TY - JOUR
T1 - Gut microbial dysbiosis, IgA, and Enterococcus in common variable immunodeficiency with immune dysregulation
AU - Berbers, Roos Marijn
AU - Paganelli, Fernanda L.
AU - van Montfrans, Joris M.
AU - Ellerbroek, Pauline M.
AU - Viveen, Marco C.
AU - Rogers, Malbert R.C.
AU - Salomons, Moniek
AU - Schuurmans, Jaap
AU - van Stigt Thans, Martine
AU - Vanmaris, Remi M.M.
AU - Brosens, Lodewijk A.A.
AU - van der Wal, Maria Marlot
AU - Dalm, Virgil A.S.H.
AU - van Hagen, P. Martin
AU - van de Ven, Annick A.J.M.
AU - Uh, Hae Won
AU - van Wijk, Femke
AU - Willems, Rob J.L.
AU - Leavis, Helen L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025.
PY - 2025/12
Y1 - 2025/12
N2 - Background: Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia and recurrent infections. Significant morbidity and mortality are caused by immune dysregulation complications (CVIDid), which affect around one-third of CVID patients and have a poorly understood etiology. Here, we investigate the hypothesis that gut microbial dysbiosis contributes to the inflammation underlying CVIDid. Results: Bacterial invasion of colonic crypts was observed in CVID (3/15) and X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA, 1/3), but not in healthy control (HC, 0/9) biopsies. Fecal gut microbiota was characterized using 16S rRNA-targeted amplicon sequencing. Increased bacterial load, decreased alpha diversity and distinct beta diversity were observed in CVIDid (n = 42) compared to HC (n = 48), and similar results were seen in CVID with IgA deficiency (n = 40) compared to HC. CVIDid and CVID-IgA showed enrichment of the genus Enterococcus, and in vitro studies confirmed the inflammatory potential of Enterococcus gallinarum and Enterococcus hirae in patient monocytes. Conclusions: This study further supports the hypothesis that a dysregulated gut microbiota, with IgA deficiency as an important driving factor, contributes to systemic inflammation in primary antibody deficiency, and introduces enterococci as potential pathobionts in CVIDid.
AB - Background: Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia and recurrent infections. Significant morbidity and mortality are caused by immune dysregulation complications (CVIDid), which affect around one-third of CVID patients and have a poorly understood etiology. Here, we investigate the hypothesis that gut microbial dysbiosis contributes to the inflammation underlying CVIDid. Results: Bacterial invasion of colonic crypts was observed in CVID (3/15) and X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA, 1/3), but not in healthy control (HC, 0/9) biopsies. Fecal gut microbiota was characterized using 16S rRNA-targeted amplicon sequencing. Increased bacterial load, decreased alpha diversity and distinct beta diversity were observed in CVIDid (n = 42) compared to HC (n = 48), and similar results were seen in CVID with IgA deficiency (n = 40) compared to HC. CVIDid and CVID-IgA showed enrichment of the genus Enterococcus, and in vitro studies confirmed the inflammatory potential of Enterococcus gallinarum and Enterococcus hirae in patient monocytes. Conclusions: This study further supports the hypothesis that a dysregulated gut microbiota, with IgA deficiency as an important driving factor, contributes to systemic inflammation in primary antibody deficiency, and introduces enterococci as potential pathobionts in CVIDid.
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U2 - 10.1186/s40168-024-01982-y
DO - 10.1186/s40168-024-01982-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 39819634
AN - SCOPUS:85216048475
SN - 2049-2618
VL - 13
SP - 12
JO - Microbiome
JF - Microbiome
IS - 1
M1 - 12
ER -