Association between gut microbiota and polycystic ovary syndrome: a Mendelian randomization study
CHEN Ying1, LIU Ke1, LIU Bin1, SUN Xiaohui1, HE Zhixing2, MAO Yingying1, YE Ding1
1. School of Public Health, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310053, China; 2. Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310053, China
Abstract：Objective To investigate the causal relationship between gut microbiota and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) using a Mendelian randomization (MR) study, so as to provide insights into the pathogenesis of PCOS and the formulation of prevention and treatment strategies. Methods The genetic data on gut microbiota was derived from a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) involving 18 340 participants. The genetic data on PCOS was sourced from two GWAS meta-analyses in European populations, serving as the discovery set and the validation set, respectively. A two-sample MR analysis was conducted using the discovery set, with the inverse variance weighted (IVW) method as the primary approach. Sensitivity analyses employed the weighted median method, MR-Egger regression, and the MR-PRESSO test. The validation set was utilized for verification, and a meta-analysis was performed to combine the results from the two datasets. Results Forward MR analysis results showed that nine types of gut microbiota were statistically associated with PCOS (all P<0.05). Specifically, the association of family Streptococcaceae (OR=1.442, 95%CI: 1.097-1.895), genus Actinomyces (OR=1.359, 95%CI: 1.036-1.784), genus Ruminococcaceae UCG 011 (OR=0.755, 95%CI: 0.619-0.921), genus Sellimonas (OR=0.766, 95%CI: 0.657-0.893) and genus Streptococcus with PCOS (OR=1.496, 95%CI: 1.136-1.972) remained consistent in the sensitivity analysis. Reverse MR analysis showed no evidence for the causal association between PCOS and the aforementioned five types of gut microbiota (all P>0.05). The MR analysis results of the validation set showed that there was no statistical association between the aforementioned five types of gut microbiota and PCOS (all P>0.05). However, the associations remained significant for genus Actinomyces (OR=1.226,95%CI：1.010-1.503) and genus Streptococcus (OR=1.266,95%CI：1.042-1.452) in the meta-analysis (both P<0.05). Conclusion This study provides the evidence that genus Actinomyces and genus Streptococcus are causally associated with PCOS.
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CHEN Ying, LIU Ke, LIU Bin, SUN Xiaohui, HE Zhixing, MAO Yingying, YE Ding. Association between gut microbiota and polycystic ovary syndrome: a Mendelian randomization study. Preventive Medicine, 2024, 36(9): 801-805.
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