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Nitrite Generating and Depleting Capacity of the Oral Microbiome and Cardiometabolic Risk: Results from ORIGINS.
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Journal of the American Heart Association [J Am Heart Assoc] 2022 May 17; Vol. 11 (10), pp. e023038. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 16. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Background The enterosalivary nitrate-nitrite-nitric oxide (NO <subscript>3</subscript> -NO <subscript>2</subscript> -NO) pathway generates NO following oral microbiota-mediated production of salivary nitrite, potentially linking the oral microbiota to reduced cardiometabolic risk. Nitrite depletion by oral bacteria may also be important for determining the net nitrite available systemically. We examine if higher abundance of oral microbial genes favoring increased oral nitrite generation and decreased nitrite depletion is associated with a better cardiometabolic profile cross-sectionally. Methods and Results This study includes 764 adults (mean [SD] age 32 [9] years, 71% women) enrolled in ORIGINS (Oral Infections, Glucose Intolerance, and Insulin Resistance Study). Microbial DNA from subgingival dental plaques underwent 16S rRNA gene sequencing; PICRUSt2 was used to estimate functional gene profiles. To represent the different components and pathways of nitrogen metabolism in bacteria, predicted gene abundances were operationalized to create summary scores by (1) bacterial nitrogen metabolic pathway or (2) biochemical product (NO <subscript>2</subscript> , NO, or ammonia [NH <subscript>3</subscript> ]) formed by the action of the bacterial reductases encoded. Finally, nitrite generation-to-depletion ratios of gene abundances were created from the above summary scores. A composite cardiometabolic Z score was created from cardiometabolic risk variables, with higher scores associated with worse cardiometabolic health. We performed multivariable linear regression analysis with cardiometabolic Z score as the outcome and the gene abundance summary scores and ratios as predictor variables, adjusting for sex, age, race, and ethnicity in the simple adjusted model. A 1 SD higher NO versus NH <subscript>3</subscript> summary ratio was inversely associated with a -0.10 (false discovery rate q =0.003) lower composite cardiometabolic Z score in simple adjusted models. Higher NH <subscript>3</subscript> summary score (suggestive of nitrite depletion) was associated with higher cardiometabolic risk, with a 0.06 (false discovery rate q =0.04) higher composite cardiometabolic Z score. Conclusions Increased net capacity for nitrite generation versus depletion by oral bacteria, assessed through a metagenome estimation approach, is associated with lower levels of cardiometabolic risk.
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- Adult
Bacteria genetics
Bacteria metabolism
Female
Humans
Male
Nitrates metabolism
Nitric Oxide metabolism
Nitrites
Nitrogen
Nitrogen Dioxide metabolism
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S genetics
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S metabolism
Cardiovascular Diseases diagnosis
Cardiovascular Diseases epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases genetics
Microbiota
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2047-9980
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American Heart Association
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 35574962
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.023038