res Research Article Background: Patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) frequently have co-ocurring ulcerative colitis (UC) and develop colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer risk in patients with PSC-associated ulcerative colitis (PSC/UC) is elevated relative to patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) alone, reasons for which remain obscure. Understanding the molecular and microbial basis for differences between these two patient groups and how these vary across intestinal sites is important for the development of therapies to prevent colorectal cancer development in at-risk individuals. Methods: We employed ribonucleic acid sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis of biopsy samples across three intestinal tissue locations (ileum, caecum and rectum) in patients with PSC/UC (ileum n = 7, caecum n = 7, rectum n = 7), UC (ileum n = 9, caecum n = 10, rectum n = 10) and healthy controls (ileum n = 11, caecum n = 9, rectum n = 12) to determine tissue-dependent transcriptional alterations in PSC/UC. We also performed 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) amplicon sequencing to determine bacterial associations with PSC/UC. Results: Tissue-defining transcriptional signatures revealed that the ileum was enriched for genes involved in lipid and drug metabolism, the caecum for activated immune cells and the rectum for enteric neurogenesis. Transcriptional alterations relative to healthy control samples were largely shared between patients with PSC/UC or UC although were distinct across tissue locations. Nevertheless, we observed reduced expression of gamma-glutamyl transferase 1 ( GGT1) specifically in the ileum and caecum of patients with PSC/UC. Analysis of the bacterial component of the microbiome revealed high inter-individual variability of microbiome composition and little evidence for tissue-dependency. We observed a reduction in Parabacteroides relative abundance in the rectum of patients with PSC/UC. Conclusions: The role of gamma-glutamyl transferase in maintaining the redox environment through the glutathione salvage pathway makes our observed alterations a potential pathway to PSC-associated colorectal cancer. F1000 Research Limited 2022-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9664024/ /pubmed/36447600 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16901.2 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Ilott NE et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Ilott, Nicholas E. Neyazi, Mastura Arancibia-Cárcamo, Carolina V. Powrie, Fiona Geremia, Alessandra Tissue-dependent transcriptional and bacterial associations in primary sclerosing cholangitis-associated inflammatory bowel disease |
title | Tissue-dependent transcriptional and bacterial associations in primary sclerosing cholangitis-associated inflammatory bowel disease |
title_full | Tissue-dependent transcriptional and bacterial associations in primary sclerosing cholangitis-associated inflammatory bowel disease |
title_fullStr | Tissue-dependent transcriptional and bacterial associations in primary sclerosing cholangitis-associated inflammatory bowel disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Tissue-dependent transcriptional and bacterial associations in primary sclerosing cholangitis-associated inflammatory bowel disease |
title_short | Tissue-dependent transcriptional and bacterial associations in primary sclerosing cholangitis-associated inflammatory bowel disease |
title_sort | tissue-dependent transcriptional and bacterial associations in primary sclerosing cholangitis-associated inflammatory bowel disease |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9664024/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36447600 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16901.2 |
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