To investigate the causal relationship between gut microbiota and insomnia by two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis.
The summary statistics of gut microbiota came from a meta-analysis of the largest genomewide association study conducted by the MiBioGen Alliance. The summary statistics for insomnia came from the genomewide association study of insomnia measurement. Inverse variance weighted, MR-Egger, weighted median, simple mode method, and weighted mode method were used to study the causal relationship between gut microbiota and insomnia. The stability of the results was evaluated by a series of sensitivity analyses.
MR analysis showed that soft membrane Mollicutes RF9 [β=-0.86, OR(95%CI): 0.42(0.25-0.71)] and unknown family [β=-0.86, OR(95%CI): 0.42(0.25-0.71)] had protective effect on insomnia. In addition, 14 other groups were found to be potentially causally associated with insomnia in this study including Oxalobacteraceae (F=170.153, P=0.034), Marvinbryantia (F=162.702, P=0.006), Ruminococcaceae UCG002 (F=298.323, P=0.046), Subdoligranulum (F=198.442, P=0.045), Anaerostipes (F=222.074, P=0.032), Gammaproteobacteria (F=91.816, P= 0.006) , Pasteurellales (F=231.141, P=0.010), Lachnospiraceae UCG010 (F=138.761, P=0.045), Peptococcus (F=287.210, P=0.036), Ruminococcus gnavus group (F=162.913, P=0.031), Dorea (F=112.086, P=0.049), Flavonifractor (F=95.307, P=0.020), and unknown genus(F=89.189, P=0.001). No significant heterogeneity or pleiotropy was detected.
Mendelian randomization shows that the flexurales, unknown families, and 14 other taxa are causally related to insomnia. The gut microbiota may be one of the treatments to improve insomnia.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |