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- This study investigates the relationship between gut microbiota and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) to understand if one affects the other in men and women.
- Using Mendelian randomization analysis, researchers analyzed data from large genome-wide association studies to identify potential causal effects of specific bacterial taxa on IGF-1 levels.
- The findings reveal a bidirectional causal relationship: certain gut bacteria impact IGF-1 in both genders, while IGF-1 also influences specific gut bacteria, although not all results remained significant after stringent statistical corrections.
Article Abstract
Background: The causal relationship between gut microbiota and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to explore the causal relationship between gut microbiota and IGF-1 in men and women.
Methods: Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to gut microbiota were derived from pooled statistics from large genome-wide association studies (GWASs) published by the MiBioGen consortium. Pooled data for IGF-1 were obtained from a large published GWAS. We conducted Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis, primarily using the inverse variance weighted (IVW) method. Additionally, we performed sensitivity analyses to enhance the robustness of our results, focusing on assessing heterogeneity and pleiotropy.
Results: In forward MR analysis, 11 bacterial taxa were found to have a causal effect on IGF-1 in men; 14 bacterial taxa were found to have a causal effect on IGF-1 in women (IVW, all < 0.05). After false discovery rate (FDR) correction, all bacterial traits failed to pass the FDR correction. In reverse MR analysis, IGF-1 had a causal effect on nine bacterial taxa in men and two bacterial taxa in women respectively (IVW, all < 0.05). After FDR correction, the causal effect of IGF-1 on order Actinomycetales ( = 0.049) remains in men. The robustness of the IVW results was further confirmed after heterogeneity and pleiotropy analysis.
Conclusion: Our study demonstrates a bidirectional causal link between the gut microbiota and IGF-1, in both men and women.
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