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Zhou E, Zhang L, He L, Xiao Y, Zhang K, Luo B. Cold exposure, gut microbiota and health implications: A narrative review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 916:170060. [PMID: 38242473 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 01/07/2024] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/21/2024]
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Temperature has been recognized as an important environmental factor affecting the composition and function of gut microbiota (GM). Although research on high-temperature impacts has been well studied, knowledge about the effect of cold exposure on GM remains limited. This narrative review aims to synthesize the latest scientific findings on the impact of cold exposure on mammalian GM, and its potential health implications. Chronic cold exposure could disrupt the α-diversity and the composition of GM in both experimental animals and wild-living hosts. Meanwhile, cold exposure could impact gut microbial metabolites, such as short-chain fatty acids. We also discussed plausible biological pathways and mechanisms by which cold-induced changes may impact host health, including metabolic homeostasis, fitness and thermogenesis, through the microbiota-gut-brain axis. Intriguingly, alterations in GM may provide a tool for favorably modulating the host response to the cold temperature. Finally, current challenges and future perspectives are discussed, emphasizing the need for translational research in humans. GM could be manipulated by utilizing nutritional strategies, such as probiotics and prebiotics, to deal with cold-related health issues and enhance well-being in populations living or working in cold environments.
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- Erkai Zhou
- Institute of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
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- Institute of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
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- Institute of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
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- Institute of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
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- Institute of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China.
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Fanfan D, Mulligan CJ, Groer M, Mai V, Weaver M, Huffman F, Lyon DE. The intersection of social determinants of health, the microbiome, and health outcomes in immigrants: A scoping review. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2024; 183:3-19. [PMID: 37737631 PMCID: PMC11185843 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
Abstract
In the present scoping review, we explore whether existing evidence supports the premise that social determinants of health (SDoH) affect immigrant health outcomes through their effects on the microbiome. We adapt the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities' research framework to propose a conceptual model that considers the intersection of SDoH, the microbiome, and health outcomes in immigrants. We use this conceptual model as a lens through which to explore recent research about SDoH, biological factors associated with changes to immigrants' microbiomes, and long-term health outcomes. In the 17 articles reviewed, dietary acculturation, physical activity, ethnicity, birthplace, age at migration and length of time in the host country, socioeconomic status, and social/linguistic acculturation were important determinants of postmigration microbiome-related transformations. These factors are associated with progressive shifts in microbiome profile with time in host country, increasing the risks for cardiometabolic, mental, immune, and inflammatory disorders and antibiotic resistance. The evidence thus supports the premise that SDoH influence immigrants' health postmigration, at least in part, through their effects on the microbiome. Omission of important postmigration social-ecological variables (e.g., stress, racism, social/family relationships, and environment), limited research among minoritized subgroups of immigrants, complexity and inter- and intra-individual differences in the microbiome, and limited interdisciplinary and biosocial collaboration restrict our understanding of this area of study. To identify potential microbiome-based interventions and promote immigrants' well-being, more research is necessary to understand the intersections of immigrant health with factors from the biological, behavioral/psychosocial, physical/built environment, and sociocultural environment domains at all social-ecological levels.
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- Dany Fanfan
- College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
- Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
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- College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Tekin A, Qamar S, Bansal V, Surani S, Singh R, Sharma M, LeMahieu AM, Hanson AC, Schulte PJ, Bogojevic M, Deo N, Sanghavi DK, Cartin-Ceba R, Jain NK, Christie AB, Sili U, Anderson HL, Denson JL, Khanna AK, Zabolotskikh IB, La Nou AT, Akhter M, Mohan SK, Dodd KW, Retford L, Boman K, Kumar VK, Walkey AJ, Gajic O, Domecq JP, Kashyap R. The Association of Latitude and Altitude with COVID-19 Symptoms: A VIRUS: COVID-19 Registry Analysis. Open Respir Med J 2022. [PMID: 37273949 DOI: 10.2174/18743064-v16-e2207130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Background:
Better delineation of COVID-19 presentations in different climatological conditions might assist with prompt diagnosis and isolation of patients.
Objectives:
To study the association of latitude and altitude with COVID-19 symptomatology.
Methods:
This observational cohort study included 12267 adult COVID-19 patients hospitalized between 03/2020 and 01/2021 at 181 hospitals in 24 countries within the SCCM Discovery VIRUS: COVID-19 Registry. The outcome was symptoms at admission, categorized as respiratory, gastrointestinal, neurological, mucocutaneous, cardiovascular, and constitutional. Other symptoms were grouped as atypical. Multivariable regression modeling was performed, adjusting for baseline characteristics. Models were fitted using generalized estimating equations to account for the clustering.
Results:
The median age was 62 years, with 57% males. The median age and percentage of patients with comorbidities increased with higher latitude. Conversely, patients with comorbidities decreased with elevated altitudes. The most common symptoms were respiratory (80%), followed by constitutional (75%). Presentation with respiratory symptoms was not associated with the location. After adjustment, at lower latitudes (<30º), patients presented less commonly with gastrointestinal symptoms (p<.001, odds ratios for 15º, 25º, and 30º: 0.32, 0.81, and 0.98, respectively). Atypical symptoms were present in 21% of the patients and showed an association with altitude (p=.026, odds ratios for 75, 125, 400, and 600 meters above sea level: 0.44, 0.60, 0.84, and 0.77, respectively).
Conclusions:
We observed geographic variability in symptoms of COVID-19 patients. Respiratory symptoms were most common but were not associated with the location. Gastrointestinal symptoms were less frequent in lower latitudes. Atypical symptoms were associated with higher altitude.
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Individuals who are minoritized as a result of race, sexual identity, gender, or socioeconomic status experience a higher prevalence of many diseases. Understanding the biological processes that cause and maintain these socially driven health inequities is essential for addressing them. The gut microbiome is strongly shaped by host environments and affects host metabolic, immune, and neuroendocrine functions, making it an important pathway by which differences in experiences caused by social, political, and economic forces could contribute to health inequities. Nevertheless, few studies have directly integrated the gut microbiome into investigations of health inequities. Here, we argue that accounting for host-gut microbe interactions will improve understanding and management of health inequities, and that health policy must begin to consider the microbiome as an important pathway linking environments to population health.
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Crank K, Li X, North D, Ferraro GB, Iaconelli M, Mancini P, La Rosa G, Bibby K. CrAssphage abundance and correlation with molecular viral markers in Italian wastewater. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 184:116161. [PMID: 32810770 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Current fecal indicators for environmental health monitoring are primarily based on fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) which do not accurately represent viral pathogens. There is a need for highly abundant, human-associated viral fecal indicators to represent viral pathogens in sewage-contaminated water. In the present study, we evaluate the abundance of the emerging viral fecal indicator crAssphage in 156 Italian wastewater samples collected between 2014 and 2018. Samples were collected using two separate viral concentration methods, glycine-CF and PEG-dextran and qPCR assays were run for crAssphage (CPQ56) and Human Polyomavirus (HPyV) and endpoint PCR assays were run for Human Bocavirus (HBoc) and Hepatitis E Virus (HepE). CrAssphage was detected in 96% of samples and no statistically significant difference was observed in crAssphage abundance between concentration methods (p = 0.39). CrAssphage concentrations also did not correlate with location (latitude) or size (load and capacity) of the wastewater treatment plant. HPyV detection rates with the glycine-CF and PEG-dextran methods were 64% and 100%, respectively, and the concentrations of HPyV were statistically significantly influenced by the concentration method (p < 0.0001). CrAssphage was measured at significantly higher concentrations than HPyV for both concentration methods (p < 0.0001). The observed concentration ranges were 3.84-7.29 log10GC/100 mL for crAssphage and 3.45-5.17 log10GC/100 mL for HPyV. There was a strong positive correlation between crAssphage and HPyV abundance for both concentration methods; however, the slope of the correlation depended on the concentration method. CrAssphage presence correlated with the presence of HBoc in samples concentrated with glycine-CF, but did not correlate with the presence of HBoc concentrated with the PEG-dextran method or with the presence of HepE. Overall, these results demonstrate that crAssphage is an abundant viral fecal indicator in wastewater with statistically significant correlation with human viral pathogens (e.g., HPyV) and viral concentration methods influence the interpretation of fecal viral indicator detection.
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- Katherine Crank
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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- Department of Environment and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Environment and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Environment and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA.
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Luan Z, Sun G, Huang Y, Yang Y, Yang R, Li C, Wang T, Tan D, Qi S, Jun C, Wang C, Wang S, Zhao Y, Jing Y. Metagenomics Study Reveals Changes in Gut Microbiota in Centenarians: A Cohort Study of Hainan Centenarians. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1474. [PMID: 32714309 PMCID: PMC7343713 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Several studies based on 16SrDNA analysis have revealed certain unique characteristics of gut microbiome in centenarians. We established a prospective cohort of fecal microbiota and conducted the first metagenomics-based study among centenarians. The objective was to explore the dynamic changes of gut microbiota in healthy centenarians and centenarians approaching end of life and to unravel the characteristics of aging-associated microbiome. Seventy-five healthy centenarians residing in three regions of Hainan participated in follow-up surveys and collection of fecal samples at intervals of 3 months. Data pertaining to dietary status, health status scores, cause of disease and death, and fecal specimens were collected for 15 months. Twenty participants died within 20 months during the follow-up period. The median survival time was 8-9 months (range, 1-17) and the mortality rate was 14.7% per year. The health status scores before death were significantly lower than those at 3 months before the end of the follow-up period [median score: 3 (range, 1-5), P < 0.05]. At this time, the participants mainly exhibited symptoms of anorexia and reduced dietary intake and physical activity. Metagenomics sequencing and analysis were carried out to characterize the gut microbiota changes in the centenarians during their transition from healthy status to death. Anosim analysis showed a significant change in gut microbiota from 7 months prior to death (R = 0.10, P = 0.02). All participants were grouped with 7 months before death as cut-off; no significant difference in α diversity was found between the two groups (P = 0.45). Semi-supervised monitoring and log rank sum analysis revealed significant changes in the abundance of ten bacterial species before death; of these, eight species were significantly reduced (Akkermansia muciniphila, Alistipes finegoldii, Alistipes shahii, Bacteroides faecis, Bacteroides intestinalis, Butyrivibrio crossotus, Bacteroides stercoris, and Prevotella stercorea) while two were significantly increased before death (Bifidobacterium longum and Ruminococcus bromii). Compared to centenarians in northern Italy, Hainan centenarians exhibited unique characteristics of gut microbiome. The abundance of ten bacterial species showed significant changes starting from 7 months before death. We speculate that these changes might occur before the clinical symptoms of deterioration in health status.
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- Zhe Luan
- Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Realbio Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China
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- Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Realbio Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China
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- Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Hainan Branch of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Sanya, China
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- Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Haworth SE, White KS, Côté SD, Shafer ABA. Space, time and captivity: quantifying the factors influencing the fecal microbiome of an alpine ungulate. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2020; 95:5519850. [PMID: 31210274 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiz095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The community of microorganisms in the gut is affected by host species, diet and environment and is linked to normal functioning of the host organism. Although the microbiome fluctuates in response to host demands and environmental changes, there are core groups of microorganisms that remain relatively constant throughout the hosts lifetime. Ruminants are mammals that rely on highly specialized digestive and metabolic modifications, including microbiome adaptations, to persist in extreme environments. Here, we assayed the fecal microbiome of four mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) populations in western North America. We quantified fecal microbiome diversity and composition among groups in the wild and captivity, across populations and in a single group over time. There were no differences in community evenness or diversity across groups, although we observed a decreasing diversity trend across summer months. Pairwise sample estimates grouped the captive population distinctly from the wild populations, and moderately grouped the southern wild group distinctly from the two northern wild populations. We identified 33 genera modified by captivity, with major differences in key groups associated with cellulose degradation that likely reflect differences in diet. Our findings are consistent with other ruminant studies and provide baseline microbiome data in this enigmatic species, offering valuable insights into the health of wild alpine ungulates.
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- Sarah E Haworth
- Forensics Program, Trent University, K9J 7B8 Peterborough, Canada.,Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, 7K9J 7B8 Peterborough, Canada
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- Division of Wildlife Conservation, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Juneau, AK 99802, USA
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- Département de Biologie and Centre for Northern Studies, Université Laval, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Forensics Program, Trent University, K9J 7B8 Peterborough, Canada.,Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, 7K9J 7B8 Peterborough, Canada
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The effect of antipsychotic medication is poor in 30-40% of patients with schizophrenia; treatment resistance is usually met with shifts to new drugs or drug augmentation strategies or a trial of clozapine. The purpose of this review was to examine the potential role of intestinal bacteria in the bioavailability of antipsychotic medication and the possibility that parenterally administered antipsychotics might be able to overcome treatment resistance. Databases were searched with appropriate terms to locate relevant papers dealing with the effect of antipsychotic drugs on the gut microbiome and the effect of bacterial metabolizing enzymes on antipsychotic drugs. Also searched were papers addressing the various current parenteral formulations of antipsychotic drugs. Sixty-five recent pertinent papers were reviewed and the results are suggestive of the premise that there is a drug refractory form of psychosis for which the composition of gut bacteria is responsible, and that parenteral drug administration could overcome the problem.
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- Mary V Seeman
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 260 Heath St. West Suite #605, Toronto, Ontario, M5P 3L6, Canada.
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Lokmer A, Aflalo S, Amougou N, Lafosse S, Froment A, Tabe FE, Poyet M, Groussin M, Said-Mohamed R, Ségurel L. Response of the human gut and saliva microbiome to urbanization in Cameroon. Sci Rep 2020; 10:2856. [PMID: 32071424 PMCID: PMC7028744 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59849-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Urban populations from highly industrialized countries are characterized by a lower gut bacterial diversity as well as by changes in composition compared to rural populations from less industrialized countries. To unveil the mechanisms and factors leading to this diversity loss, it is necessary to identify the factors associated with urbanization-induced shifts at a smaller geographical scale, especially in less industrialized countries. To do so, we investigated potential associations between a variety of dietary, medical, parasitological and socio-cultural factors and the gut and saliva microbiomes of 147 individuals from three populations along an urbanization gradient in Cameroon. We found that the presence of Entamoeba sp., a commensal gut protozoan, followed by stool consistency, were major determinants of the gut microbiome diversity and composition. Interestingly, urban individuals have retained most of their gut eukaryotic and bacterial diversity despite significant changes in diet compared to the rural areas, suggesting that the loss of bacterial microbiome diversity observed in industrialized areas is likely associated with medication. Finally, we observed a weak positive correlation between the gut and the saliva microbiome diversity and composition, even though the saliva microbiome is mainly shaped by habitat-related factors.
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- Ana Lokmer
- UMR7206 Eco-anthropologie, CNRS - MNHN - Université de Paris, Paris, France.
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- UMR7206 Eco-anthropologie, CNRS - MNHN - Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- UMR7206 Eco-anthropologie, CNRS - MNHN - Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- UMR7206 Eco-anthropologie, CNRS - MNHN - Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- UMR7206 Eco-anthropologie, CNRS - MNHN - Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences Biomédicales - Université Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroun
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- Department of Biological Engineering/Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.,The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering/Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.,The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- SAMRC/WITS Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- UMR7206 Eco-anthropologie, CNRS - MNHN - Université de Paris, Paris, France.
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Walters AW, Hughes RC, Call TB, Walker CJ, Wilcox H, Petersen SC, Rudman SM, Newell PD, Douglas AE, Schmidt PS, Chaston JM. The microbiota influences the Drosophila melanogaster life history strategy. Mol Ecol 2020; 29:639-653. [PMID: 31863671 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Revised: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Organisms are locally adapted when members of a population have a fitness advantage in one location relative to conspecifics in other geographies. For example, across latitudinal gradients, some organisms may trade off between traits that maximize fitness components in one, but not both, of somatic maintenance or reproductive output. Latitudinal gradients in life history strategies are traditionally attributed to environmental selection on an animal's genotype, without any consideration of the possible impact of associated microorganisms ("microbiota") on life history traits. Here, we show in Drosophila melanogaster, a key model for studying local adaptation and life history strategy, that excluding the microbiota from definitions of local adaptation is a major shortfall. First, we reveal that an isogenic fly line reared with different bacteria varies the investment in early reproduction versus somatic maintenance. Next, we show that in wild fruit flies, the abundance of these same bacteria was correlated with the latitude and life history strategy of the flies, suggesting geographic specificity of the microbiota composition. Variation in microbiota composition of locally adapted D. melanogaster could be attributed to both the wild environment and host genetic selection. Finally, by eliminating or manipulating the microbiota of fly lines collected across a latitudinal gradient, we reveal that host genotype contributes to latitude-specific life history traits independent of the microbiota and that variation in the microbiota can suppress or reverse the differences between locally adapted fly lines. Together, these findings establish the microbiota composition of a model animal as an essential consideration in local adaptation.
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- Amber W Walters
- Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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Szilagyi A. Relationship(s) between obesity and inflammatory bowel diseases: possible intertwined pathogenic mechanisms. Clin J Gastroenterol 2019; 13:139-152. [PMID: 31452062 PMCID: PMC7101293 DOI: 10.1007/s12328-019-01037-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The inflammatory bowel diseases, Crohn's and ulcerative colitis have increased in incidence and prevalence from the mid-eighteen to the late nineteen centuries. From then to the current twenty-first century there has been a more rapid expansion of these disease to areas previously experiencing low rates. This latter expansion coincides with the current obesity pandemic which also began toward the end of the last century. Although the two diseases have radically different frequencies, there are interesting links between them. Four areas link the diseases. On an epidemiological level, IBD tends to follow a north-south gradient raising the importance of vitamin D in protection. Obesity has very weak relationship with latitude, but both diseases follow adult lactase distributions colliding in this plane. Is it possible that obesity (a low vitamin D condition with questionable response to supplements) reduces effects in IBD? On a pathogenic level, pro-inflammatory processes mark both IBD and obesity. The similarity raises the question of whether obesity could facilitate the development of IBD. Features of the metabolic syndrome occur in both, with or without obesity in IBD. The fourth interaction between the two diseases is the apparent effect of obesity on the course of IBD. There are suggestions that obesity may reduce the efficacy of biologic agents. Yet there is some suggestion also that obesity may reduce the need for hospitalization and surgery. The apparent co-expansion of both obesity and IBD suggests similar environmental changes may be involved in the promotion of both.
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- Andrew Szilagyi
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University Medical School, 3755 Cote St Catherine Rd, Room E110, Montreal, QC, H3T 1E2, Canada.
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The Costs of Living Together: Immune Responses to the Microbiota and Chronic Gut Inflammation. Appl Environ Microbiol 2019; 85:AEM.02147-18. [PMID: 30530709 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02147-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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While the vertebrate microbiota is critical to the normal function of many host traits, hosts may expend a large amount of energy to constrain and interface with their microbiota via their immune system to avoid the high fitness costs associated with gut dysbiosis, pathobionts, and opportunistic pathogens. All jawed vertebrates share mucosal immunity dedicated to isolating the microbiota, and a breakdown of this system can result in chronic gut inflammation. In humans, chronic gut inflammation negatively affects growth and development. There is little information available on the prevalence of chronic gut inflammation in wild animals, but given that animals with different life histories emphasize different immune responses, it follows that wild animals may vary in their susceptibility to chronic gut inflammation, and most animals will experience signaling that can lead to this state. These can be top-down signals originating from sources like the central nervous system or bottom-up signals originating from changes in the gut microbiota. The sources of these signals might include stress, developmental transitions, food restriction, and dietary shifts. Here, we briefly discuss host-microbiota interactions from the perspective of life history theory and ecoimmunology, focusing on the mucosal immune system and chronic gut inflammation. We also include future directions for research and the tools necessary to investigate them.
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Jha AR, Davenport ER, Gautam Y, Bhandari D, Tandukar S, Ng KM, Fragiadakis GK, Holmes S, Gautam GP, Leach J, Sherchand JB, Bustamante CD, Sonnenburg JL. Gut microbiome transition across a lifestyle gradient in Himalaya. PLoS Biol 2018; 16:e2005396. [PMID: 30439937 PMCID: PMC6237292 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
The composition of the gut microbiome in industrialized populations differs from those living traditional lifestyles. However, it has been difficult to separate the contributions of human genetic and geographic factors from lifestyle. Whether shifts away from the foraging lifestyle that characterize much of humanity's past influence the gut microbiome, and to what degree, remains unclear. Here, we characterize the stool bacterial composition of four Himalayan populations to investigate how the gut community changes in response to shifts in traditional human lifestyles. These groups led seminomadic hunting-gathering lifestyles until transitioning to varying levels of agricultural dependence upon farming. The Tharu began farming 250-300 years ago, the Raute and Raji transitioned 30-40 years ago, and the Chepang retain many aspects of a foraging lifestyle. We assess the contributions of dietary and environmental factors on their gut-associated microbes and find that differences in the lifestyles of Himalayan foragers and farmers are strongly correlated with microbial community variation. Furthermore, the gut microbiomes of all four traditional Himalayan populations are distinct from that of the Americans, indicating that industrialization may further exacerbate differences in the gut community. The Chepang foragers harbor an elevated abundance of taxa associated with foragers around the world. Conversely, the gut microbiomes of the populations that have transitioned to farming are more similar to those of Americans, with agricultural dependence and several associated lifestyle and environmental factors correlating with the extent of microbiome divergence from the foraging population. The gut microbiomes of Raute and Raji reveal an intermediate state between the Chepang and Tharu, indicating that divergence from a stereotypical foraging microbiome can occur within a single generation. Our results also show that environmental factors such as drinking water source and solid cooking fuel are significantly associated with the gut microbiome. Despite the pronounced differences in gut bacterial composition across populations, we found little differences in alpha diversity across lifestyles. These findings in genetically similar populations living in the same geographical region establish the key role of lifestyle in determining human gut microbiome composition and point to the next challenging steps of determining how large-scale gut microbiome reconfiguration impacts human biology.
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- Aashish R. Jha
- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Center for Computational, Evolutionary, and Human Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Public Health Research Laboratory, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Public Health Research Laboratory, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Human Food Project, Terlingua, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Center for Computational, Evolutionary, and Human Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Center for Human Microbiome Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Chabé M, Lokmer A, Ségurel L. Gut Protozoa: Friends or Foes of the Human Gut Microbiota? Trends Parasitol 2017; 33:925-934. [PMID: 28870496 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2017] [Revised: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
The importance of the gut microbiota for human health has sparked a strong interest in the study of the factors that shape its composition and diversity. Despite the growing evidence suggesting that helminths and protozoa significantly interact with gut bacteria, gut microbiome studies remain mostly focused on prokaryotes and on populations living in industrialized countries that typically have a low parasite burden. We argue that protozoa, like helminths, represent an important factor to take into account when studying the gut microbiome, and that their presence - especially considering their long coevolutionary history with humans - may be beneficial. From this perspective, we examine the relationship between the protozoa and their hosts, as well as their relevance for public health.
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- Magali Chabé
- University of Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 8204 - CIIL - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR 7206 Eco-anthropologie et ethnobiologie, CNRS - MNHN - Paris Diderot University - Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- UMR 7206 Eco-anthropologie et ethnobiologie, CNRS - MNHN - Paris Diderot University - Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
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Gomez A. Loss of gut microbiome diversity in industrialized societies: Alternative views (comment on DOI 10.1002/bies.201600145). Bioessays 2017; 39. [PMID: 28169429 DOI: 10.1002/bies.201700005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Andres Gomez
- J. Craig Venter Institute, Genomic Medicine and Human Biology, La Jolla, CA, USA
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