Longitudinal Multi-omics Reveals Subset-Specific Mechanisms Underlying Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Ruben A. T. Mars, Tonya Ward, Mo Houtti, Sambhawa Priya, Heather R. Lekatz, Xiaojia Tang, Zhifu Sun, Krishna R. Kalari, Yogesh Bhattarai, Tenghao Zheng, Noam Bar, Gary Frost, Abigail J. Johnson, Will van Treuren, Shuo Han, Tamas Ordog, Madhusudan Grover, Justin Sonnenburg, Mauro D'Amato, Michael CamilleriEran Elinav, Eran Segal, Ran Blekhman, Gianrico Farrugia, Jonathan R. Swann, Dan Knights, Purna C. Kashyap

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Abstract

The gut microbiome has been implicated in multiple human chronic gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. Determining its mechanistic role in disease has been difficult due to apparent disconnects between animal and human studies and lack of an integrated multi-omics view of disease-specific physiological changes. We integrated longitudinal multi-omics data from the gut microbiome, metabolome, host epigenome, and transcriptome in the context of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) host physiology. We identified IBS subtyp-especific and symptom-related variation in microbial composition and function. A subset of identified changes in microbial metabolites correspond to host physiological mechanisms that are relevant to IBS. By integrating multiple data layers, we identified purine metabolism as a novel host-microbial metabolic pathway in IBS with translational potential. Our study highlights the importance of longitudinal sampling and integrating complementary multi-omics data to identify functional mechanisms that can serve as therapeutic targets in a comprehensive treatment strategy for chronic GI diseases.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1460-1473
Number of pages14
JournalCell
Volume182
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Sep 2020

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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