T H Mertsalmi1,2, V T E Aho3, P A B Pereira3, L Paulin3, E Pekkonen1,2, P Auvinen3, F Scheperjans1,2. 1. Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. 2. Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Neurology), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 3. DNA Sequencing and Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The majority of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients suffer from gastrointestinal symptoms of which constipation is considered the most prominent. Recently, in addition to constipation, a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) was also found to be associated with increased PD risk. Gut microbiota alterations have been reported in IBS and recently also in PD. IBS-like bowel symptoms in PD and their possible connection to other non-motor symptoms and faecal microbiota were assessed. METHODS: This case-control study compared 74 PD patients with 75 controls without any signs of parkinsonism or potential premotor symptoms. IBS-like symptoms were assessed using the Rome III questionnaire. The non-motor symptoms were assessed using the Non-Motor Symptoms Questionnaire and Non-Motor Symptom Scale. Faecal microbiota were assessed by pyrosequencing of the V1-V3 regions of the bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene. RESULTS: Symptoms that were IBS-like were significantly more prevalent in PD patients than in controls (24.3% vs. 5.3%; P = 0.001). Criteria for functional constipation were met by 12.2% of PD patients and 6.7% of controls (P = 0.072). PD patients with IBS-like symptoms had more non-motor symptoms and a lower faecal abundance of Prevotella bacteria than those without IBS-like symptoms. CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that PD patients may suffer from colonic dysfunction beyond pure constipation. Therefore, a more comprehensive assessment of bowel symptoms could provide valuable information. The lower abundance of Prevotella bacteria in PD patients with IBS-like symptoms suggests that the microbiota-gut-brain axis may be implicated in the gastrointestinal dysfunction of PD patients.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The majority of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients suffer from gastrointestinal symptoms of which constipation is considered the most prominent. Recently, in addition to constipation, a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) was also found to be associated with increased PD risk. Gut microbiota alterations have been reported in IBS and recently also in PD. IBS-like bowel symptoms in PD and their possible connection to other non-motor symptoms and faecal microbiota were assessed. METHODS: This case-control study compared 74 PDpatients with 75 controls without any signs of parkinsonism or potential premotor symptoms. IBS-like symptoms were assessed using the Rome III questionnaire. The non-motor symptoms were assessed using the Non-Motor Symptoms Questionnaire and Non-Motor Symptom Scale. Faecal microbiota were assessed by pyrosequencing of the V1-V3 regions of the bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene. RESULTS: Symptoms that were IBS-like were significantly more prevalent in PDpatients than in controls (24.3% vs. 5.3%; P = 0.001). Criteria for functional constipation were met by 12.2% of PDpatients and 6.7% of controls (P = 0.072). PDpatients with IBS-like symptoms had more non-motor symptoms and a lower faecal abundance of Prevotella bacteria than those without IBS-like symptoms. CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that PDpatients may suffer from colonic dysfunction beyond pure constipation. Therefore, a more comprehensive assessment of bowel symptoms could provide valuable information. The lower abundance of Prevotella bacteria in PDpatients with IBS-like symptoms suggests that the microbiota-gut-brain axis may be implicated in the gastrointestinal dysfunction of PDpatients.
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