General Information of MIC (ID: MIC00057)
MIC Name Akkermansia sp. (verrucomicrobia)
Body Site Gut
Lineage Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Verrucomicrobia
Class: Verrucomicrobiae
Order: Verrucomicrobiales
Family: Akkermansiaceae
Genus: Akkermansia
Species: Akkermansia sp.
Oxygen Sensitivity Anaerobe
Microbial Metabolism Fermentative
Gram Negative
Description Akkermansia sp. is an anerobic, Gram negative species of the genus Akkermansia.
External Links Taxonomy ID
1872421
GOLD Organism ID
Go0546785
Disease Relevance
          Autoimmune liver disease  [ICD-11: DB96]
             Description Akkermansia was decreased in Primary sclerosing cholangitis. [1]
          Inflammatory bowel disease  [ICD-11: DD72]
             Description Inflammatory bowel disease was associated with Akkermansia infection. [2]
          Multiple sclerosis  [ICD-11: 8A40]
             Description Akkermansia is upregulated in disease expression of Multiple sclerosis. [3]
          Ulcerative colitis  [ICD-11: DD71]
             Description Akkermansia was decreased in ulcerative colitis along with genus Roseburia. [1]
Host Genetic Factors (HGFs)
          KLB
             HGF ID HGF2334 HGF Info       Class Copy Number Variation: Gene Deletion (CNV-GDe)
             Description The deletion of KLB increased the proportion of Bacteroides. [4]
          rs9822322
             HGF ID HGF1414 HGF Info       Class Single Nucleotide Polymorphism: Non coding transcript variant (SNP-NCTV)
             Description The rs9822322 SNP was significantly associated with the abundance of Akkermansia (p-value=4.61E-06). [5]
          rs6781853
             HGF ID HGF1418 HGF Info       Class Single Nucleotide Polymorphism: Intron variant (SNP-IV)
             Description The rs6781853 SNP was significantly associated with the abundance of Akkermansia (p-value=4.61E-06). [5]
          rs4894707
             HGF ID HGF1417 HGF Info       Class Single Nucleotide Polymorphism: Intron variant (SNP-IV)
             Description The rs4894707 SNP was significantly associated with the abundance of Akkermansia (p-value=3.64E-06). [5]
          rs3774039
             HGF ID HGF1416 HGF Info       Class Single Nucleotide Polymorphism: Intron variant (SNP-IV)
             Description The rs3774039 SNP was significantly associated with the abundance of Akkermansia (p-value=4.61E-06). [5]
          rs2168205
             HGF ID HGF1415 HGF Info       Class Single Nucleotide Polymorphism: Intron variant (SNP-IV)
             Description The rs2168205 SNP was significantly associated with the abundance of Akkermansia (p-value=4.61E-06). [5]
Host Immune Factors (HIFs)
          HD-5(1-9)
             HIF ID HIFM0289 HIF Info       Class Antimicrobial peptide (AMP)
             Description HD-519 treatment could significantly increase the Akkermansia sp.. [6]
          HD-5(7-32)
             HIF ID HIFM0290 HIF Info       Class Antimicrobial peptide (AMP)
             Description HD-5732 could preserve the selective increase of Akkermansia sp.. [6]
          Immunoglobulin E
             HIF ID HIFM0271 HIF Info       Class Immunoglobulin (Ig)
             Description Akkermansia resulted increased in non-IgE-mediated CMA(cows milk allergy) patients. [7]
          CD8+ T cells
             HIF ID HIFC0073 HIF Info       Class T cells (TCs)
             Description A purified membrane protein from Akkermansia muciniphila blunts colitis associated tumourigenesis by modulation of CD8 T cells. [8]
Environmental Factor(s)
             Disbiome ID
      67
             gutMDisorder ID
      gm0029
References
1 Distinct gut microbiota profiles in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis and ulcerative colitis. World J Gastroenterol. 2017 Jul 7;23(25):4548-4558. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i25.4548.
2 Phylotype-level 16S rRNA analysis reveals new bacterial indicators of health state in acute murine colitis. ISME J. 2012 Nov;6(11):2091-106. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2012.39. Epub 2012 May 10.
3 Interactions between the microbiota, immune and nervous systems in health and disease. Nat Neurosci. 2017 Feb;20(2):145-155. doi: 10.1038/nn.4476. Epub 2017 Jan 16.
4 -Klotho deficiency protects against obesity through a crosstalk between liver, microbiota, and brown adipose tissue.JCI Insight. 2017 Apr 20;2(8):e91809. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.91809. eCollection 2017 Apr 20.
5 Genome-Wide Association Studies of the Human Gut Microbiota.PLoS One. 2015 Nov 3;10(11):e0140301. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140301. eCollection 2015.
6 Paneth cell -defensins HD-5 and HD-6 display differential degradation into active antimicrobial fragments.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Feb 26;116(9):3746-3751. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1817376116. Epub 2019 Feb 11.
7 Gut microbiota composition and butyrate production in children affected by non-IgE-mediated cow's milk allergy.Sci Rep. 2018 Aug 21;8(1):12500. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30428-3.
8 A purified membrane protein from Akkermansia muciniphila or the pasteurised bacterium blunts colitis associated tumourigenesis by modulation of CD8(+) T cells in mice. Gut. 2020 Mar 13:gutjnl-2019-320105. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2019-320105. Online ahead of print.

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