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Gut Microbiota Composition and Metabolic Potential of Long-Living People in China.
- Source :
- Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience; 7/7/2022, Vol. 14, p1-14, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Individuals with naturally long-life spans have been extensively studied to gain a greater understanding of what factors contribute to their overall health and ability to delay or avoid certain diseases. Our previous work showed that gut microbiota can be a new avenue in healthy aging studies. In the present study, a total of 86 Chinese individuals were assigned into three groups: the long-living group (90 + years old; n = 28), the elderly group (65-75 years old; n = 31), and the young group (24-48 years old; n = 27). These groups were used to explore the composition and functional genes in the microbiota community by using the metagenomic sequencing method. We found that long-living individuals maintained high diversity in gene composition and functional profiles. Furthermore, their microbiota displays less inter-individual variation than that of elderly adults. In the taxonomic composition, it was shown that long- living people contained more short-chain fatty acid (SCFA)-producing bacteria and a decrease in certain pathogenic bacteria. Functional analysis also showed that the long- living people were enriched in metabolism metabolites methanol, trimethylamine (TMA), and CO<subscript>2</subscript> to methane, and lysine biosynthesis, but the genes related to riboflavin (vitamin B<subscript>2</subscript>) metabolism and tryptophan biosynthesis were significantly reduced in long-living individuals. Further, we found that long-living people with enriched SCFA- and lactic- producing bacteria and related genes, highly centered on producing key lactic acid genes (ldhA) and the genes of lysine that are metabolized to the butyrate pathway. In addition, we compared the gut microbiota signatures of longevity in different regions and found that the composition of the gut microbiota of the long-lived Chinese and Italian people was quite different, but both groups were enriched in genes related to methane production and glucose metabolism. In terms of SCFA metabolism, the Chinese long- living people were enriched with bacteria and genes related to butyric acid production, while the Italian long-living people were enriched with more acetic acid-related genes. These fidings suggest that the gut microbiota of Chinese long-living individuals include more SCFA-producing bacteria and genes, metabolizes methanol, TMA, and CO<subscript>2</subscript>, and contains fewer pathogenic bacteria, thereby potentially contributing to the healthy aging of humans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- VITAMIN B2 metabolism
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
STATISTICS
ACTIVE aging
SEQUENCE analysis
ANALYSIS of variance
GUT microbiome
MANN Whitney U Test
METABOLISM
AMINES
FECES
PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
RESEARCH funding
GENES
GENOMICS
LACTATES
IMMUNITY
LONGEVITY
DATA analysis
SHORT-chain fatty acids
BUTYRIC acid
GRAM-positive bacteria
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16634365
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 158178364
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2022.820108