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Metagenomics sequencing and fecal untargeted metabolomics were performed to evaluate the composition and metabolic function of IM in parallel with the development of cirrhosis.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> The CCl<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>-treated mice presented liver fibrosis at 5\u00a0weeks and liver cirrhosis at 15\u00a0weeks indicated by collagen deposition and pseudo-lobule formation, respectively. Mice with liver cirrhosis showed distinct microbial composition from NC, even in the earlier fibrosis stage. Importantly, both of the liver fibrosis and cirrhosis mice were characterized with the depletion of Deltaproteobacteria (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05) and enrichment of Akkermansia (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). Furthermore, fecal metabolomics revealed distinguished metabolomics profiles of mice with liver fibrosis and cirrhosis from the NC. Notably, pathway enrichment analysis pointed to remarkable disturbance of purine (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001 at 5\u00a0weeks, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.034 at 15\u00a0weeks) and pyrimidine metabolic pathways (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.005 at 5\u00a0weeks, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.006 at 15\u00a0weeks) during the development of liver cirrhosis. Interestingly, the disorders of pyrimidine and purine metabolites like the known microbial metabolites thymidine and 2\u2032-deoxyuridine had already occurred in liver fibrosis and continued in cirrhosis.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> These novel findings indicated the crucial role of IM-modulated pyrimidine and purine metabolites in the development of liver cirrhosis, which provides microbial targets for disease prevention.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmolb.2021.811399","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,28]],"date-time":"2022-01-28T09:36:07Z","timestamp":1643362567000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["Dynamic Alterations of the Gut Microbial Pyrimidine and Purine Metabolism in the Development of Liver Cirrhosis"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Yinghui","family":"Xiong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Li","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Li","family":"Shao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yang","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zebing","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xun","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chunhui","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anhua","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhenguo","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xuegong","family":"Fan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pengcheng","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"452","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ccell.2020.09.005","article-title":"A Microbiota-Derived Metabolite Augments Cancer Immunotherapy Responses in Mice","volume":"38","author":"Allen-Vercoe","year":"2020","journal-title":"Cancer Cell"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/jcp.30580","article-title":"Extracellular ATP and Adenosine in Tumor Microenvironment: Roles in Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition, Cell Migration and Invasion","author":"Alvarez","year":"2021","journal-title":"J Cell Physiol"},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"64s","DOI":"10.2967\/jnumed.107.046391","article-title":"Imaging of Cell Proliferation: Status and Prospects","volume":"49","author":"Bading","year":"2008","journal-title":"J. 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