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Diamond E, Hewlett K, Penumutchu S, Belenky A, Belenky P. Coffee Consumption Modulates Amoxicillin-Induced Dysbiosis in the Murine Gut Microbiome. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:637282. [PMID: 34276581 PMCID: PMC8278525 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.637282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The microbiome is essential for host health, and perturbations resulting from antibiotic use can lead to dysbiosis and disease. Diet can be a powerful modulator of microbiome composition and function, with the potential to mitigate the negative effects of antibiotic use. Thus, it is necessary to study the impacts of diet and drug interactions on the gut microbiome. Coffee is a commonly consumed beverage containing many compounds that have the potential to affect the microbiome, including caffeine, polyphenols, and fiber. We supplemented mice with caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee in conjunction with amoxicillin, and used 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing of fecal samples to investigate changes in diversity and composition of the murine fecal microbiome. We found that antibiotics, regardless of coffee supplementation, caused significant disruption to the murine fecal microbiome, enriching for Proteobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, and Bacteroidetes, but reducing Firmicutes. While we found that coffee alone did not have a significant impact on the composition of the fecal microbiome, coffee supplementation did significantly affect relative abundance metrics in mice treated with amoxicillin. After caffeinated coffee supplementation, mice treated with amoxicillin showed a smaller increase in Proteobacteria, specifically of the family Burkholderiaceae. Correspondingly we found that in vitro, Burkholderia cepacia was highly resistant to amoxicillin, and that it was inhibited by concentrations of caffeine and caffeinated coffee comparable to levels of caffeine in murine ceca. Overall, this work shows that coffee, and possibly the caffeine component, can impact both the microbiome and microbiome members during antibiotic exposure.
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- Emma Diamond
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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Dietary Fiber Hierarchical Specificity: the Missing Link for Predictable and Strong Shifts in Gut Bacterial Communities. mBio 2021; 12:e0102821. [PMID: 34182773 PMCID: PMC8262931 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01028-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Most dietary fibers used to shape the gut microbiota present different and unpredictable responses, presumably due to the diverse microbial communities of people. Recently, we proposed that fibers can be classified in a hierarchical way where fibers of high specificity (i.e., structurally complex and utilized by a narrow group of gut bacteria) could have more similar interindividual responses than those of low specificity (i.e., structurally simple and utilized by many gut bacteria). To test this hypothesis, we evaluated microbiota fermentation of fibers tentatively classified as low (fructooligosaccharides), low-to-intermediate (type 2 resistant starch), intermediate (pectin), and high (insoluble β-1,3-glucan) specificity, utilizing fecal inoculum from distinct subjects, regarding interindividual similarity/dissimilarity in fiber responses. Individual shifts in target bacteria (as determined by linear discriminant analysis) confirmed that divergent fiber responses occur when utilizing both of the low-specificity dietary fibers, but fibers of intermediate and high specificity lead to more similar responses across subjects in support of targeted bacteria. The high-specificity insoluble β-glucan promoted a large increase of the target bacteria (from 0.3 to 16.5% average for Anaerostipes sp. and 2.5 to 17.9% average for Bacteroides uniformis), which were associated with increases in ratios of related metabolites (butyrate and propionate, respectively) in every microbial community in which these bacteria were present. Also, high-specificity dietary fibers promoted more dramatic changes in microbial community structure than low-specificity ones relative to the initial microbial communities.
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Berry ASF, Pierdon MK, Misic AM, Sullivan MC, O’Brien K, Chen Y, Murray SJ, Ramharack LA, Baldassano RN, Parsons TD, Beiting DP. Remodeling of the maternal gut microbiome during pregnancy is shaped by parity. MICROBIOME 2021; 9:146. [PMID: 34176489 PMCID: PMC8237508 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-021-01089-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND The maternal microbiome has emerged as an important factor in gestational health and outcome and is associated with risk of preterm birth and offspring morbidity. Epidemiological evidence also points to successive pregnancies-referred to as maternal parity-as a risk factor for preterm birth, infant mortality, and impaired neonatal growth. Despite the fact that both the maternal microbiome and parity are linked to maternal-infant health, the impact of parity on the microbiome remains largely unexplored, in part due to the challenges of studying parity in humans. RESULTS Using synchronized pregnancies and dense longitudinal monitoring of the microbiome in pigs, we describe a microbiome trajectory during pregnancy and determine the extent to which parity modulates this trajectory. We show that the microbiome changes reproducibly during gestation and that this remodeling occurs more rapidly as parity increases. At the time of parturition, parity was linked to the relative abundance of several bacterial species, including Treponema bryantii, Lactobacillus amylovorus, and Lactobacillus reuteri. Strain tracking carried out in 18 maternal-offspring "quadrads"-each consisting of one mother sow and three piglets-linked maternal parity to altered levels of Akkermansia muciniphila, Prevotella stercorea, and Campylobacter coli in the infant gut 10 days after birth. CONCLUSIONS Collectively, these results identify parity as an important environmental factor that modulates the gut microbiome during pregnancy and highlight the utility of a swine model for investigating the microbiome in maternal-infant health. In addition, our data show that the impact of parity extends beyond the mother and is associated with alterations in the community of bacteria that colonize the offspring gut early in life. The bacterial species we identified as parity-associated in the mother and offspring have been shown to influence host metabolism in other systems, raising the possibility that such changes may influence host nutrient acquisition or utilization. These findings, taken together with our observation that even subtle differences in parity are associated with microbiome changes, underscore the importance of considering parity in the design and analysis of human microbiome studies during pregnancy and in infants. Video abstract.
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- Alexander S. F. Berry
- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- Department of Clinical Studies - New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- Department of Clinical Studies - New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
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Characterizing Industrial and Artisanal Fishing Vessel Catch Composition Using Environmental DNA and Satellite-Based Tracking Data. Foods 2021; 10:foods10061425. [PMID: 34205462 PMCID: PMC8235475 DOI: 10.3390/foods10061425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Revised: 06/13/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The decline in wild-caught fisheries paired with increasing global seafood demand is pushing the need for seafood sustainability to the forefront of national and regional priorities. Validation of species identity is a crucial early step, yet conventional monitoring and surveillance tools are limited in their effectiveness because they are extremely time-consuming and require expertise in fish identification. DNA barcoding methods are a versatile tool for the genetic monitoring of wildlife products; however, they are also limited by requiring individual tissue samples from target specimens which may not always be possible given the speed and scale of seafood operations. To circumvent the need to individually sample organisms, we pilot an approach that uses forensic environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding to profile fish species composition from the meltwater in fish holds on industrial and artisanal fishing vessels in Ecuador. Fish identified genetically as present were compared to target species reported by each vessel’s crew. Additionally, we contrasted the geographic range of identified species against the satellite-based fishing route data of industrial vessels to determine if identified species could be reasonably expected in the catch.
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Zhu Z, Satten GA, Mitchell C, Hu YJ. Constraining PERMANOVA and LDM to within-set comparisons by projection improves the efficiency of analyses of matched sets of microbiome data. MICROBIOME 2021; 9:133. [PMID: 34108046 PMCID: PMC8191060 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-021-01034-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Matched-set data arise frequently in microbiome studies. For example, we may collect pre- and post-treatment samples from a set of individuals, or use important confounding variables to match data from case participants to one or more control participants. Thus, there is a need for statistical methods for data comprised of matched sets, to test hypotheses against traits of interest (e.g., clinical outcomes or environmental factors) at the community level and/or the operational taxonomic unit (OTU) level. Optimally, these methods should accommodate complex data such as those with unequal sample sizes across sets, confounders varying within sets, and continuous traits of interest. METHODS PERMANOVA is a commonly used distance-based method for testing hypotheses at the community level. We have also developed the linear decomposition model (LDM) that unifies the community-level and OTU-level tests into one framework. Here we present a new strategy that can be used with both PERMANOVA and the LDM for analyzing matched-set data. We propose to include an indicator variable for each set as covariates, so as to constrain comparisons between samples within a set, and also permute traits within each set, which can account for exchangeable sample correlations. The flexible nature of PERMANOVA and the LDM allows discrete or continuous traits or interactions to be tested, within-set confounders to be adjusted, and unbalanced data to be fully exploited. RESULTS Our simulations indicate that our proposed strategy outperformed alternative strategies, including the commonly used one that utilizes restricted permutation only, in a wide range of scenarios. Using simulation, we also explored optimal designs for matched-set studies. The flexibility of PERMANOVA and the LDM for a variety of matched-set microbiome data is illustrated by the analysis of data from two real studies. CONCLUSIONS Including set indicator variables and permuting within sets when analyzing matched-set data with PERMANOVA or the LDM is a strategy that performs well and is capable of handling the complex data structures that frequently occur in microbiome studies. Video Abstract.
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- Zhengyi Zhu
- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, GA, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, 30333, GA, USA
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- Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, GA, USA.
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Mills MC, Evans MV, Lee S, Knobloch T, Weghorst C, Lee J. Acute cyanotoxin poisoning reveals a marginal effect on mouse gut microbiome composition but indicates metabolic shifts related to liver and gut inflammation. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 215:112126. [PMID: 33721663 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Freshwater harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a major environmental health problem worldwide. HABs are caused by a predominance of cyanobacteria, some of which produce potent toxins. The most ubiquitous cyanotoxin is microcystin (MC) and the congener MC-LR is the most studied due to its toxicity. Short-term exposure to toxins can cause gut microbiome disturbances, but this has not been well described with MC-LR exposure. This study investigated the gut microbial communities of mice from a prior study, which identified significant liver toxicity from ingestion of MC-LR daily for 8 days. CD-1 mice were divided into three dosage groups: control, low exposure (sub-lethal MC-LR concentration), and high exposure (near-lethal MC-LR concentration). Fecal samples were analyzed using 16S rRNA sequencing. Results revealed that at population level, there were no significant shifts in bacterial diversity or the microbial community structure over the exposure period. However, there were significant differences between male and female mice. Predictive functional gene analysis indicated that several metabolic pathways were significantly different in the high dose group before exposure and following 7 doses of MC-LR, as well as between the control and high dose groups on Day 8. Significant differentially abundant taxa were also identified contributing to these pathways. Several pathways, including superpathway of N-acetylneuraminate degradation, were related to liver and gut inflammation. The outcome of this study suggests a need for in-depth investigation of metabolic activity and other functions in the gut in future studies, as well as potential consideration of the role of sex in MC-LR toxicity.
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- Molly C Mills
- College of Public Health Division of Environmental Health Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States; Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- College of Public Health Division of Environmental Health Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States; College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Preventative Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- College of Public Health Division of Environmental Health Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- College of Public Health Division of Environmental Health Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- College of Public Health Division of Environmental Health Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- College of Public Health Division of Environmental Health Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States; Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States; Department of Food Science & Technology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
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Paradiso R, Borriello G, Bolletti Censi S, Salzano A, Cimmino R, Galiero G, Fusco G, De Carlo E, Campanile G. Different Non-Structural Carbohydrates/Crude Proteins (NCS/CP) Ratios in Diet Shape the Gastrointestinal Microbiota of Water Buffalo. Vet Sci 2021; 8:vetsci8060096. [PMID: 34073108 PMCID: PMC8229247 DOI: 10.3390/vetsci8060096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The microbiota of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) are crucial for host health and production efficiency in ruminants. Its microbial composition can be influenced by several endogenous and exogenous factors. In the beef and dairy industry, the possibility to manipulate gut microbiota by diet and management can have important health and economic implications. The aims of this study were to characterize the different GIT site microbiota in water buffalo and evaluate the influence of diet on GIT microbiota in this animal species. We characterized and compared the microbiota of the rumen, large intestine and feces of water buffaloes fed two different diets with different non-structural carbohydrates/crude proteins (NSC/CP) ratios. Our results indicated that Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes and Proteobacteria were the most abundant phyla in all the GIT sites, with significant differences in microbiota composition between body sites both within and between groups. This result was particularly evident in the large intestine, where beta diversity analysis displayed clear clustering of samples depending on the diet. Moreover, we found a difference in diet digestibility linked to microbiota modification at the GIT level conditioned by NSC/CP levels. Diet strongly influences GIT microbiota and can therefore modulate specific GIT microorganisms able to affect the health status and performance efficiency of adult animals.
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- Rubina Paradiso
- Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, 80055 Portici, Italy; (R.P.); (G.B.); (G.G.); (G.F.); (E.D.C.)
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- Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, 80055 Portici, Italy; (R.P.); (G.B.); (G.G.); (G.F.); (E.D.C.)
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80137 Naples, Italy;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0812536215
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- Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, 80055 Portici, Italy; (R.P.); (G.B.); (G.G.); (G.F.); (E.D.C.)
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- Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, 80055 Portici, Italy; (R.P.); (G.B.); (G.G.); (G.F.); (E.D.C.)
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- Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, 80055 Portici, Italy; (R.P.); (G.B.); (G.G.); (G.F.); (E.D.C.)
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80137 Naples, Italy;
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Lima KM, Davis RR, Liu SY, Greenhalgh DG, Tran NK. Longitudinal profiling of the burn patient cutaneous and gastrointestinal microbiota: a pilot study. Sci Rep 2021; 11:10667. [PMID: 34021204 PMCID: PMC8139985 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89822-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Sepsis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients that have sustained a severe burn injury. Early detection and treatment of infections improves outcomes and understanding changes in the host microbiome following injury and during treatment may aid in burn care. The loss of functional barriers, systemic inflammation, and commensal community perturbations all contribute to a burn patient’s increased risk of infection. We sampled 10 burn patients to evaluate cutaneous microbial populations on the burn wound and corresponding spared skin on days 0, 3, 7, 14, 21, and 28 post-intensive care unit admission. In addition, skin samples were paired with perianal and rectal locations to evaluate changes in the burn patient gut microbiome following injury and treatment. We found significant (P = 0.011) reduction in alpha diversity on the burn wound compared to spared skin throughout the sampling period as well as reduction in common skin commensal bacteria such as Propionibacterium acnes and Staphylococcus epidermitis. Compared to healthy volunteers (n = 18), the burn patient spared skin also exhibited a significant reduction in alpha diversity (P = 0.001). Treatments such as systemic or topical antibiotic administration, skin grafting, and nutritional formulations also impact diversity and community composition at the sampling locations. When evaluating each subject individually, an increase in relative abundance of taxa isolated clinically by bacterial culture could be seen in 5/9 infections detected among the burn patient cohort.
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- Kelly M Lima
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis, 4400 V St., Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis, 4400 V St., Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis, 4400 V St., Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
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- Division of Burn Surgery, Department of Surgery, 2221 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis, 4400 V St., Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
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Kumar S, Kumari N, Talukdar D, Kothidar A, Sarkar M, Mehta O, Kshetrapal P, Wadhwa N, Thiruvengadam R, Desiraju BK, Nair GB, Bhatnagar S, Mukherjee S, Das B. The Vaginal Microbial Signatures of Preterm Birth Delivery in Indian Women. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:622474. [PMID: 34094994 PMCID: PMC8169982 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.622474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background The incidence of preterm birth (PTB) in India is around 13%. Specific bacterial communities or individual taxon living in the vaginal milieu of pregnant women is a potential risk factor for PTB and may play an important role in its pathophysiology. Besides, bacterial taxa associated with PTB vary across populations. Objective Conduct a comparative analysis of vaginal microbiome composition and microbial genomic repertoires of women who enrolled in the Interdisciplinary Group for Advanced Research on Birth Outcomes – A DBT India Initiative (GARBH-Ini) pregnancy cohort to identify bacterial taxa associated with term birth (TB) and PTB in Indian women. Methods Vaginal swabs were collected during all three trimesters from 38 pregnant Indian women who delivered spontaneous term (n=20) and preterm (n=18) neonates. Paired-end sequencing of V3-V4 region of 16S rRNA gene was performed using the metagenomic DNA isolated from vaginal swabs (n=115). Whole genome sequencing of bacterial species associated with birth outcomes was carried out by shotgun method. Lactobacillus species were grown anaerobically in the De Man, Rogosa and Sharpe (MRS) agar culture medium for isolation of genomic DNA and whole genome sequencing. Results Vaginal microbiome of both term and preterm samples reveals similar alpha diversity indices. However, significantly higher abundance of Lactobacillus iners (p-value All_Trimesters<0.02), Megasphaera sp (p-value1st_Trimester <0.05), Gardnerella vaginalis (p-value2nd_Trimester= 0.01) and Sneathia sanguinegens (p-value2nd_Trimester <0.0001) were identified in preterm samples whereas higher abundance of L. gasseri (p-value3rd_Trimester =0.010) was observed in term samples by Wilcoxon rank-sum test. The relative abundance of L. iners, and Megasphaera sp. were found to be significantly different over time between term and preterm mothers. Analyses of the representative genomes of L. crispatus and L. gasseri indicate presence of secretory transcriptional regulator and several ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptides correlated with anti-inflammatory condition in the vagina. These findings indicate protective role of L. crispatus and L. gasseri in reducing the risk of PTB. Conclusion Our findings indicate that the dominance of specific Lactobacillus species and few other facultative anaerobes are associated with birth outcomes.
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- Shakti Kumar
- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, National Capital Region (NCR) Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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- National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani, India
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, National Capital Region (NCR) Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, National Capital Region (NCR) Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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- National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani, India
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, National Capital Region (NCR) Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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- Pediatric Biology Center, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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- Pediatric Biology Center, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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- Pediatric Biology Center, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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- Pediatric Biology Center, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, National Capital Region (NCR) Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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- Pediatric Biology Center, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, National Capital Region (NCR) Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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Chichlowski M, Bokulich N, Harris CL, Wampler JL, Li F, Berseth CL, Rudolph C, Wu SS. Effect of Bovine Milk Fat Globule Membrane and Lactoferrin in Infant Formula on Gut Microbiome and Metabolome at 4 Months of Age. Curr Dev Nutr 2021; 5:nzab027. [PMID: 33981943 PMCID: PMC8105244 DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzab027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) and lactoferrin (LF) are human-milk bioactive components demonstrated to support gastrointestinal and immune development. Significantly fewer diarrhea and respiratory-associated adverse events through 18 mo of age were previously reported in healthy term infants fed a cow-milk-based infant formula with an added source of bovine MFGM and bovine LF through 12 mo of age. OBJECTIVES The aim was to compare microbiota and metabolite profiles in a subset of study participants. METHODS Stool samples were collected at baseline (10-14 d of age) and day 120. Bacterial community profiling was performed via 16S rRNA gene sequencing and alpha and beta diversity were analyzed (QIIME 2). Differentially abundant taxa were determined using linear discriminant analysis effect size (LefSE) and visualized (Metacoder). Untargeted stool metabolites were analyzed (HPLC/MS) and expressed as the fold-change between group means (control to MFGM+LF ratio). RESULTS Alpha diversity increased significantly in both groups from baseline to 4 mo. Subtle group differences in beta diversity were demonstrated at 4 mo (Jaccard distance; R 2 = 0.01, P = 0.042). Specifically, Bacteroides uniformis and Bacteroides plebeius were more abundant in the MFGM+LF group at 4 mo. Metabolite profile differences for MFGM+LF versus control included lower fecal medium-chain fatty acids, deoxycarnitine, and glycochenodeoxycholate, and some higher fecal carbohydrates and steroids (P < 0.05). After applying multiple test correction, the differences in stool metabolomics were not significant. CONCLUSIONS Addition of bovine MFGM and LF in infant formula was associated with subtle differences in stool microbiome and metabolome by 4 mo of age, including increased prevalence of Bacteroides species. Stool metabolite profiles may be consistent with altered microbial metabolism. This trial was registered at https://clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02274883.
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- Maciej Chichlowski
- Medical and Scientific Affairs, Reckitt|Mead Johnson Nutrition Institute, Evansville, IN, USA
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- Laboratory of Food Systems Biotechnology, Institute of Food, Nutrition, and Health, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Medical and Scientific Affairs, Reckitt|Mead Johnson Nutrition Institute, Evansville, IN, USA
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- Medical and Scientific Affairs, Reckitt|Mead Johnson Nutrition Institute, Evansville, IN, USA
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- Departments of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics & Child Primary Care, MOE-Shanghai Key Lab for Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Medical and Scientific Affairs, Reckitt|Mead Johnson Nutrition Institute, Evansville, IN, USA
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- Medical and Scientific Affairs, Reckitt|Mead Johnson Nutrition Institute, Evansville, IN, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Medical and Scientific Affairs, Reckitt|Mead Johnson Nutrition Institute, Evansville, IN, USA
- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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Behary J, Raposo AE, Amorim NML, Zheng H, Gong L, McGovern E, Chen J, Liu K, Beretov J, Theocharous C, Jackson MT, Seet-Lee J, McCaughan GW, El-Omar EM, Zekry A. Defining the temporal evolution of gut dysbiosis and inflammatory responses leading to hepatocellular carcinoma in Mdr2 -/- mouse model. BMC Microbiol 2021; 21:113. [PMID: 33858327 PMCID: PMC8048083 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-021-02171-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Emerging evidence implicates the gut microbiome in liver inflammation and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development. We aimed to characterize the temporal evolution of gut dysbiosis, in relation to the phenotype of systemic and hepatic inflammatory responses leading to HCC development. In the present study, Mdr2 -/- mice were used as a model of inflammation-based HCC. Gut microbiome composition and function, in addition to serum LPS, serum cytokines/chemokines and intrahepatic inflammatory genes were measured throughout the course of liver injury until HCC development. RESULTS Early stages of liver injury, inflammation and cirrhosis, were characterized by dysbiosis. Microbiome functional pathways pertaining to gut barrier dysfunction were enriched during the initial phase of liver inflammation and cirrhosis, whilst those supporting lipopolysaccharide (LPS) biosynthesis increased as cirrhosis and HCC ensued. In parallel, serum LPS progressively increased during the course of liver injury, corresponding to a shift towards a systemic Th1/Th17 proinflammatory phenotype. Alongside, the intrahepatic inflammatory gene profile transitioned from a proinflammatory phenotype in the initial phases of liver injury to an immunosuppressed one in HCC. In established HCC, a switch in microbiome function from carbohydrate to amino acid metabolism occurred. CONCLUSION In Mdr2 -/- mice, dysbiosis precedes HCC development, with temporal evolution of microbiome function to support gut barrier dysfunction, LPS biosynthesis, and redirection of energy source utilization. A corresponding shift in systemic and intrahepatic inflammatory responses occurred supporting HCC development. These findings support the notion that gut based therapeutic interventions could be beneficial early in the course of liver disease to halt HCC development.
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- J Behary
- St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
- Microbiome Research Centre, St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
- Microbiome Research Centre, St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
- Microbiome Research Centre, St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
- Microbiome Research Centre, St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
- Microbiome Research Centre, St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
- Microbiome Research Centre, St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- Liver Injury and Cancer, Centenary Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Liver Injury and Cancer, Centenary Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Anatomical Pathology, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
- Microbiome Research Centre, St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
- Microbiome Research Centre, St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- Liver Injury and Cancer, Centenary Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
- Microbiome Research Centre, St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.
- Microbiome Research Centre, St George and Sutherland Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
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Mu A, McDonald D, Jarmusch AK, Martino C, Brennan C, Bryant M, Humphrey GC, Toronczak J, Schwartz T, Nguyen D, Ackermann G, D'Onofrio A, Strathdee SA, Schooley RT, Dorrestein PC, Knight R, Aslam S. Assessment of the microbiome during bacteriophage therapy in combination with systemic antibiotics to treat a case of staphylococcal device infection. MICROBIOME 2021; 9:92. [PMID: 33853672 PMCID: PMC8048313 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-021-01026-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Infectious bacterial diseases exhibiting increasing resistance to antibiotics are a serious global health issue. Bacteriophage therapy is an anti-microbial alternative to treat patients with serious bacterial infections. However, the impacts to the host microbiome in response to clinical use of phage therapy are not well understood. RESULTS Our paper demonstrates a largely unchanged microbiota profile during 4 weeks of phage therapy when added to systemic antibiotics in a single patient with Staphylococcus aureus device infection. Metabolomic analyses suggest potential indirect cascading ecological impacts to the host (skin) microbiome. We did not detect genomes of the three phages used to treat the patient in metagenomic samples taken from saliva, stool, and skin; however, phages were detected using endpoint-PCR in patient serum. CONCLUSION Results from our proof-of-principal study supports the use of bacteriophages as a microbiome-sparing approach to treat bacterial infections. Video abstract.
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- Andre Mu
- Doherty Applied Microbial Genomics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Program, University of San Diego, La Jolla, USA
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Antimicrobial Discovery Center, Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Department of Computer Sciences and Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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Xue J, Allaband C, Zhou D, Poulsen O, Martino C, Jiang L, Tripathi A, Elijah E, Dorrestein PC, Knight R, Zarrinpar A, Haddad GG. Influence of Intermittent Hypoxia/Hypercapnia on Atherosclerosis, Gut Microbiome, and Metabolome. Front Physiol 2021; 12:663950. [PMID: 33897472 PMCID: PMC8060652 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.663950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a common sleep disorder characterized by intermittent hypoxia and hypercapnia (IHC), increases atherosclerosis risk. However, the contribution of intermittent hypoxia (IH) or intermittent hypercapnia (IC) in promoting atherosclerosis remains unclear. Since gut microbiota and metabolites have been implicated in atherosclerosis, we examined whether IH or IC alters the microbiome and metabolome to induce a pro-atherosclerotic state. Apolipoprotein E deficient mice (ApoE-/- ), treated with IH or IC on a high-fat diet (HFD) for 10 weeks, were compared to Air controls. Atherosclerotic lesions were examined, gut microbiome was profiled using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and metabolome was assessed by untargeted mass spectrometry. In the aorta, IC-induced atherosclerosis was significantly greater than IH and Air controls (aorta, IC 11.1 ± 0.7% vs. IH 7.6 ± 0.4%, p < 0.05 vs. Air 8.1 ± 0.8%, p < 0.05). In the pulmonary artery (PA), however, IH, IC, and Air were significantly different from each other in atherosclerotic formation with the largest lesion observed under IH (PA, IH 40.9 ± 2.0% vs. IC 20.1 ± 2.6% vs. Air 12.2 ± 1.5%, p < 0.05). The most differentially abundant microbial families (p < 0.001) were Peptostreptococcaceae, Ruminococcaceae, and Erysipelotrichaceae. The most differentially abundant metabolites (p < 0.001) were tauro-β-muricholic acid, ursodeoxycholic acid, and lysophosphoethanolamine (18:0). We conclude that IH and IC (a) modulate atherosclerosis progression differently in distinct vascular beds with IC, unlike IH, facilitating atherosclerosis in both aorta and PA and (b) promote an atherosclerotic luminal gut environment that is more evident in IH than IC. We speculate that the resulting changes in the gut metabolome and microbiome interact differently with distinct vascular beds.
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- Jin Xue
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
- Biomedical Sciences Program, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
- Division of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Program, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Division of Biostatistics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
- Division of Gastroenterology, VA San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
- Institute of Diabetes and Metabolic Health, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
- Department of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
- Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA, United States
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Yang K, Xu M, Cao J, Zhu Q, Rahman M, Holmén BA, Fukagawa NK, Zhu J. Ultrafine particles altered gut microbial population and metabolic profiles in a sex-specific manner in an obese mouse model. Sci Rep 2021; 11:6906. [PMID: 33767227 PMCID: PMC7994449 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85784-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Emerging evidence has highlighted the connection between exposure to air pollution and the increased risk of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and comorbidities. Given the recent interest in studying the effects of ultrafine particle (UFP) on the health of obese individuals, this study examined the effects of gastrointestinal UFP exposure on gut microbial composition and metabolic function using an in vivo murine model of obesity in both sexes. UFPs generated from light-duty diesel engine combustion of petrodiesel (B0) and a petrodiesel/biodiesel fuel blend (80:20 v/v, B20) were administered orally. Multi-omics approaches, including liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) based targeted metabolomics and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, semi-quantitatively compared the effects of 10-day UFP exposures on obese C57B6 mouse gut microbial population, changes in diversity and community function compared to a phosphate buffer solution (PBS) control group. Our results show that sex-specific differences in the gut microbial population in response to UFP exposure can be observed, as UFPs appear to have a differential impact on several bacterial families in males and females. Meanwhile, the alteration of seventy-five metabolites from the gut microbial metabolome varied significantly (ANOVA p < 0.05) across the PBS control, B0, and B20 groups. Multivariate analyses revealed that the fuel-type specific disruption to the microbial metabolome was observed in both sexes, with stronger disruptive effects found in females in comparison to male obese mice. Metabolic signatures of bacterial cellular oxidative stress, such as the decreased concentration of nucleotides and lipids and increased concentrations of carbohydrate, energy, and vitamin metabolites were detected. Furthermore, blood metabolites from the obese mice were differentially affected by the fuel types used to generate the UFPs (B0 vs. B20).
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- Kundi Yang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 45056, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 45056, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 45056, USA
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- Department of Biology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 45056, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 45056, USA
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- School of Engineering, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA
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- USDA ARS Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA
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- Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University, 302D Wiseman Hall, 400 W 12th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
- James Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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Straub TJ, Chou WC, Manson AL, Schreiber HL, Walker BJ, Desjardins CA, Chapman SB, Kaspar KL, Kahsai OJ, Traylor E, Dodson KW, Hullar MAJ, Hultgren SJ, Khoo C, Earl AM. Limited effects of long-term daily cranberry consumption on the gut microbiome in a placebo-controlled study of women with recurrent urinary tract infections. BMC Microbiol 2021; 21:53. [PMID: 33596852 PMCID: PMC7890861 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-021-02106-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Urinary tract infections (UTIs) affect 15 million women each year in the United States, with > 20% experiencing frequent recurrent UTIs. A recent placebo-controlled clinical trial found a 39% reduction in UTI symptoms among recurrent UTI sufferers who consumed a daily cranberry beverage for 24 weeks. Using metagenomic sequencing of stool from a subset of these trial participants, we assessed the impact of cranberry consumption on the gut microbiota, a reservoir for UTI-causing pathogens such as Escherichia coli, which causes > 80% of UTIs. RESULTS The overall taxonomic composition, community diversity, carriage of functional pathways and gene families, and relative abundances of the vast majority of observed bacterial taxa, including E. coli, were not changed significantly by cranberry consumption. However, one unnamed Flavonifractor species (OTU41), which represented ≤1% of the overall metagenome, was significantly less abundant in cranberry consumers compared to placebo at trial completion. Given Flavonifractor's association with negative human health effects, we sought to determine OTU41 characteristic genes that may explain its differential abundance and/or relationship to key host functions. Using comparative genomic and metagenomic techniques, we identified genes in OTU41 related to transport and metabolism of various compounds, including tryptophan and cobalamin, which have been shown to play roles in host-microbe interactions. CONCLUSION While our results indicated that cranberry juice consumption had little impact on global measures of the microbiome, we found one unnamed Flavonifractor species differed significantly between study arms. This suggests further studies are needed to assess the role of cranberry consumption and Flavonifractor in health and wellbeing in the context of recurrent UTI. TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinical trial registration number: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01776021 .
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- Timothy J Straub
- Infectious Disease & Microbiome Program, Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Infectious Disease & Microbiome Program, Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA
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- Infectious Disease & Microbiome Program, Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Division of Biology & Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Infectious Disease & Microbiome Program, Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA
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- Infectious Disease & Microbiome Program, Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA
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- Infectious Disease & Microbiome Program, Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Infectious Disease & Microbiome Program, Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA.
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Chung M, Zhao N, Meier R, Koestler DC, Wu G, del Castillo E, Paster BJ, Charpentier K, Izard J, Kelsey KT, Michaud DS. Comparisons of oral, intestinal, and pancreatic bacterial microbiomes in patients with pancreatic cancer and other gastrointestinal diseases. J Oral Microbiol 2021; 13:1887680. [PMID: 33628398 PMCID: PMC7889162 DOI: 10.1080/20002297.2021.1887680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background: Oral microbiota is believed to play important roles in systemic diseases, including cancer. Methods: We collected oral samples (tongue, buccal, supragingival, and saliva) and pancreatic tissue or intestinal samples from 52 subjects, and characterized 16S rRNA genes using high-throughput DNA sequencing. Results: Bray-Curtis plot showed clear separations between bacterial communities in the oral cavity and those in intestinal and pancreatic tissue samples. PERMANOVA tests indicated that bacterial communities from buccal samples were similar to supragingival and saliva samples, and pancreatic duct samples were similar to pancreatic tumor samples, but all other samples were significantly different from each other. A total of 73 unique Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs) were shared between oral and pancreatic or intestinal samples. Only four ASVs showed significant concordance, and two specific bacterial species (Gemella morbillorum and Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. vincentii) showed consistent presence or absence patterns between oral and intestinal or pancreatic samples, after adjusting for within-subject correlation and disease status. Lastly, microbial co-abundance analyses showed distinct strain-level cluster patterns among microbiome members in buccal, saliva, duodenum, jejunum, and pancreatic tumor samples. Conclusions: Our findings indicate that oral, intestinal, and pancreatic bacterial microbiomes overlap but exhibit distinct co-abundance patterns in patients with pancreatic cancer and other gastrointestinal diseases.
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- Mei Chung
- Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
- University of Kansas Cancer Center, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Center for Nutrition, Microbiome and Health, New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Oral Medicine, Infection & Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA
- Fred and Pamela Buffet Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Center for Environmental Health and Technology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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Tabone M, Bressa C, García-Merino JA, Moreno-Pérez D, Van EC, Castelli FA, Fenaille F, Larrosa M. The effect of acute moderate-intensity exercise on the serum and fecal metabolomes and the gut microbiota of cross-country endurance athletes. Sci Rep 2021; 11:3558. [PMID: 33574413 PMCID: PMC7878499 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82947-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Physical exercise can produce changes in the microbiota, conferring health benefits through mechanisms that are not fully understood. We sought to determine the changes driven by exercise on the gut microbiota and on the serum and fecal metabolome using 16S rRNA gene analysis and untargeted metabolomics. A total of 85 serum and 12 fecal metabolites and six bacterial taxa (Romboutsia, Escherichia coli TOP498, Ruminococcaceae UCG-005, Blautia, Ruminiclostridium 9 and Clostridium phoceensis) were modified following a controlled acute exercise session. Among the bacterial taxa, Ruminiclostridium 9 was the most influenced by fecal and serum metabolites, as revealed by linear multivariate regression analysis. Exercise significantly increased the fecal ammonia content. Functional analysis revealed that alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism and the arginine and aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis pathways were the most relevant modified pathways in serum, whereas the phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan biosynthesis pathway was the most relevant pathway modified in feces. Correlation analysis between fecal and serum metabolites suggested an exchange of metabolites between both compartments. Thus, the performance of a single exercise bout in cross-country non-professional athletes produces significant changes in the microbiota and in the serum and fecal metabolome, which may have health implications.
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- Mariangela Tabone
- MAS Microbiota Research Group, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670, Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain
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- MAS Microbiota Research Group, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670, Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain
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- MAS Microbiota Research Group, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670, Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Educación, Métodos de Investigación y Evaluación, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, ICAI-ICADE, 28015, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE, Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS), MetaboHUB, 91191, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE, Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS), MetaboHUB, 91191, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE, Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS), MetaboHUB, 91191, Gif sur Yvette, France.
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- MAS Microbiota Research Group, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670, Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain.
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Zaura E, Pappalardo VY, Buijs MJ, Volgenant CMC, Brandt BW. Optimizing the quality of clinical studies on oral microbiome: A practical guide for planning, performing, and reporting. Periodontol 2000 2021; 85:210-236. [PMID: 33226702 PMCID: PMC7756869 DOI: 10.1111/prd.12359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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With this review, we aim to increase the quality standards for clinical studies with microbiome as an output parameter. We critically address the existing body of evidence for good quality practices in oral microbiome studies based on 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. First, we discuss the usefulness of microbiome profile analyses. Is a microbiome study actually the best approach for answering the research question? This is followed by addressing the criteria for the most appropriate study design, sample size, and the necessary data (study metadata) that should be collected. Next, we evaluate the available evidence for best practices in sample collection, transport, storage, and DNA isolation. Finally, an overview of possible sequencing options (eg, 16S rRNA gene hypervariable regions, sequencing platforms), processing and data interpretation approaches, as well as requirements for meaningful data storage, sharing, and reporting are provided.
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- Egija Zaura
- Department of Preventive DentistryAcademic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA)Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Preventive DentistryAcademic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA)Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Preventive DentistryAcademic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA)Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Preventive DentistryAcademic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA)Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Preventive DentistryAcademic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA)Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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Valentini V, Silvestri V, Marraffa F, Greco G, Bucalo A, Grassi S, Gagliardi A, Mazzotta A, Ottini L, Richetta AG. Gut microbiome profile in psoriatic patients treated and untreated with biologic therapy. J Dermatol 2021; 48:786-793. [PMID: 33511673 DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.15680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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There are increasing data about the role of the gut microbiome in various autoimmune diseases, including psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory and immune-mediated disease. Current treatment strategies in psoriasis include immunomodulating biologic agents. A variable response to this type of therapy has been reported in psoriatic patients. A possible effect of biologic therapy on the gut microbiome composition has been suggested, but data are still limited. The aim of this study was to compare the gut microbiome composition between psoriatic patients treated and untreated with biologic drugs in order to identify differences which may highlight the potential impact of the treatment on the gut microbiome. 16S rRNA sequencing and bioinformatic analyses were performed on the fecal samples of 30 psoriatic patients with similar clinicopathological features, 10 of whom were undergoing biologic therapy and 20 not receiving systemic therapy. Alpha and beta diversity significantly differed between the two groups of patients. A reduced bacterial biodiversity in the group of treated patients compared with the group of untreated patients was observed. Differential relative abundances of key gut microbial communities, including Akkermansia muciniphila and Bacteroides plebeius, were identified between the two groups of patients. This study showed that biologic therapy may have an impact on the composition of the gut microbiome of psoriatic patients. Gut microbiome composition could be used as an indicator of response to therapy and the modulation of the microbial composition could help to restore the intestinal symbiosis in psoriatic patients.
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- Virginia Valentini
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Section of Microbiology, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Mahnert A, Verseux C, Schwendner P, Koskinen K, Kumpitsch C, Blohs M, Wink L, Brunner D, Goessler T, Billi D, Moissl-Eichinger C. Microbiome dynamics during the HI-SEAS IV mission, and implications for future crewed missions beyond Earth. MICROBIOME 2021; 9:27. [PMID: 33487169 PMCID: PMC7831191 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-020-00959-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Human health is closely interconnected with its microbiome. Resilient microbiomes in, on, and around the human body will be key for safe and successful long-term space travel. However, longitudinal dynamics of microbiomes inside confined built environments are still poorly understood. Herein, we used the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation IV (HI-SEAS IV) mission, a 1 year-long isolation study, to investigate microbial transfer between crew and habitat, in order to understand adverse developments which may occur in a future outpost on the Moon or Mars. RESULTS Longitudinal 16S rRNA gene profiles, as well as quantitative observations, revealed significant differences in microbial diversity, abundance, and composition between samples of the built environment and its crew. The microbiome composition and diversity associated with abiotic surfaces was found to be rather stable, whereas the microbial skin profiles of individual crew members were highly dynamic, resulting in an increased microbiome diversity at the end of the isolation period. The skin microbiome dynamics were especially pronounced by a regular transfer of the indicator species Methanobrevibacter between crew members within the first 200 days. Quantitative information was used to track the propagation of antimicrobial resistance in the habitat. Together with functional and phenotypic predictions, quantitative and qualitative data supported the observation of a delayed longitudinal microbial homogenization between crew and habitat surfaces which was mainly caused by a malfunctioning sanitary facility. CONCLUSIONS This study highlights main routes of microbial transfer, interaction of the crew, and origins of microbial dynamics in an isolated environment. We identify key targets of microbial monitoring, and emphasize the need for defined baselines of microbiome diversity and abundance on surfaces and crew skin. Targeted manipulation to counteract adverse developments of the microbiome could be a highly important strategy to ensure safety during future space endeavors. Video abstract.
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- Alexander Mahnert
- Interactive Microbiome Research, Diagnostic & Research Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Laboratory of Applied Space Microbiology, Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), University of Bremen, Am Fallturm 2, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- University of Florida, Space Life Sciences Lab, 505 Odyssey Way, Exploration Park, N. Merritt Island, FL 32953 USA
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- Interactive Microbiome Research, Diagnostic & Research Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
- BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Interactive Microbiome Research, Diagnostic & Research Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Interactive Microbiome Research, Diagnostic & Research Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Interactive Microbiome Research, Diagnostic & Research Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Interactive Microbiome Research, Diagnostic & Research Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Interactive Microbiome Research, Diagnostic & Research Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica s.n.c, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Interactive Microbiome Research, Diagnostic & Research Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
- BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, Austria
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Russell JT, Lauren Ruoss J, de la Cruz D, Li N, Bazacliu C, Patton L, McKinley KL, Garrett TJ, Polin RA, Triplett EW, Neu J. Antibiotics and the developing intestinal microbiome, metabolome and inflammatory environment in a randomized trial of preterm infants. Sci Rep 2021; 11:1943. [PMID: 33479274 PMCID: PMC7820285 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-80982-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Antibiotic use in neonates can have detrimental effects on the developing gut microbiome, increasing the risk of morbidity. A majority of preterm neonates receive antibiotics after birth without clear evidence to guide this practice. Here microbiome, metabolomic, and immune marker results from the routine early antibiotic use in symptomatic preterm Neonates (REASON) study are presented. The REASON study is the first trial to randomize symptomatic preterm neonates to receive or not receive antibiotics in the first 48 h after birth. Using 16S rRNA sequencing of stool samples collected longitudinally for 91 neonates, the effect of such antibiotic use on microbiome diversity is assessed. The results illustrate that type of nutrition shapes the early infant gut microbiome. By integrating data for the gut microbiome, stool metabolites, stool immune markers, and inferred metabolic pathways, an association was discovered between Veillonella and the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). These results suggest early antibiotic use may impact the gut-brain axis with the potential for consequences in early life development, a finding that needs to be validated in a larger cohort.Trial Registration This project is registered at clinicaltrials.gov under the name "Antibiotic 'Dysbiosis' in Preterm Infants" with trial number NCT02784821.
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- Jordan T. Russell
- grid.15276.370000 0004 1936 8091Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA
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- grid.15276.370000 0004 1936 8091Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA
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- grid.15276.370000 0004 1936 8091Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA
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- grid.15276.370000 0004 1936 8091Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA
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- grid.15276.370000 0004 1936 8091Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA
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- grid.15276.370000 0004 1936 8091Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA
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- grid.15276.370000 0004 1936 8091Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA
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- grid.15276.370000 0004 1936 8091Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA
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- grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY USA
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- grid.15276.370000 0004 1936 8091Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA
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- grid.15276.370000 0004 1936 8091Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA
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Markey L, Pugliese A, Tian T, Roy F, Lee K, Kumamoto CA. Decreased Ecological Resistance of the Gut Microbiota in Response to Clindamycin Challenge in Mice Colonized with the Fungus Candida albicans. mSphere 2021; 6:e00982-20. [PMID: 33472981 PMCID: PMC7845615 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00982-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The mammalian gut microbiota is a complex community of microorganisms which typically exhibits remarkable stability. As the gut microbiota has been shown to affect many aspects of host health, the molecular keys to developing and maintaining a "healthy" gut microbiota are highly sought after. Yet, the qualities that define a microbiota as healthy remain elusive. We used the ability to resist change in response to antibiotic disruption, a quality we refer to as ecological resistance, as a metric for the health of the bacterial microbiota. Using a mouse model, we found that colonization with the commensal fungus Candida albicans decreased the ecological resistance of the bacterial microbiota in response to the antibiotic clindamycin such that increased microbiota disruption was observed in C. albicans-colonized mice compared to that in uncolonized mice. C. albicans colonization resulted in decreased alpha diversity and small changes in abundance of bacterial genera prior to clindamycin challenge. Strikingly, co-occurrence network analysis demonstrated that C. albicans colonization resulted in sweeping changes to the co-occurrence network structure, including decreased modularity and centrality and increased density. Thus, C. albicans colonization resulted in changes to the bacterial microbiota community and reduced its ecological resistance.IMPORTANCECandida albicans is the most common fungal member of the human gut microbiota, yet its ability to interact with and affect the bacterial gut microbiota is largely uncharacterized. Previous reports showed limited changes in microbiota composition as defined by bacterial species abundance as a consequence of C. albicans colonization. We also observed only a few bacterial genera that were significantly altered in abundance in C. albicans-colonized mice; however, C. albicans colonization significantly changed the structure of the bacterial microbiota co-occurrence network. Additionally, C. albicans colonization changed the response of the bacterial microbiota ecosystem to a clinically relevant perturbation, challenge with the antibiotic clindamycin.
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- Laura Markey
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University School of Engineering, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University School of Engineering, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Góngora E, Elliott KH, Whyte L. Gut microbiome is affected by inter-sexual and inter-seasonal variation in diet for thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia). Sci Rep 2021; 11:1200. [PMID: 33441848 PMCID: PMC7806582 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80557-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The role of the gut microbiome is increasingly being recognized by health scientists and veterinarians, yet its role in wild animals remains understudied. Variations in the gut microbiome could be the result of differential diets among individuals, such as variation between sexes, across seasons, or across reproductive stages. We evaluated the hypothesis that diet alters the avian gut microbiome using stable isotope analysis (SIA) and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. We present the first description of the thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) fecal microbiome. The murre microbiome was dominated by bacteria from the genus Catellicoccus, ubiquitous in the guts of many seabirds. Microbiome variation was explained by murre diet in terms of proportion of littoral carbon, trophic position, and sulfur isotopes, especially for the classes Actinobacteria, Bacilli, Bacteroidia, Clostridia, Alphaproteobacteria, and Gammaproteobacteria. We also observed differences in the abundance of bacterial genera such as Catellicoccus and Cetobacterium between sexes and reproductive stages. These results are in accordance with behavioural observations of changes in diet between sexes and across the reproductive season. We concluded that the observed variation in the gut microbiome may be caused by individual prey specialization and may also be reinforced by sexual and reproductive stage differences in diet.
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- Esteban Góngora
- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, H9X 3V9, Canada.
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, H9X 3V9, Canada
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, H9X 3V9, Canada
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Wang HL, Hopfer H, Cockburn DW, Wee J. Characterization of Microbial Dynamics and Volatile Metabolome Changes During Fermentation of Chambourcin Hybrid Grapes From Two Pennsylvania Regions. Front Microbiol 2021; 11:614278. [PMID: 33505380 PMCID: PMC7829364 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.614278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Microbial diversity present on grapes in wineries, and throughout fermentation has been associated with important metabolites for final wine quality. Although microbiome-metabolome associations have been well characterized and could be used as indicators of wine quality, the impact of regionality on the microbiome and metabolome is not well known. Additionally, studies between microbiome and metabolome have been conducted on single species grape such as Vitis vinifera instead of other species and interspecific hybrids. Although the Pennsylvania wine industry is relatively young compared to California, the industry has been experiencing rapid growth over the past decade and is expected to continue to grow in the future. Pennsylvania's climate of cold winters and high levels of rainfall throughout the growing season favors cultivation of interspecific hybrid grapes such as Vitis ssp. Chambourcin, one of the most commonly grown hybrid varieties in the state. Chambourcin is a prime candidate for studying the impact of regionality on microbiome-metabolome interactions as interspecific hybrid varieties could shape the future of winemaking. Here, we identify for the first time the regional distribution of microbial communities and their interactions with volatile metabolome during fermentation (0-20 days) by integrating high throughput Illumina sequencing (16S and ITS) and headspace-solid phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Analyzing 88 samples from nine wineries in the Central and East Pennsylvania regions, we observed high microbial diversity during early stages of fermentation (1-4 days) where non-Saccharomyces yeasts such as Starmerella and Aureobasidium and non-Oenococcus bacteria, Sphingomonas, likely contribute to microbial terroir to the resulting wines. Furthermore, key differentiators between two regions in Pennsylvania, as identified by LEfSe analysis, include the fungal genera Cladosporium and Kazachstania and the bacterial genera Lactococcus and Microbacterium. Moreover, 29 volatile fermentation metabolites were discriminated significantly (variable importance in projection > 1) between the two regions as shown by Partial Least Squares-Discriminant Analysis. Finally, Spearman's correlation identified regional differences of microbial-metabolite associations throughout fermentation that could be used for targeted microbiome manipulation to improve wine quality and preserve regionality. In summary, these results demonstrate the microbial signatures during fermentation and differential microorganisms and metabolites further support impact of regionality on Chambourcin wines in Pennsylvania.
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- Hung Li Wang
- Department of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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- Department of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
- Sensory Evaluation Center, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States
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- Department of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
- Microbiome Center, HUCK Institute for Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States
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- Department of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
- Microbiome Center, HUCK Institute for Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States
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Puigdemont A, D'Andreano S, Ramió-Lluch L, Cuscó A, Francino O, Brazis P. Effect of an anti-inflammatory pomegranate otic treatment on the clinical evolution and microbiota profile of dogs with otitis externa. Vet Dermatol 2021; 32:158-e37. [PMID: 33399257 DOI: 10.1111/vde.12930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Canine otitis externa (OE) is a common disease characterised by inflammation of the epithelial tissue of the external ear canal. Secondary infections are frequent, and Malassezia pachydermatis and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius are routinely isolated and treated with antifungal and antibiotic compounds. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES To analyse the otitis ear microbiome before and after a treatment with prednisolone plus pomegranate or antimicrobial drugs ANIMALS: 15 dogs with nonpurulent OE. METHODS AND MATERIALS A 30 day, double-blinded, multicentre, randomized and controlled parallel-group (1:1) trial was conducted in 15 dogs with nonpurulent OE, following two different topical treatments (prednisolone plus pomegranate versus prednisolone plus antibiotic and antifungal drugs). On days (D)0, D15 and D30, serum and skin otic samples were collected, and clinical examination and microbiome analysis (bacteria and fungi) were performed. Results were compared with validated otitis clinical scores to assess the effectiveness of both treatments. RESULTS Nine bacterial and four fungal families were detected during the three time-points tested. An increase in fungal diversity (Shannon index) and composition was the most significant change observed after both treatments. At treatment D15 and D30, the reduction in clinical signs was statistically significant in both treatment groups (P ≤ 0.05). Prednisolone plus pomegranate cleanser treatment was able to control the clinical signs of otitis as well as the bacterial and fungal overgrowth. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE Mild otitis cases associated with microbial overgrowth may be managed with topical antiseptic and anti-inflammatory agents without the need for antibiotic and/or antifungal compounds.
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- Anna Puigdemont
- Facultat de Veterinària, Department of Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Toxicology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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- Vetgenomics, Edifici Eureka, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus de la UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain.,Servicio Veterinario de Genética Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus de la UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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- Laboratorios LETI, Avinguda Cerdanyola 92, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, 08172, Spain
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- Vetgenomics, Edifici Eureka, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus de la UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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- Servicio Veterinario de Genética Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus de la UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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- Laboratorios LETI, Avinguda Cerdanyola 92, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, 08172, Spain
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Obregón Alvarez D, Mendes KF, Tosi M, Fonseca de Souza L, Campos Cedano JC, de Souza Falcão NP, Dunfield K, Tsai SM, Tornisielo VL. Sorption-desorption and biodegradation of sulfometuron-methyl and its effects on the bacterial communities in Amazonian soils amended with aged biochar. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 207:111222. [PMID: 32890950 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Sulfometuron-methyl is a broad-spectrum herbicide, used throughout Brazil; however, its environmental impacts in biochar (BC) amended soils is not fully understood. Biochar is known to enhance soil quality but can also have undesired effects such as altering the bioavailability and behavior of herbicides. Microbial communities can degrade herbicides such as sulfometuron-methyl in soils; however, they are known to be affected by BC. Therefore, it is important to understand the tripartite interaction between these factors. This research aimed to evaluate the sorption-desorption and biodegradation of sulfometuron-methyl in Amazonian soils amended with BC, and to assess the effects of the interactions between BC and sulfometuron-methyl on soil bacterial communities. Soil samples were collected from field plots amended with BC at three doses (0, 40 and 80 t ha-1) applied ten years ago. The herbicide sorption and desorption were evaluated using a batch equilibrium method. Mineralization and biodegradation studies were conducted in microcosms incubated with 14C-sulfometuron-methyl for 80 days. Systematic soil sampling, followed by DNA extraction, quantification (qPCR) and 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing were performed. The presence of BC increased the sorption of the herbicide to the soil by 11% (BC40) and 16% (BC80) compared to unamended soil. The presence of BC also affected the degradation of 14C-sulfometuron-methyl, reducing the mineralization rate and increasing the degradation half-life times (DT50) from 36.67 days in unamended soil to 52.11 and 55.45 days in BC40 and BC80 soils, respectively. The herbicide application altered the bacterial communities, affecting abundance and richness, and changing the taxonomic diversity (i.e., some taxa were promoted and other inhibited). A tripartite interaction was found between BC, the herbicide and soil bacterial communities, suggesting that it is important to consider the environmental impact of soil applied herbicides in biochar amended soils.
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- Dasiel Obregón Alvarez
- Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), University of São Paulo (USP), Av. Centenário, N° 303, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13400-970, Brazil; School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada.
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- Department of Agronomy, Federal University of Viçosa, Avenida Peter Henry Rolfs, S/n, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-000, Brazil.
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), University of São Paulo (USP), Av. Centenário, N° 303, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13400-970, Brazil
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA), Av. André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, Manaus, Amazonas, 69060-001, Brazil
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA), Av. André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, Manaus, Amazonas, 69060-001, Brazil
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), University of São Paulo (USP), Av. Centenário, N° 303, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13400-970, Brazil
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- Ecotoxicology Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), University of São Paulo (USP), Av. Centenário, N° 303, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13400-970 Brazil
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Bajorek S, Duar RM, Corrigan M, Matrone C, Winn KA, Norman S, Mitchell RD, Cagney O, Aksenov AA, Melnik AV, Kopylova E, Perez J. B. infantis EVC001 Is Well-Tolerated and Improves Human Milk Oligosaccharide Utilization in Preterm Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Front Pediatr 2021; 9:795970. [PMID: 35071138 PMCID: PMC8767116 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.795970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Not all infants carry specialized gut microbes, meaning they cannot digest human milk oligosaccharides and therefore do not receive complete benefits from human milk. B. infantis EVC001 is equipped to convert the full array of complex oligosaccharides into compounds usable by the infant, making it an ideal candidate to stabilize gut function and improve nutrition in preterm infants. A prospective, open-label study design was used to evaluate the tolerability of B. infantis EVC001 and its effects on the fecal microbiota in preterm infants in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Thirty preterm infants <1,500 g and/or <33 weeks gestation at birth were divided into two matched groups, and control infants were enrolled and discharged prior to enrolling EVC001 infants to prevent cross-colonization of B. infantis: (1) fifteen control infants received no EVC001, and (2) fifteen infants received once-daily feedings of B. infantis EVC001 (8.0 x 109 CFU) in MCT oil. Clinical information regarding medications, growth, nutrition, gastrointestinal events, diagnoses, and procedures was collected throughout admission. Infant stool samples were collected at baseline, Study Days 14 and 28, and 34-, 36-, and 38-weeks of gestation. Taxonomic composition of the fecal microbiota, functional microbiota analysis, B. infantis, and human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) in the stool were determined or quantified using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, metagenomic sequencing, qPCR, and mass spectrometry, respectively. No adverse events or tolerability issues related to EVC001 were reported. Control infants had no detectable levels of B. infantis. EVC001 infants achieved high levels of B. infantis (mean = 9.7 Log10 CFU/μg fecal DNA) by Study Day 14, correlating with less fecal HMOs (ρ = -0.83, P < 0.0001), indicating better HMO utilization in the gut. In this study, B. infantis EVC001 was shown to be safe, well-tolerated, and efficient in colonizing the preterm infant gut and able to increase the abundance of bifidobacteria capable of metabolizing HMOs, resulting in significantly improved utilization of human milk. Clinical Trial Registration: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03939546, identifier: NCT03939546.
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- Sarah Bajorek
- St. Mary's Hospital, Grand Junction, CO, United States.,Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies, Orlando, FL, United States
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- Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies, Orlando, FL, United States
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- Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies, Orlando, FL, United States
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- Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies, Orlando, FL, United States
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- Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies, Orlando, FL, United States
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- Evolve BioSystems Inc., Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States.,Arome Science Inc., Farmington, CT, United States.,Clarity Genomics Inc., San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States.,Arome Science Inc., Farmington, CT, United States.,Clarity Genomics Inc., San Diego, CA, United States
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- Arome Science Inc., Farmington, CT, United States.,Clarity Genomics Inc., San Diego, CA, United States
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- Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies, Orlando, FL, United States.,Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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Borriello G, Paradiso R, Catozzi C, Brunetti R, Roccabianca P, Riccardi MG, Cecere B, Lecchi C, Fusco G, Ceciliani F, Galiero G. Cerumen microbial community shifts between healthy and otitis affected dogs. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0241447. [PMID: 33237912 PMCID: PMC7688138 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Otitis externa is a common multifactorial disease in dogs, characterized by broad and complex modifications of the ear microbiota. The goal of our study was to describe the ear cerumen microbiota of healthy dogs, within the same animal and between different animals, and to compare the cerumen microbiota of otitis affected dogs with that of healthy animals. The present study included 26 healthy dogs, 16 animals affected by bilateral otitis externa and 4 animals affected by monolateral otitis externa. For each animal cerumen samples from the right and left ear were separately collected with sterile swabs, and processed for DNA extraction and PCR amplification of the 16S rRNA gene. Amplicon libraries were sequenced using an Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM), and taxonomical assignment and clustering were performed using QIIME 2 software. Our results indicate that the bacterial community of the cerumen in healthy dogs was characterized by extensive variability, with the most abundant phyla represented by Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes and Fusobacteria. The analysis of both alpha and beta diversity between pairs of left and right ear samples from the same dog within the group of affected animals displayed higher differences than between paired samples across healthy dogs. Moreover we observed reduced bacterial richness in the affected group as compared with controls and increased variability in population structure within otitis affected animals, often associated with the proliferation of a single bacterial taxon over the others. Moreover, Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas resulted to be the bacterial genera responsible for most distances between the two groups, in association with differences in the bacterial community structure. The cerumen microbiota in healthy dogs exhibits a complex bacterial population which undergoes significant modifications in otitis affected animals.
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- Giorgia Borriello
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Italy
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Gonçalves E Silva F, Dos Santos HF, de Assis Leite DC, Lutfi DS, Vianna M, Rosado AS. Skin and stinger bacterial communities in two critically endangered rays from the South Atlantic in natural and aquarium settings. Microbiologyopen 2020; 9:e1141. [PMID: 33226191 PMCID: PMC7755814 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.1141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Bacterial communities of two critically endangered rays from the South Atlantic, the butterfly ray (Gymnura altavela) and the groovebelly ray (Dasyatis hypostigma), were described using 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding. The study characterized the bacterial communities associated with (i) G. altavela in natural (in situ) and aquarium (ex situ) settings, (ii) skin and stinger of G. altavela, and D. hypostigma in aquaria, and (iii) newborns and adults of D. hypostigma. The results revealed potentially antibiotic‐producing bacterial groups on the skin of rays from the natural environment, and some taxa with the potential to benefit ray health, mainly in rays from the natural environment, as well as possible pathogens to other animals, including fish and humans. Differences were observed between the G. altavela and D. hypostigma bacteria composition, as well as between the skin and stinger bacterial composition. The bacterial community associated with D. hypostigma changed with the age of the ray. The aquarium environment severely impacted the G. altavela bacteria composition, which changed from a complex bacterial community to one dominated almost exclusively by two taxa, Oceanimonas sp. and Sediminibacterium sp. on the skin and stinger, respectively.
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- Fernanda Gonçalves E Silva
- BioTecPesca-Laboratory of Biology and Fisheries Technology-Institute of Biology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,LEMM, Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Ecology, Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Góes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,The Oceanography Graduate Program of University of Rio de Janeiro State (PPG-OCN/UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- BioTecPesca-Laboratory of Biology and Fisheries Technology-Institute of Biology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,The Oceanography Graduate Program of University of Rio de Janeiro State (PPG-OCN/UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,IMAM-AquaRio-Rio de Janeiro Aquarium Research Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- LEMM, Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Ecology, Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Góes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,IMAM-AquaRio-Rio de Janeiro Aquarium Research Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Correction to: J Biosci (2019) 44:119 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-019-9933-z In the October 2019 Special Issue of the Journal of Biosciences on Current Trends in Microbiome Research, in the Review article titled "Visual exploration of microbiome data" by Bhusan K. Kuntal and Sharmila S. Mande (DOI: 10.1007/s12038-019-9933-z; Vol. 44, Article No. 119), affiliation 3 for Bhusan K. Kuntal was incorrectly mentioned as "Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory Campus, Pune 411008, India''. The correct affiliation should read as ''Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201 002, India".
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- Bhusan K Kuntal
- Bio-Sciences R and D Division, TCS Research, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., 54-B Hadapsar Industrial Estate, Pune 411 013, India
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Mammeri M, Obregón DA, Chevillot A, Polack B, Julien C, Pollet T, Cabezas-Cruz A, Adjou KT. Cryptosporidium parvum Infection Depletes Butyrate Producer Bacteria in Goat Kid Microbiome. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:548737. [PMID: 33178145 PMCID: PMC7596689 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.548737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Cryptosporidium parvum is an important apicomplexan parasite infecting ruminants and humans. We characterized the impact of C. parvum infection on the goat kid microbiome. C. parvum was orally administered to parasite-naïve goats, and infection was monitored for 26 days in fecal samples using immunofluorescence assay and qPCR tests. Age-matched goats served as uninfected controls. A reduction in body weight gain, diarrhea, and dehydration were observed in infected goats compared to the uninfected controls. Infection decreased the bacterial diversity 5 days post-infection (dpi), but this parameter recovered at 15 dpi. The infection altered the relative abundance of several taxa. A total of 38 taxa displayed significant differences in abundance between control and infected goats at both 5 and 15 dpi. Co-occurrence network analysis revealed that the infection resulted in a differential pattern of taxa interactions and that C. parvum infection increased the relative abundance of specific taxa. The 16S data set was used for metagenome predictions using the software package PICRUSt2. As many as 34 and 40 MetaCyc pathways (from 387 total) were significantly affected by the infection at 5 and 15 dpi, respectively. Notably, C. parvum decreased the abundance of butyrate-producing pathways in bacteria. Low levels of butyrate may increase mucosal inflammation and tissue repair. Our results suggest that the gut inflammation induced by C. parvum infection is associated with the reduction of butyrate-producing bacteria. This insight could be the basis for the development of novel control strategies to improve animal health.
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- Mohamed Mammeri
- UMR BIPAR, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, ANSES, INRAE, Université Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort, France
- Phileo by Lesaffre, Marcq-en-Barœul, France
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- Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- UMR BIPAR, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, ANSES, INRAE, Université Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- UMR BIPAR, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, ANSES, INRAE, Université Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- UMR BIPAR, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, ANSES, INRAE, Université Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort, France
- UMR ASTRE, INRAE, CIRAD, Université Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- UMR BIPAR, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, ANSES, INRAE, Université Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- UMR BIPAR, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, ANSES, INRAE, Université Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort, France
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Burn resuscitation strategy influences the gut microbiota-liver axis in swine. Sci Rep 2020; 10:15655. [PMID: 32973266 PMCID: PMC7515893 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72511-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Fluid resuscitation improves clinical outcomes of burn patients; however, its execution in resource-poor environments may have to be amended with limited-volume strategies. Liver dysfunction is common in burn patients and gut dysbiosis is an understudied aspect of burn sequelae. Here, the swine gut microbiota and liver transcripts were investigated to determine the impact of standard-of-care modified Brooke (MB), limited-volume colloid (LV-Co), and limited-volume crystalloid (LV-Cr) resuscitation on the gut microbiota, and to evaluate its' potential relationship with liver dysfunction. Independent of resuscitation strategy, bacterial diversity was reduced 24 h post-injury, and remained perturbed at 48 h. Changes in community structure were most pronounced with LV-Co, and correlated with biomarkers of hepatocellular damage. Hierarchical clustering revealed a group of samples that was suggestive of dysbiosis, and LV-Co increased the risk of association with this group. Compared with MB, LV-Co and LV-Cr significantly altered cellular stress and ATP pathways, and gene expression of these perturbed pathways was correlated with major dysbiosis-associated bacteria. Taken together, LV-Co resuscitation exacerbated the loss of bacterial diversity and increased the risk of dysbiosis. Moreover, we present evidence of a linkage between liver (dys)function and the gut microbiota in the acute setting of burn injury.
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Bai J, Bruner DW, Fedirko V, Beitler JJ, Zhou C, Gu J, Zhao H, Lin IH, Chico CE, Higgins KA, Shin DM, Saba NF, Miller AH, Xiao C. Gut Microbiome Associated with the Psychoneurological Symptom Cluster in Patients with Head and Neck Cancers. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12092531. [PMID: 32899975 PMCID: PMC7563252 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12092531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Cancer patients experience a cluster of co-occurring psychoneurological symptoms (PNS) related to cancer treatments. The gut microbiome may affect severity of the PNS via neural, immune, and endocrine signaling pathways. However, the link between the gut microbiome and PNS has not been well investigated in cancer patients, including those with head and neck cancers (HNCs). This pilot study enrolled 13 patients with HNCs, who reported PNS using the Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAEs). Stool specimens were collected to analyze patients' gut microbiome. All data were collected pre- and post-radiation therapy (RT). Associations between the bacterial abundances and the PNS clusters were analyzed using the linear discriminant analysis effect size; functional pathway analyses of 16S rRNA V3-V4 bacterial communities were conducted using Tax4fun. The high PNS cluster had a greater decrease in microbial evenness than the low PNS cluster from pre- to post-RT. The high and low PNS clusters showed significant differences using weighted UniFrac distance. Those individuals with the high PNS cluster were more likely to have higher abundances in phylum Bacteroidetes, order Bacteroidales, class Bacteroidia, and four genera (Ruminiclostridium9, Tyzzerella, Eubacterium_fissicatena, and DTU089), while the low PNS cluster had higher abundances in family Acidaminococcaceae and three genera (Lactococcus, Phascolarctobacterium, and Desulfovibrio). Both glycan metabolism (Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis) and vitamin metabolism (folate biosynthesis and lipoic acid metabolism) were significantly different between the high and low PNS clusters pre- and post-RT. Our preliminary data suggest that the diversity and abundance of the gut microbiome play a potential role in developing PNS among cancer patients.
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- Jinbing Bai
- Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-404-727-2466
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA;
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; (J.J.B.); (K.A.H.)
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- Department Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; (C.Z.); (J.G.); (H.Z.)
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- Department Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; (C.Z.); (J.G.); (H.Z.)
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- Department Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; (C.Z.); (J.G.); (H.Z.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10017, USA;
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; (C.E.C.); (A.H.M.)
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; (J.J.B.); (K.A.H.)
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; (D.M.S.); (N.F.S.)
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; (D.M.S.); (N.F.S.)
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; (C.E.C.); (A.H.M.)
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- School of Nursing, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06477, USA;
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Kaplan I, Bokulich NA, Caporaso JG, Enders LS, Ghanem W, Ingerslew KS. Phylogenetic farming: Can evolutionary history predict crop rotation via the soil microbiome? Evol Appl 2020; 13:1984-1999. [PMID: 32908599 PMCID: PMC7463318 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Agriculture has long employed phylogenetic rules whereby farmers are encouraged to rotate taxonomically unrelated plants in shared soil. Although this forms a central tenet of sustainable agriculture, strangely, this on-farm "rule of thumb" has never been rigorously tested in a scientific framework. To experimentally evaluate the relationship between phylogenetic distance and crop performance, we used a plant-soil feedback approach whereby 35 crops and weeds varying in their relatedness to tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) were tested in a two-year field experiment. We used community profiling of the bacteria and fungi to determine the extent to which soil microbes contribute to phenotypic differences in crop growth. Overall, tomato yield was ca. 15% lower in soil previously cultivated with tomato; yet, past the species level there was no effect of phylogenetic distance on crop performance. Soil microbial communities, on the other hand, were compositionally more similar between close plant relatives. Random forest regression predicted log10 phylogenetic distance to tomato with moderate accuracy (R 2 = .52), primarily driven by bacteria in the genus Sphingobium. These data indicate that, beyond avoiding conspecifics, evolutionary history contributes little to understanding plant-soil feedbacks in agricultural fields; however, microbial legacies can be predicted by species identity and relatedness.
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- Ian Kaplan
- Department of EntomologyPurdue UniversityWest LafayetteINUSA
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- Center for Applied Microbiome ScienceThe Pathogen and Microbiome InstituteNorthern Arizona UniversityFlagstaffAZUSA
- Department of Biological SciencesNorthern Arizona UniversityFlagstaffAZUSA
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- Center for Applied Microbiome ScienceThe Pathogen and Microbiome InstituteNorthern Arizona UniversityFlagstaffAZUSA
- Department of Biological SciencesNorthern Arizona UniversityFlagstaffAZUSA
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- Department of EntomologyPurdue UniversityWest LafayetteINUSA
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The Lizard Gut Microbiome Changes with Temperature and Is Associated with Heat Tolerance. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:AEM.01181-20. [PMID: 32591376 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01181-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Vertebrates harbor trillions of microorganisms in the gut, collectively termed the gut microbiota, which affect a wide range of host functions. Recent experiments in lab-reared vertebrates have shown that changes in environmental temperature can induce shifts in the gut microbiota, and in some cases these shifts have been shown to affect host thermal physiology. However, there is a lack of information about the effects of temperature on the gut microbiota of wild-caught vertebrates. Moreover, in ectotherms, which are particularly vulnerable to changing temperature regimens, the extent to which microbiota composition is shaped by temperature and associated with host thermal tolerance has not been investigated. To address these issues, we monitored the gut microbiota composition of wild-caught western fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) experimentally exposed to a cool-to-warm temperature transition. Comparing experimentally exposed and control lizards indicated that warm temperatures altered and destabilized the composition of the S. occidentalis gut microbiota. Warming drove a significant reduction in the relative abundances of a clade of Firmicutes, a significant increase in the rate of compositional turnover in the gut microbiota within individual lizards, and increases in the abundances of bacteria from predicted pathogenic clades. In addition, the composition of the microbiota was significantly associated with the thermal tolerance of lizards measured at the end of the experiment. These results suggest that temperature can alter the lizard gut microbiota, with potential implications for the physiological performance and fitness of natural populations.IMPORTANCE Gut microbial communities affect their animal hosts in numerous ways, motivating investigations of the factors that shape the gut microbiota and the consequences of gut microbiota variation for host traits. In this study, we tested the effects of increases in environmental temperatures on the gut microbiota of fence lizards, a vertebrate ectotherm threatened by warming climates. By monitoring lizards and their gut microbes during an experimental temperature treatment, we showed that the warming altered and destabilized the lizard gut microbiota. Moreover, measuring thermal performance of lizard hosts at the end of the experiment indicated that the composition of the gut microbiota was associated with host thermal tolerance. These results indicate that warming temperatures can alter the gut microbiota of vertebrate ectotherms and suggest relationships between variation in the gut microbiota and the thermal physiology of natural host populations.
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Bacterial Community Structure Dynamics in Meloidogyne incognita-Infected Roots and Its Role in Worm-Microbiome Interactions. mSphere 2020; 5:5/4/e00306-20. [PMID: 32669465 PMCID: PMC7364209 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00306-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Plant parasitic nematodes such as Meloidogyne incognita have a complex life cycle, occurring sequentially in various niches of the root and rhizosphere. They are known to form a range of interactions with bacteria and other microorganisms that can affect their densities and virulence. High-throughput sequencing can reveal these interactions in high temporal and geographic resolutions, although thus far we have only scratched the surface. In this study, we have carried out a longitudinal sampling scheme, repeatedly collecting rhizosphere soil, roots, galls, and second-stage juveniles from 20 plants to provide a high-resolution view of bacterial succession in these niches, using 16S rRNA metabarcoding. Our findings indicate that a structured community develops in the root, in which gall communities diverge from root segments lacking a gall, and that this structure is maintained throughout the crop season. We describe the successional process leading toward this structure, which is driven by interactions with the nematode and later by an increase in bacteria often found in hypoxic and anaerobic environments. We present evidence that this structure may play a role in the nematode's chemotaxis toward uninfected root segments. Finally, we describe the J2 epibiotic microenvironment as ecologically deterministic, in part, due to the active bacterial attraction of second-stage juveniles.IMPORTANCE The study of high-resolution successional processes within tightly linked microniches is rare. Using the power and relatively low cost of metabarcoding, we describe the bacterial succession and community structure in roots infected with root-knot nematodes and in the nematodes themselves. We reveal separate successional processes in galls and adjacent non-gall root sections, which are driven by the nematode's life cycle and the progression of the crop season. With their relatively low genetic diversity, large geographic range, spatially complex life cycle, and the simplified agricultural ecosystems they occupy, root-knot nematodes can serve as a model organism for terrestrial holobiont ecology. This perspective can improve our understanding of the temporal and spatial aspects of biological control efficacy.
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Guarino F, Improta G, Triassi M, Cicatelli A, Castiglione S. Effects of Zinc Pollution and Compost Amendment on the Root Microbiome of a Metal Tolerant Poplar Clone. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1677. [PMID: 32760392 PMCID: PMC7373765 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Until recently, many phytoremediation studies were focused solely on a plants ability to reclaim heavy metal (HM) polluted soil through a range of different processes, such as phytoextraction and phytostabilization. However, the interaction between plants and their own rhizosphere microbiome represents a new research frontier for phytoremediation. Our hypothesis is that rhizomicrobiome might play a key role in plant wellness and in the response to external stimuli; therefore, this study aimed to shed light the rhizomicrobiome dynamics after an organic amendment (e.g., compost) and/or HM pollution (e.g., Zn), and its relation with plant reclamation ability. To reach this goal we set up a greenhouse experiment cultivating in pot an elite black poplar clone (N12) selected in the past for its excellent ability to reclaim heavy metals. N12 saplings were grown on a soil amended with compost and/or spiked with high Zn doses. At the end of the experiment, we observed that the compost amendment strongly increased the foliar size but did not affect significantly the Zn accumulation in plant. Furthermore, the rhizomicrobiome communities (bacteria and fungi), investigated through NGS, highlighted how α diversity increased in all treatments compared to the untreated N12 saplings. Soil compost amendment, as well as Zn pollution, strongly modified the bacterial rhizomicrobiome structure. Conversely, the variation of the fungal rhizomicrobiome was only marginally affected by soil Zn addition, and only partially impaired by compost. Nevertheless, substantial alterations of the fungal community were due to both compost and Zn. Together, our experimental results revealed that organic amendment increased the bacterial resistance to external stimuli whilst, in the case of fungi, the amendment made the fungi microbiome more susceptible. Finally, the greater microbiome biodiversity does not imply, in this case, a better plant wellness or phytoremediation ability, although the microbiome plays a role in the external stimuli response supporting plant life.
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- Francesco Guarino
- Department of Chemistry and Biology "A. Zambelli", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology "A. Zambelli", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology "A. Zambelli", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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Podar PT, Yang Z, Björnsdóttir SH, Podar M. Comparative Analysis of Microbial Diversity Across Temperature Gradients in Hot Springs From Yellowstone and Iceland. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1625. [PMID: 32760379 PMCID: PMC7372906 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Geothermal hot springs are a natural setting to study microbial adaptation to a wide range of temperatures reaching up to boiling. Temperature gradients lead to distinct microbial communities that inhabit their optimum niches. We sampled three alkaline, high temperature (80-100°C) hot springs in Yellowstone and Iceland that had cooling outflows and whose microbial communities had not been studied previously. The microbial composition in sediments and mats was determined by DNA sequencing of rRNA gene amplicons. Over three dozen phyla of Archaea and Bacteria were identified, representing over 1700 distinct organisms. We observed a significant non-linear reduction in the number of microbial taxa as the temperature increased from warm (38°C) to boiling. At high taxonomic levels, the community structure was similar between the Yellowstone and Iceland hot springs. We identified potential endemism at the genus level, especially in thermophilic phototrophs, which may have been potentially driven by distinct environmental conditions and dispersal limitations.
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- Peter T. Podar
- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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Bassil NM, Small JS, Lloyd JR. Enhanced microbial degradation of irradiated cellulose under hyperalkaline conditions. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2020; 96:fiaa102. [PMID: 32459307 PMCID: PMC7329180 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiaa102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Intermediate-level radioactive waste includes cellulosic materials, which under the hyperalkaline conditions expected in a cementitious geological disposal facility (GDF) will undergo abiotic hydrolysis forming a variety of soluble organic species. Isosaccharinic acid (ISA) is a notable hydrolysis product, being a strong metal complexant that may enhance the transport of radionuclides to the biosphere. This study showed that irradiation with 1 MGy of γ-radiation under hyperalkaline conditions enhanced the rate of ISA production from the alkali hydrolysis of cellulose, indicating that radionuclide mobilisation to the biosphere may occur faster than previously anticipated. However, irradiation also made the cellulose fibres more available for microbial degradation and fermentation of the degradation products, producing acidity that inhibited ISA production via alkali hydrolysis. The production of hydrogen gas as a fermentation product was noted, and this was associated with a substantial increase in the relative abundance of hydrogen-oxidising bacteria. Taken together, these results expand our conceptual understanding of the mechanisms involved in ISA production, accumulation and biodegradation in a biogeochemically active cementitious GDF.
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- Naji M Bassil
- Research Centre for Radwaste Disposal, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
- Williamson Research Centre for Molecular Environmental Science, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- Research Centre for Radwaste Disposal, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
- National Nuclear Laboratory, Chadwick House, Birchwood Park, Warrington WA3 6AE, UK
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- Research Centre for Radwaste Disposal, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
- Williamson Research Centre for Molecular Environmental Science, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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Xia Y. Correlation and association analyses in microbiome study integrating multiomics in health and disease. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2020; 171:309-491. [PMID: 32475527 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2020.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Correlation and association analyses are one of the most widely used statistical methods in research fields, including microbiome and integrative multiomics studies. Correlation and association have two implications: dependence and co-occurrence. Microbiome data are structured as phylogenetic tree and have several unique characteristics, including high dimensionality, compositionality, sparsity with excess zeros, and heterogeneity. These unique characteristics cause several statistical issues when analyzing microbiome data and integrating multiomics data, such as large p and small n, dependency, overdispersion, and zero-inflation. In microbiome research, on the one hand, classic correlation and association methods are still applied in real studies and used for the development of new methods; on the other hand, new methods have been developed to target statistical issues arising from unique characteristics of microbiome data. Here, we first provide a comprehensive view of classic and newly developed univariate correlation and association-based methods. We discuss the appropriateness and limitations of using classic methods and demonstrate how the newly developed methods mitigate the issues of microbiome data. Second, we emphasize that concepts of correlation and association analyses have been shifted by introducing network analysis, microbe-metabolite interactions, functional analysis, etc. Third, we introduce multivariate correlation and association-based methods, which are organized by the categories of exploratory, interpretive, and discriminatory analyses and classification methods. Fourth, we focus on the hypothesis testing of univariate and multivariate regression-based association methods, including alpha and beta diversities-based, count-based, and relative abundance (or compositional)-based association analyses. We demonstrate the characteristics and limitations of each approaches. Fifth, we introduce two specific microbiome-based methods: phylogenetic tree-based association analysis and testing for survival outcomes. Sixth, we provide an overall view of longitudinal methods in analysis of microbiome and omics data, which cover standard, static, regression-based time series methods, principal trend analysis, and newly developed univariate overdispersed and zero-inflated as well as multivariate distance/kernel-based longitudinal models. Finally, we comment on current association analysis and future direction of association analysis in microbiome and multiomics studies.
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- Yinglin Xia
- Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
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Ma T, Villot C, Renaud D, Skidmore A, Chevaux E, Steele M, Guan LL. Linking perturbations to temporal changes in diversity, stability, and compositions of neonatal calf gut microbiota: prediction of diarrhea. ISME JOURNAL 2020; 14:2223-2235. [PMID: 32444812 PMCID: PMC7609338 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-0678-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Revised: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Perturbations in early life gut microbiota can have long-term impacts on host health. In this study, we investigated antimicrobial-induced temporal changes in diversity, stability, and compositions of gut microbiota in neonatal veal calves, with the objective of identifying microbial markers that predict diarrhea. A total of 220 samples from 63 calves in first 8 weeks of life were used in this study. The results suggest that increase in diversity and stability of gut microbiota over time was a feature of "healthy" (non-diarrheic) calves during early life. Therapeutic antimicrobials delayed the temporal development of diversity and taxa-function robustness (a measure of microbial stability). In addition, predicted genes associated with beta lactam and cationic antimicrobial peptide resistance were more abundant in gut microbiota of calves treated with therapeutic antimicrobials. Random forest machine learning algorithm revealed that Trueperella, Streptococcus, Dorea, uncultured Lachnospiraceae, Ruminococcus 2, and Erysipelatoclostridium may be key microbial markers that can differentiate "healthy" and "unhealthy" (diarrheic) gut microbiota, as they predicted early life diarrhea with an accuracy of 84.3%. Our findings suggest that diarrhea in veal calves may be predicted by the shift in early life gut microbiota, which may provide an opportunity for early intervention (e.g., prebiotics or probiotics) to improve calf health with reduced usage of antimicrobials.
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- Tao Ma
- Key Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100081, Beijing, China.,Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada.,Lallemand Animal Nutrition, F-31702, Blagnac, France.,Lallemand SAS, Milwaukee, WI, 53218, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Lallemand Animal Nutrition, F-31702, Blagnac, France.,Lallemand SAS, Milwaukee, WI, 53218, USA
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- Lallemand Animal Nutrition, F-31702, Blagnac, France.,Lallemand SAS, Milwaukee, WI, 53218, USA
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada.,Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada.
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He Y, Lu L, Peng C, Li H, Zhang J, Li R, Zhou C. High-yield grass Pennisetum sinese Roxb plantation and organic manure alter bacterial and fungal communities structure in an ecological agriculture farm. AMB Express 2020; 10:86. [PMID: 32378065 PMCID: PMC7203373 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-020-01018-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Pennisetum sinese Roxb (P. sinese) is an efficient and economic energy crop for its high productivity, and has been well studied in its application in phytoremediation and fodder production. However, little is known about how P. sinese plantation and fermented manures of P. sinese-feed livestock affect the composition of soil bacterial and fungal communities. In this study, 16S rRNA/ITS1 gene-based Illumina Miseq sequencing was employed to compare the bacterial and fungal community structure among soils that had been subjected to uncultivated control (CK), 2-year P. sinese plantation (P), and P. sinese plantation combined with the use of organic manures (P-OM) in a "P. sinese-breeding industry" ecological agriculture farm. The results found microbial communities were altered by P. sinese plantation and fertilization. The P. sinese plantation resulted in increased Actinobacteria and Planctomycetes abundance. Comparatively, significant increased abundance of Chloroflexi, Firmicutes, Nitrospirae, and Euryarchaeota, and genes related with nitrogen and carbon metabolic pathways based on PICRUSt prediction was observed in P-OM soil. Fungal compositions suggested a markedly increased abundance of Ascomycota in P soil. Potential organic matter decomposers Candida, Thermoascus, and Aspergillus were enriched in P soil, indicating the enhanced role of fungi in litter decomposition. Redundancy analysis suggested that soil properties (NH4+-N, total nitrogen, organic matter content, and soil water content) significantly correlated with the changes of microbial compositions (P < 0.05). These results highlight the divergence of microbial communities occurs during P. sinese-based plantation, implying functional diversification of soil ecosystem in P. sinese fields.
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Characterizing the Fungal Microbiome in Date ( Phoenix dactylifera) Fruit Pulp and Peel from Early Development to Harvest. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8050641. [PMID: 32354087 PMCID: PMC7284588 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8050641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) is considered to be a highly important food crop in several African and Middle Eastern countries due to its nutritional value and health-promoting properties. Microbial contamination of dates has been of concern to consumers, but very few works have analyzed in detail the microbial load of the different parts of date fruit. In the present work, we characterized the fungal communities of date fruit using a metagenomic approach, analyzing the data for differences between microbial populations residing in the pulp and peel of “Medjool” dates at the different stages of fruit development. The results revealed that Penicillium, Cladosporium, Aspergillus, and Alternaria were the most abundant genera in both parts of the fruit, however, the distribution of taxa among the time points and tissue types (peel vs. pulp) was very diverse. Penicillium was more abundant in the pulp at the green developmental stage (Kimri), while Aspergillus was more frequent in the peel at the brown developmental stage (Tamer). The highest abundance of Alternaria was detected at the earliest sampled stage of fruit development (Hababauk stage). Cladosporium had a high level of abundance in peel tissues at the Hababauk and yellow (Khalal) stages. Regarding the yeast community, the abundance of Candida remained stable up until the Khalal stage, but exhibited a dramatic increase in abundance at the Tamer stage in peel tissues, while the level of Metschnikowia, a genus containing several species with postharvest biocontrol activity, exhibited no significant differences between the two tissue types or stages of fruit development. This work constitutes a comprehensive metagenomic analysis of the fungal microbiome of date fruits, and has identified changes in the composition of the fungal microbiome in peel and pulp tissues at the different stages of fruit development. Notably, this study has also characterized the endophytic fungal microbiome present in pulp tissues of dates.
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Lam KL, Cheng WY, Yang F, Lin S, You L, Chiou J, Kwan HS, Cheung PCK. Framework as a Service, FaaS: Personalized Prebiotic Development for Infants with the Elements of Time and Parametric Modelling of in vitro Fermentation. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8050623. [PMID: 32344924 PMCID: PMC7285508 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8050623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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We proposed a framework with parametric modeling to obtain biological relevant parameters from the total probiotic growth pattern and metabolite production curves. The lag phase, maximum increase rate, and maximum capacity were obtained via a 205-h exploratory In vitro fermentation of a library of 13 structural-characterized prebiotic candidates against an exclusively breastfed infant fecal inoculum. We also conducted 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing of the infant fecal inoculum. Moreover, we introduce a robust composite metabolite-based indicator that reflects the eubiosis/dysbiosis of microbiota to complement the conventional microbial markers. In terms of short-chain fatty acid, we discovered that polymeric beta-glucans from barley demonstrated potential as prebiotic candidates, while alpha-glucans as glycogen showed the least dissolved ammonia production. In terms of total probiotic, beta-glucans from oat and mushroom sclerotia of Pleurotus tuber-regium showed comparable sustainability when compared to alpha-glucans after 48 h. Being classical prebiotic, galacto-oligosaccharides gave the second-highest metabolite-based indicator, followed by lactose. While limited improvement could be made to lactose and oligosaccharides, polymeric beta-glucans from barley avails more capacity for novel prebiotic development, such as structural modification. We anticipate that more similar parallel screening with the element of time and parametric modeling will provide more novel insights.
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- Ka-Lung Lam
- Food and Nutritional Sciences, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 000000, China; (K.-L.L.); (W.-Y.C.); (F.Y.); (H.-S.K.)
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- Food and Nutritional Sciences, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 000000, China; (K.-L.L.); (W.-Y.C.); (F.Y.); (H.-S.K.)
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- Food and Nutritional Sciences, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 000000, China; (K.-L.L.); (W.-Y.C.); (F.Y.); (H.-S.K.)
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- College of Food Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China;
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China;
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong SAR, China;
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- Food and Nutritional Sciences, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 000000, China; (K.-L.L.); (W.-Y.C.); (F.Y.); (H.-S.K.)
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- Food and Nutritional Sciences, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 000000, China; (K.-L.L.); (W.-Y.C.); (F.Y.); (H.-S.K.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +852-39436144
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Peñalver Bernabé B, Maki PM, Dowty SM, Salas M, Cralle L, Shah Z, Gilbert JA. Precision medicine in perinatal depression in light of the human microbiome. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2020; 237:915-941. [PMID: 32065252 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-019-05436-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Perinatal depression is the most common complication of pregnancy and affects the mother, fetus, and infant. Recent preclinical studies and a limited number of clinical studies have suggested an influence of the gut microbiome on the onset and course of mental health disorders. In this review, we examine the current state of knowledge regarding genetics, epigenetics, heritability, and neuro-immuno-endocrine systems biology in perinatal mood disorders, with a particular focus on the interaction between these factors and the gut microbiome, which is mediated via the gut-brain axis. We also provide an overview of experimental and analytical methods that are currently available to researchers interested in elucidating the influence of the gut microbiome on mental health disorders during pregnancy and postpartum.
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- Beatriz Peñalver Bernabé
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Scripts Oceanographic Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Ordiz MI, Janssen S, Humphrey G, Ackermann G, Stephenson K, Agapova S, Divala O, Kaimila Y, Maleta K, Zhong C, Knight R, Trehan I, Tarr PI, Rusconi B, Manary MJ. The effect of legume supplementation on the gut microbiota in rural Malawian infants aged 6 to 12 months. Am J Clin Nutr 2020; 111:884-892. [PMID: 32047925 PMCID: PMC8287943 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Common bean and cowpea contain about 25% protein and 25% fiber, and are recommended as complementary foods in sub-Saharan Africa. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine if a daily legume supplement given to Malawian infants aged 6 to 12 mo alters the 16S configuration of the fecal microbiota as read out by amplicon sequence variants (ASVs). METHODS This study was conducted within the context of a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial to assess whether cowpea or common bean supplementation reduced intestinal permeability or increased linear growth. There were 2 village clusters in which the study was conducted. Fresh stool collections were flash frozen from 236 infants at ≤6 time points. The stools were sequenced using Earth Microbiome project protocols and data were processed using Qiime and Qiita, open-source, validated software packages. α-diversity was measured using the Faith's test. The 16S configuration was characterized by determining the weighted UniFrac distances of the ASVs and comparing them using permutational multivariate ANOVA. RESULTS Among the 1249 samples analyzed, the α-diversity of the fecal microbiome was unchanged among subjects after initiation of legume supplementation. Neither cowpea nor common bean altered the overall 16S configuration at any age. The 16S configuration differed between children with adequate and poor linear growth aged from 6 to 9 mo, but no specific ASVs differed in relative abundance. The 16S configuration differed between children with normal and abnormal intestinal permeability at 9 mo, but no specific ASVs differed in relative abundance. Among categorical characteristics of the population associated with different 16S configurations, village cluster was most pronounced. CONCLUSION Legume supplementation in breastfed, rural African infants did not affect the structure of the gut microbial communities until the children were aged 9 mo. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02472262.
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- M Isabel Ordiz
- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University at St. Louis, St.
Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La
Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La
Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La
Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University at St. Louis, St.
Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University at St. Louis, St.
Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Community Health, College of Medicine, University of
Malawi, Malawi
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- Department of Community Health, College of Medicine, University of
Malawi, Malawi
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- Department of Community Health, College of Medicine, University of
Malawi, Malawi
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University at St. Louis, St.
Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La
Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of
California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego,
La Jolla, CA, USA
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California San
Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University at St. Louis, St.
Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Malawi,
Blantyre, Malawi
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University at St. Louis, St.
Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University at St. Louis, St.
Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University at St. Louis, St.
Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Community Health, College of Medicine, University of
Malawi, Malawi
- USDA/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research
Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Bugenyi AW, Cho HS, Heo J. Association between oropharyngeal microbiome and weight gain in piglets during pre and post weaning life. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2020; 62:247-262. [PMID: 32292932 PMCID: PMC7142290 DOI: 10.5187/jast.2020.62.2.247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Birth weight and subsequent weight gain is of critical importance in the survival and performance of piglets on a commercial swine farm setting. Oropharyngeal microbiome could influence immunity, and feeding behavior thus impacting health and weight gain. We used 16S rRNA gene sequencing to profile the composition and predicted metabolic functionality of the oropharyngeal microbiota in 8 piglets (4 with a birthweight ≤ 1.0 kg and 4 with a birthweight ≥ 1.7 kg) at 11, 26, and 63 days of age. We found 9 genera that were significantly associated with average daily gain (ADG) at 11 days (false discovery rate, FDR < 0.05) and 26 days of age (FDR < 0.1), respectively. The microbial functional profile revealed several pathways associated with ADG (FDR < 0.05). Among these, pathways related to degradation of catechols showed a positive association with ADG at 11, 26, and 63 days of age, implying a potential to breakdown the host-derived catecholamines. We also noted that pathways related to the biodegradation of nucleosides and nucleotides increased with ADG during the pre-weaning phase, while those involved in their biosynthesis decreased. Our findings provide insights into the oropharyngeal microbial memberships and metabolic pathways that are involved in a piglet's weight gain. Thus, providing a basis for the development of strategies aimed at improving weight gain in pigs.
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- Andrew Wange Bugenyi
- Department of Agricultural Convergence Technology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Diagnostic Center, Jeonbuk National University, Iksan 54596, Korea
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- International Agricultural Development and Cooperation Center, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
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Zhu L, Clayton JB, Suhr Van Haute MJ, Yang Q, Hassenstab HR, Mustoe AC, Knights D, Benson AK, French JA. Sex Bias in Gut Microbiome Transmission in Newly Paired Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). mSystems 2020; 5:e00910-19. [PMID: 32209720 PMCID: PMC7093826 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00910-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Social behavior can alter the microbiome composition via transmission among social partners, but there have been few controlled experimental studies of gut microbiome transmission among social partners in primates. We collected longitudinal fecal samples from eight unrelated male-female pairs of marmoset monkeys prior to pairing and for 8 weeks following pairing. We then sequenced 16S rRNA to characterize the changes in the gut microbiome that resulted from the pairing. Marmoset pairs had a higher similarity in gut microbiome communities after pairing than before pairing. We discovered sex differences in the degrees of change in gut microbiome communities following pairing. Specifically, the gut microbiome communities in males exhibited greater dissimilarity from the prepairing stage (baseline) than the gut microbiome communities in females. Conversely, females showed a gradual stabilization in the rate of the gut microbiome community turnover. Importantly, we found that the male fecal samples harbored more female-source gut microbes after pairing, especially early in pairing (paired test, P < 0.05), possibly linked to sex bias in the frequencies of social behavior. From this controlled study, we report for the first time that pair-living primates undergo significant changes in gut microbiome during pairing and that females transmit more microbes to their partners than males do. The potential biases influencing which microbes are transmitted on the basis of sex and whether they are due to sex biases in other behavioral or physiological features need to be widely investigated in other nonhuman primates and humans in the future.IMPORTANCE In this controlled study, we collected longitudinal fecal samples from 16 male and female marmoset monkeys for 2 weeks prior to and for 8 weeks after pairing in male-female dyads. We report for the first time that marmoset monkeys undergo significant changes to the gut microbiome following pairing and that these changes are sex-biased; i.e., females transmit more microbes to their social partners than males do. Marmosets exhibit pair bonding behavior such as spatial proximity, physical contact, and grooming, and sex biases in these behavioral patterns may contribute to the observed sex bias in social transmission of gut microbiomes.
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- Lifeng Zhu
- Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Nebraska Food for Health Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Nebraska Food for Health Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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- Nebraska Food for Health Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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- Nebraska Food for Health Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Nebraska Food for Health Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- BioTechnology Institute, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Nebraska Food for Health Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Nebraska Food for Health Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Gao YS, Qian MY, Wei QQ, Duan XB, Wang SL, Hu HY, Liu J, Pan CY, Zhang SQ, Qi LW, Zhou JP, Zhang HB, Wang LR. WZ66, a novel acetyl-CoA carboxylase inhibitor, alleviates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in mice. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2020; 41:336-347. [PMID: 31645659 PMCID: PMC7468331 DOI: 10.1038/s41401-019-0310-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The global prevalence of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) increases incredibly. NASH ends up to advanced liver disease, which is highly threatening to human health. Currently, treatment of NASH is very limited. Acetyl-CoA carboxylases (ACC1/ACC2) are proved as effective drug targets for NASH. We aimed to develop novel ACC inhibitors and evaluate their therapeutic value for NASH prevention. ACC inhibitors were obtained through structure-based drug design, synthesized, screened from ACC enzymatic measurement platform and elucidated in cell culture-based assays and animal models. The lipidome and microbiome analysis were integrated to assess the effects of WZ66 on lipids profiles in liver and plasma as well as gut microbiota in the intestine. WZ66 was identified as a novel ACC1/2 inhibitor. It entered systemic circulation rapidly and could accumulate in liver. WZ66 alleviated NASH-related liver features including steatosis, Kupffer cells and hepatic stellate cells activation in diet-induced obese mice. The triglycerides (TGs) and other lipids including diglycerides (DGs), phosphatidylcholine (PC) and sphingomyelin (SM) were decreased in WZ66-treated mice as evidenced by lipidome analysis in livers. The lipids profiles in plasma were also altered with WZ66 treatment. Plasma TG were moderately increased, while the activation of SREBP1c was not detected. WZ66 also downregulated the abundance of Allobaculum, Mucispirillum and Prevotella genera as well as Mucispirillum schaedleri species in gut microbiota. WZ66 is an ideal lead compound and a potential drug candidate deserving further investigation in the therapeutics of NASH.
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Kepler RM, Epp Schmidt DJ, Yarwood SA, Cavigelli MA, Reddy KN, Duke SO, Bradley CA, Williams MM, Buyer JS, Maul JE. Soil Microbial Communities in Diverse Agroecosystems Exposed to the Herbicide Glyphosate. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:e01744-19. [PMID: 31836576 PMCID: PMC7028976 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01744-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Despite glyphosate's wide use for weed control in agriculture, questions remain about the herbicide's effect on soil microbial communities. The existing scientific literature contains conflicting results, from no observable effect of glyphosate to the enrichment of agricultural pathogens such as Fusarium spp. We conducted a comprehensive field-based study to compare the microbial communities on the roots of plants that received a foliar application of glyphosate to adjacent plants that did not. The 2-year study was conducted in Beltsville, MD, and Stoneville, MS, with corn and soybean crops grown in a variety of organic and conventional farming systems. By sequencing environmental metabarcode amplicons, the prokaryotic and fungal communities were described, along with chemical and physical properties of the soil. Sections of corn and soybean roots were plated to screen for the presence of plant pathogens. Geography, farming system, and season were significant factors determining the composition of fungal and prokaryotic communities. Plots treated with glyphosate did not differ from untreated plots in overall microbial community composition after controlling for other factors. We did not detect an effect of glyphosate treatment on the relative abundance of organisms such as Fusarium spp.IMPORTANCE Increasing the efficiency of food production systems while reducing negative environmental effects remains a key societal challenge to successfully meet the needs of a growing global population. The herbicide glyphosate has become a nearly ubiquitous component of agricultural production across the globe, enabling an increasing adoption of no-till agriculture. Despite this widespread use, there remains considerable debate on the consequences of glyphosate exposure. In this paper, we examine the effect of glyphosate on soil microbial communities associated with the roots of glyphosate-resistant crops. Using metabarcoding techniques, we evaluated prokaryotic and fungal communities from agricultural soil samples (n = 768). No effects of glyphosate were found on soil microbial communities associated with glyphosate-resistant corn and soybean varieties across diverse farming systems.
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- Ryan M Kepler
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
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- Environmental Science and Technology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Environmental Science and Technology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
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- Crop Production Systems Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA
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- Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, USDA-ARS, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Princeton, Kentucky, USA
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- Global Change and Photosynthesis Research, USDA-ARS, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
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- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
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