Features of the intestinal microbiota composition in multiple sclerosis patients receiving oral disease-modifying therapy
- Authors: Tarasova E.A.1, Lioudyno V.I.1, Matsulevich A.V.1, Negoreeva I.G.2, Ilves A.G.2, Ivashkova E.V.2, Shkilnyuk G.G.2, Abdurasulova I.N.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Experimental Medicine
- N.P. Bechtereva Institute of the Human Brain of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 21, No 4 (2021)
- Pages: 47-56
- Section: Original research
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/MAJ/article/view/88595
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/MAJ88595
- ID: 88595
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Heterogeneous dysbiosis of the intestinal microbiome is a common hallmark of multiple sclerosis. In this pilot study, we compared the level of some gut bacteria in multiple sclerosis patients receiving oral disease-modifying therapy versus untreated.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Subjects were patients with relapsing-remitting or secondary and primary progressive multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis patients were treated by Fingolimod (n = 31), Teriflunomide (n = 21) or were untreated (n = 31). The bacterial levels in stool samples were analyzed by cultivation method and real time PCR.
RESULTS: The levels of symbiotic and opportunistic bacterial species in the fecal samples of multiple sclerosis patients receiving disease-modifying therapy were different from those in untreated patients. Also, there was a difference in the spectrum of gastrointestinal tract disorders between these patients. Fingolimod-treated patients showed decreased levels of some bacterial species compared to untreated subjects, including Escherichia coli with regular enzymatic activity, Sutterella wadsworthensis (phylum Proteobacteria), butyrate-producing bacteria Roseburia spp., Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, and Ruminococcus spp. (phylum Firmicutes, class Clostridia). Teriflunomide-treated patients demonstrated decreased levels of Lactobacillus spp. and Enterococcus spp. (phylum Firmicutes, class Bacilli) and Ruminococcus spp. Increased levels of Bifidobacterium spp. were observed in treated and untreated multiple sclerosis patients with higher EDSS scores.
CONCLUSIONS: This study shows the negative effect of oral disease-modifying therapy on intestinal microbiota composition and gastrointestinal tract disorders. However, more extensive studies are needed to confirm these preliminary results and develop ways to normalize intestinal dysbiosis in multiple sclerosis patients.
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Elena A. Tarasova
Institute of Experimental Medicine
Email: tarasovahellen@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0160-9590
Scopus Author ID: 25937494300
ResearcherId: J-6990-2018
Research Associate, Pavlov Department of Physiology
Russian Federation, 12, Academician Pavlov Str., Saint Petersburg, 197376Victoria I. Lioudyno
Institute of Experimental Medicine
Email: vlioudyno@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1449-7754
SPIN-code: 8980-8497
Scopus Author ID: 6504455988
ResearcherId: E-3797-2014 H-6
Cand. Sci. (Biol.), Senior Research Associate, Pavlov Department of Physiology
Russian Federation, 12, Academician Pavlov Str., Saint Petersburg, 197376Anna V. Matsulevich
Institute of Experimental Medicine
Email: cat_fly@bk.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0030-9548
SPIN-code: 8464-1814
Scopus Author ID: 57190964381
ResearcherId: J-8280-2018
Research Associate, Pavlov Department of Physiology
Russian Federation, 12, Academician Pavlov Str., Saint Petersburg, 197376Irina G. Negoreeva
N.P. Bechtereva Institute of the Human Brain of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: nip@ihb.spb.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1497-7109
SPIN-code: 7742-7720
Scopus Author ID: 23498576100
MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.), Research Associate, Laboratory of Neuroimmunology
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgAleksandr G. Ilves
N.P. Bechtereva Institute of the Human Brain of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: ailves@hotmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9822-5982
SPIN-code: 1068-7281
Scopus Author ID: 36113684700
ResearcherId: AAO-7683-2021
MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.), Senior Research Associate, Laboratory of Neuroimmunology
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgElena V. Ivashkova
N.P. Bechtereva Institute of the Human Brain of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: ivashkova@ihb.spb.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0201-0136
SPIN-code: 5861-9531
Scopus Author ID: 6507961979
MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.), Research Associate, Laboratory of Neuroimmunology
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgGalina G. Shkilnyuk
N.P. Bechtereva Institute of the Human Brain of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: galinakima@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7175-668X
Scopus Author ID: 57193109310
ResearcherId: AAZ-3672-2020
MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.), Research Associate, Laboratory of Neuroimmunology
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgIrina N. Abdurasulova
Institute of Experimental Medicine
Author for correspondence.
Email: i_abdurasulova@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1010-6768
Scopus Author ID: 22233604700
ResearcherId: J-6887-2018 H-3
Cand. Sci. (Biol.), Head of Laboratory, Pavlov Department of Physiology
Russian Federation, 12, Academician Pavlov Str., Saint Petersburg, 197376References
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