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Area of Science:

  • Microbiome research
  • Sleep science
  • Medical diagnostics

Background:

  • Chronic insomnia disorder (CID) is linked to gut microbiota alterations.
  • Identifying CID severity is crucial for effective treatment.
  • Gut microbial characteristics may help stratify CID severity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate gut microbiota for stratifying chronic insomnia disorder (CID) severity.
  • To identify specific microbial signatures associated with different CID severity levels.
  • To explore the potential of the gut microbiome in diagnosing and managing CID.

Main Methods:

  • 16S rRNA gene sequencing of fecal samples from 65 CID patients (severe and mild groups) and 30 healthy controls.
  • Comparative analysis of microbial structure, identification of key bacterial genera using LASSO and Boruta algorithms.
  • Correlation analysis with sleep parameters and functional pathway prediction using PICRUSt2; random forest model for classification.

Main Results:

  • Significant gut microbial diversity and composition differences were found between severe CID patients and healthy controls.
  • Seven key bacterial genera correlated with sleep parameters, with distinct functional pathway perturbations (glutamate/butanoate metabolism, amino acid degradation) observed by severity.
  • A random forest model showed moderate accuracy (AUC=0.711-0.730) in distinguishing severe CID patients based on microbial data.

Conclusions:

  • Distinct gut microbial signatures are associated with varying severity of chronic insomnia disorder (CID).
  • These findings suggest the gut microbiome's potential role in developing novel diagnostic tools for CID.
  • Microbiota-based interventions could offer new therapeutic strategies for managing insomnia severity.