Blood-borne extracellular vesicles of bacteria and intestinal cells in patients with psychotic disorders
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Blood-borne extracellular vesicles of bacteria and intestinal cells in patients with psychotic disorders. / Tunset, Mette Elise; Haslene-Hox, Hanne; Van Den Bossche, Tim; Maleki, Susan; Vaaler, Arne; Kondziella, Daniel.
In: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 77, No. 7, 2023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Blood-borne extracellular vesicles of bacteria and intestinal cells in patients with psychotic disorders
AU - Tunset, Mette Elise
AU - Haslene-Hox, Hanne
AU - Van Den Bossche, Tim
AU - Maleki, Susan
AU - Vaaler, Arne
AU - Kondziella, Daniel
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Background: Human cells and bacteria secrete extracellular vesicles (EV) which play a role in intercellular communication. EV from the host intestinal epithelium are involved in the regulation of bacterial gene expression and growth. Bacterial EV (bactEV) produced in the intestine can pass to various tissues where they deliver biomolecules to many kinds of cells, including neurons. Emerging data indicate that gut microbiota is altered in patients with psychotic disorders. We hypothesized that the amount and content of blood-borne EV from intestinal cells and bactEV in psychotic patients would differ from healthy controls. Methods: We analyzed for human intestinal proteins by proteomics, for bactEV by metaproteomic analysis, and by measuring the level of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in blood-borne EV from patients with psychotic disorders (n = 25), tested twice, in the acute phase of psychosis and after improvement, with age- and sex-matched healthy controls (n = 25). Results: Patients with psychotic disorders had lower LPS levels in their EV compared to healthy controls (p =.027). Metaproteome analyses confirmed LPS finding and identified Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes as dominating phyla. Total amounts of human intestine proteins in EV isolated from blood was lower in patients compared to controls (p =.02). Conclusions: Our results suggest that bactEV and host intestinal EV are decreased in patients with psychosis and that this topic is worthy of further investigation given potential pathophysiological implications. Possible mechanisms involve dysregulation of the gut microbiota by host EV, altered translocation of bactEV to systemic circulation where bactEV can interact with both the brain and the immune system.
AB - Background: Human cells and bacteria secrete extracellular vesicles (EV) which play a role in intercellular communication. EV from the host intestinal epithelium are involved in the regulation of bacterial gene expression and growth. Bacterial EV (bactEV) produced in the intestine can pass to various tissues where they deliver biomolecules to many kinds of cells, including neurons. Emerging data indicate that gut microbiota is altered in patients with psychotic disorders. We hypothesized that the amount and content of blood-borne EV from intestinal cells and bactEV in psychotic patients would differ from healthy controls. Methods: We analyzed for human intestinal proteins by proteomics, for bactEV by metaproteomic analysis, and by measuring the level of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in blood-borne EV from patients with psychotic disorders (n = 25), tested twice, in the acute phase of psychosis and after improvement, with age- and sex-matched healthy controls (n = 25). Results: Patients with psychotic disorders had lower LPS levels in their EV compared to healthy controls (p =.027). Metaproteome analyses confirmed LPS finding and identified Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes as dominating phyla. Total amounts of human intestine proteins in EV isolated from blood was lower in patients compared to controls (p =.02). Conclusions: Our results suggest that bactEV and host intestinal EV are decreased in patients with psychosis and that this topic is worthy of further investigation given potential pathophysiological implications. Possible mechanisms involve dysregulation of the gut microbiota by host EV, altered translocation of bactEV to systemic circulation where bactEV can interact with both the brain and the immune system.
KW - brain-gut axis
KW - Extracellular vesicles
KW - lipopolysaccharides
KW - proteomics
KW - psychotic disorders
U2 - 10.1080/08039488.2023.2223572
DO - 10.1080/08039488.2023.2223572
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37354486
AN - SCOPUS:85162972244
VL - 77
JO - Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, Supplement
JF - Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, Supplement
SN - 0803-9496
IS - 7
ER -
ID: 367311128