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Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice
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The relationship between the gut microbiota and ASD is not yet fully understood. Numerous studies have focused on the differences in intestinal microbial and metabolism profiles between TD and ASD children.
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Fecal microbiota from children with ASD transferred into germ-free mice induced ASD-like behaviors, distinct cecal microbial communities, and altered tryptophan/serotonin metabolism relative to mice receiving microbiota from typically developing children. The same tryptophan and serotonergic synapse pathways were altered in fecal samples from children with ASD, and key serotonin synthesis/transport proteins changed in mouse colon and prefrontal cortex.
Key findings
- ASD-FMT mice showed ASD-like behaviors versus TD-FMT mice: shorter sniffing of mouse urine (P < 0.001), less time in the open-field center zone (P < 0.01), more self-grooming (P < 0.01), greater novel-object chamber preference (P < 0.001), and lesser strange-mouse chamber preference (P < 0.001) (n = 16).
- Cecal microbiota differed between groups: no significant α-diversity differences, but ANOSIM showed between-group separation (R² = 0.78; P = 0.001). Verrucomicrobia was lower (P < 0.05) and unidentified_Bacteria higher (P < 0.01) in ASD-FMT; genera increased in ASD-FMT included Parabacteroides (P < 0.05), Alistipes (P < 0.01), Anaerotruncus (P < 0.01), and Helicobacter (P < 0.01), while Parasutterella (P < 0.05), Akkermansia (P < 0.05), Lachnoclostridium (P < 0.01), and unidentified_Erysipelotrichaceae (P < 0.01) were decreased (n = 8).
- Untargeted metabolomics found 963 differential cecal metabolites (698 down, 265 up in ASD-FMT), 239 serum metabolites (122 down, 117 up), and 65 prefrontal cortex metabolites (36 down, 29 up). Tryptophan metabolism and serotonergic synapse pathways were enriched in cecal contents, serum, prefrontal cortex, and in feces from 120 children with ASD versus 60 TD children; picky eating differed (ASD 80/120 [66.7%] vs TD 26/60 [43.3%], P < 0.001).
- Protein expression in ASD-FMT versus TD-FMT mice: colon TPH1 was upregulated (P < 0.05), colon SERT (P < 0.01) and 5-HT1AR (P < 0.05) were downregulated; prefrontal cortex TPH2 and SERT were upregulated (P < 0.05 for both), while prefrontal cortex 5-HT1AR did not differ (P > 0.05) (n = 3).
Methods
- Thirty-two male germ-free BALB/c mice were randomized to receive 200 μl fecal suspension from 5 TD children or 5 children with ASD (boys aged 2–6 years); behavioral testing occurred after 3 weeks, and cecal contents, serum, prefrontal cortex, colon, and other tissues were collected.
- Cecal microbiota was analyzed by 16S rRNA gene V4 sequencing with α/β diversity, PCoA, Wilcoxon tests, and LEfSe (LDA > 4); untargeted LC-MS/MS metabolomics was performed on mouse cecal contents, serum, and prefrontal cortex, plus fecal samples from 120 children with ASD and 60 TD children, with KEGG pathway enrichment and Spearman correlation.
- Western blotting measured TPH1, SERT, and 5-HT1AR in mouse colon and TPH2, SERT, and 5-HT1AR in prefrontal cortex; differential metabolites were defined by VIP ≥ 1, P < 0.05, and fold change ≥ 1.25 or ≤ 0.8, with significance generally set at P < 0.05.
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- The paper states that it is difficult to distinguish whether mouse cecal metabolites were host-derived or microbiota-derived; the causal relationship between gut microbes, metabolites, and key metabolic proteins remains unclear; and multiple factors affecting the microbiome and metabolomics could not be fully controlled.
- Evident from the text: omics analyses used small mouse sample sizes (n = 8 per group; Western blot n = 3), and the mouse donors were only boys aged 2–6 years, limiting generalizability.
- Evident from the text: the human validation cohort was separate from the 5+5 mouse donors and provided only fecal metabolomics, so human causal or protein-level findings were not directly tested.
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“in the cecal contents of mice, the levels of Trp-Trp (a dipeptide of tryptophan), kynurenic acid, and indole-3-acetic acid were significantly higher and those of 6-hydroxymelatonin, indole-3-lactic acid, and 5-methoxy-indoleacetate were significantly lower in the ASD-FMT group than in the TD-FMT group”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > Tryptophan metabolism and serotonergic synapse pathways were also altered in fecal samples of children with ASD.
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“During this test, the time of movement in the center zone was significantly shorter in the ASD-FMT group than in the TD-FMT group (Fig. 1B) (P < 0.01).”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > FMT from children with ASD facilitated abnormal behaviors in GF mice.
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“a total of 239 differentially expressed metabolites were detected in the serum samples, including 122 downregulated metabolites and 117 upregulated metabolites in the ASD-FMT group”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > FMT altered the tryptophan metabolism and serotonergic synapse pathways in mice.
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“5-hydroxy-N-formylkynurenine, tryptamine, 5-hydroxytryptophan, and serotonin were more abundant in children with ASD than in TD children”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > Tryptophan metabolism and serotonergic synapse pathways were also altered in fecal samples of children with ASD.
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“The expression levels of TPH2 and SERT in the prefrontal cortex were significantly upregulated in the ASD-FMT group compared with the TD-FMT group (P < 0.05 for both)”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > FMT from ASD donors altered key proteins involved in serotonin synthesis and transport in colonized mice.
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“At the genus level, Parabacteroides (P < 0.05), Alistipes (P < 0.01), Anaerotruncus (P < 0.01), and Helicobacter (P < 0.01) were increased in the ASD-FMT group compared with the TD-FMT group”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > FMT from children with ASD led to differential microbial community structures in GF mice.
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“Principal-coordinate analysis (PCoA) plots revealed conspicuous differences in microbial community structures between the TD-FMT and ASD-FMT groups”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > FMT from children with ASD led to differential microbial community structures in GF mice.
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“The protein expression level of TPH1 in the colon was notably upregulated in the ASD-FMT group compared with the TD-FMT group (P < 0.05)”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > FMT from ASD donors altered key proteins involved in serotonin synthesis and transport in colonized mice.
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“The time spent sniffing mouse urine was significantly shorter in the ASD-FMT group than in the TD-FMT group (P < 0.001) (Fig. 1A).”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > FMT from children with ASD facilitated abnormal behaviors in GF mice.
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“Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, unidentified_Bacteria, Verrucomicrobia, and Proteobacteria were the most abundant bacteria present in the cecum in the two groups.”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > FMT from children with ASD led to differential microbial community structures in GF mice.
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“these three significantly upregulated metabolites in the ASD-FMT group were positively correlated with some genera in the order_Bacteroidetes (o_Bacteroidetes) (but not Butyricimonas) and negatively correlated with the order_Erysipelotrichales (o_Erysipelotrichales), family_Erysipelotrichaceae (f_Erysipelotrichaceae).”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > Specific bacteria in mice after FMT may be associated with tryptophan and serotonin metabolism.
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“Verrucomicrobia and unidentified_Bacteria showed statistically significant differences between the two groups and were identified as key phyla. At the genus level, Helicobacter, Lachnoclostridium, and Akkermansia showed significant between-group differences and were identified as key genera”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > FMT from children with ASD led to differential microbial community structures in GF mice.
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“In the prefrontal cortex samples, 65 differentially expressed metabolites were identified, of which 36 were downregulated and 29 were upregulated in the ASD-FMT group”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > FMT altered the tryptophan metabolism and serotonergic synapse pathways in mice.
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“The rarefaction curves for all the cecal samples collected from the TD-FMT and ASD-FMT mice tended to approach the saturation plateau (Fig. 2A), suggesting that the sequencing depth was enough to cover the whole bacterial diversity and was suitable for the present study.”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > FMT from children with ASD led to differential microbial community structures in GF mice.
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“Patients with ASD exhibit altered tryptophan metabolism, with reduced levels of tryptophan and an increased kynurenine-to-tryptophan ratio in the plasma”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > DISCUSSION
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“in autistic children, the serotonin level is increased in the serum and decreased in the brain”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > DISCUSSION
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“some bacteria belonging to the genera Clostridium, Ruminococcus, Blautia, and Lactobacillus have been identified as being able to convert tryptophan to tryptamine”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > DISCUSSION
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“microbiota transfer therapy, which changes the intestinal microenvironment, has improved behavioral problems and gastrointestinal symptoms in children with ASD”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > DISCUSSION
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“TPH1 is present mainly in peripheral organs such as the intestines and spleen, while TPH2 predominates in the brain stem”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > DISCUSSION
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“our findings show that ASD-related intestinal microbes induced abnormal tryptophan and serotonin metabolism in both ASD-FMT mice and children with ASD”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > Tryptophan metabolism and serotonergic synapse pathways were also altered in fecal samples of children with ASD.
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“Clostridia and Bacteroides can produce propionic acid”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > DISCUSSION
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“it is difficult to distinguish whether the metabolites in the mouse cecum were derived from the host or from the gut microbiota.”
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“TPH catalyzes the rate-limiting step in serotonin synthesis”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > DISCUSSION
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“It has been found that Bifidobacterium, Blautia, Dialister, Prevotella, Veillonella, and Turicibacter are decreased and that Lactobacillus, Bacteroides, Desulfovibrio, and Clostridium are increased in the gut microbiota of children with ASD relative to TD children”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > INTRODUCTION
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“the mice in the ASD-FMT group showed increased repetitive behaviors and decreased sociability compared to the mice in the TD-FMT group.”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > FMT from children with ASD facilitated abnormal behaviors in GF mice.
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“we hypothesized that the gut microbiota from donors with ASD resulted in abnormalities in tryptophan and serotonin metabolism and altered the key proteins involved in the synthesis and transport of serotonin in mice.”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > FMT from ASD donors altered key proteins involved in serotonin synthesis and transport in colonized mice.
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“compared with specific-pathogen-free (SPF) mice, germ-free (GF) mice show social communication disorders and increased anxiety behaviors, and these abnormal social behaviors are corrected after the mice are colonized with normal microbiota”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > INTRODUCTION
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“it has been reported that serotonin may be associated with the symptoms of ASD”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > INTRODUCTION
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“Except for picky eating behavior (TD, 26/60 [43.3%]; ASD, 80/120 [66.7%] [P < 0.001]), the TD children were age, gender, region, height, weight, and socioeconomic status matched with the ASD group”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > RESULTS > Tryptophan metabolism and serotonergic synapse pathways were also altered in fecal samples of children with ASD.
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“the causal relationship between gut microbes, metabolites, and key metabolic proteins involved remains unclear.”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > DISCUSSION
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“Propionic acid may induce ASD-like behaviors upon intraventricular administration, and the underlying mechanism may be related to the regulation of neurotransmitters”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > DISCUSSION
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“multiple factors can affect the gut microbiome and metabolomics, and we cannot fully control the potential impacting factors.”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > DISCUSSION
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“This clinical trial was registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (registration number ChiCTR-ROC-14005442).”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > MATERIALS AND METHODS > Animals, donor selection, and FMT.
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“They also received health examinations and were proven to be free from any signs of developmental disorders or mental illness.”
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“The exclusion criteria included a history of other developmental disorders, neurological or psychiatric diseases, genetic metabolic disease, major physical illness, recent infections, and the use of medications, antibiotics, antifungals, probiotics, or prebiotics within 3 months before the sampling.”
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“The 2 groups of mice were raised in 2 separate, gnotobiotic environments.”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > MATERIALS AND METHODS > Animals, donor selection, and FMT.
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“In addition, none of the donors had received any medications, antibiotics, antifungals, probiotics, or prebiotics in the past 3 months.”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > MATERIALS AND METHODS > Animals, donor selection, and FMT.
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“Health examinations were also conducted for the TD donors to confirm that they did not have any signs of developmental disorders or psychiatric diseases.”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > MATERIALS AND METHODS > Animals, donor selection, and FMT.
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“the number of postsynaptic 5-HT1A receptors is decreased in the brains of patients with anxiety and depression”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > DISCUSSION
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- Not checked yetcites [50] Meunier CNJ, Chameau P, Fossier PM. 2017. Modulation of synaptic plasticity in the cortex needs to understand all the players. Front Synaptic Neurosci 9: 2. doi: 10.3389/fnsyn.2017.00002. 28203201 PMC5285384
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“In addition, ASD-related intestinal microorganisms may alter the expressions of related proteins involved in serotonin synthesis and transport in GF mice, which may be the molecular basis for the changes in tryptophan and serotonin metabolism.”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > DISCUSSION > Conclusions.
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“High peripheral serotonin levels are associated with changes in SERTs and serotonin receptors in children with ASD”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > DISCUSSION
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- Not checked yetcites [47] Maes M, Anderson G, Betancort Medina SR, Seo M, Ojala JO. 2019. Integrating autism spectrum disorder pathophysiology: mitochondria, vitamin A, CD38, oxytocin, serotonin and melatonergic alterations in the placenta and gut. Curr Pharm Des 25: 4405– 4420. doi: 10.2174/1381612825666191102165459. 31682209
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“alterations in SERT levels can lead to physiological dysfunction”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > DISCUSSION
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- Not checked yetcites [49] Baganz NL, Blakely RD. 2013. A dialogue between the immune system and brain, spoken in the language of serotonin. ACS Chem Neurosci 4: 48– 63. doi: 10.1021/cn300186b. 23336044 PMC3547518
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“The diagnosis of ASD was made by a developmental pediatrician or psychologist through a series of structured interviews, according to DSM-5 criteria.”
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“ASD was diagnosed by a developmental pediatrician or psychologist through a series of structured interviews according to DSM-5 criteria.”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > MATERIALS AND METHODS > Animals, donor selection, and FMT.
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“All 10 donors were boys aged 2 to 6 years with no history of other developmental disorders, neurological or psychiatric diseases, genetic metabolic diseases, or major physical illness.”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > MATERIALS AND METHODS > Animals, donor selection, and FMT.
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“The mice could freely move through a small opening (6 by 6 cm) in each divider and were observed for 5 min in the empty box to confirm that each animal had no bias for any of the chambers.”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > MATERIALS AND METHODS > (iii) Three-chamber sociability test.
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“GF mice aged 4 weeks were randomly divided into 2 groups: the mice in the TD-FMT group were gavaged with 200 μl of the fecal suspension obtained from the TD children, and the mice in the ASD-FMT group were gavaged with the same volume of the fecal suspension obtained from the children with ASD.”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > MATERIALS AND METHODS > Animals, donor selection, and FMT.
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“SERTs are located on presynaptic serotonin nerve terminals as well as on axons and serotonin cell bodies in the raphe”
§ Fecal Microbiome Transplantation from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Modulates Tryptophan and Serotonergic Synapse Metabolism and Induces Altered Behaviors in Germ-Free Mice > DISCUSSION
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- Not checked yetcites [48] Daws LC, Gould GG. 2011. Ontogeny and regulation of the serotonin transporter: providing insights into human disorders. Pharmacol Ther 131: 61– 79. doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2011.03.013. 21447358 PMC3131109
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The causal relationship between gut microbes and metabolites and ASD symptoms is not yet established.
“The relationship between the gut microbiota and ASD is not yet fully understood.”
“However, it is still not clear if these microbes and metabolites cause the development of ASD symptoms.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The 5 ASD donors are representative of children with ASD.
“In this study, 5 TD children and 5 ASD children were recruited, and their fecal samples were collected as donor samples.”
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The 5 TD donors are representative of typically developing children.
“In this study, 5 TD children and 5 ASD children were recruited, and their fecal samples were collected as donor samples.”
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“This is further confirmed by Xiao et al. [151], who performed a similar experiment, where mice seeded with ASD microbiota presented more autistic-like behaviors.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Xiao, L., Yan, J., Yang, T., Zhu, J., Li, T., Wei, H., & Chen, J.
- Affiliations
- Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (CN)
- Army Medical University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Wei, Hong
- Chen, Jie
- Venue
- mSystems
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Published
- 2021-04-27
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 2379-5077 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC8547010
- OpenAlex
- W3144114196
- Semantic Scholar
- 596a405f3452caa2386fa6290c0680dabbf7a2d5
- Cited by
- 141
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
- 2026: 30 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 8
- FWCI
- 6.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- mSystems (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81470799, 31971089, 81770526)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, gut microbiota, germ-free mice, tryptophan metabolism, serotonin metabolism, microbial metabolites
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