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Sui HY, Weil AA, Nuwagira E, Qadri F, Ryan ET, Mezzari MP, Phipatanakul W, Lai PS. Impact of DNA Extraction Method on Variation in Human and Built Environment Microbial Community and Functional Profiles Assessed by Shotgun Metagenomics Sequencing. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:953. [PMID: 32528434 PMCID: PMC7262970 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Both the host microbiome and the microbiome of the built environment can have profound impacts on human health. While prior studies have suggested that the variability introduced by DNA extraction method is less than typical biologic variation, most studies have focused on 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing or on high biomass fecal samples. Shotgun metagenomic sequencing provides advantages over amplicon sequencing for surveying the microbiome, but is a challenge to perform in lower microbial biomass samples with high human DNA content such as sputum or vacuumed dust. Here we systematically evaluate the impact of four different extraction methods (phenol:choloroform, and three high-throughput kit-based approaches, the Promega Maxwell gDNA, Qiagen MagAttract PowerSoil DNA, and ZymoBIOMICS 96 MagBead). We report the variation in microbial community structure and predicted microbial function assessed by shotgun metagenomics sequencing in human stool, sputum, and vacuumed dust obtained from ongoing cohort studies or clinical trials. The same beadbeating protocol was used for all samples to focus our evaluation on the impact of kit chemistries on sequencing results. DNA yield was overall highest in the phenol:choloroform and Promega approaches. Only the phenol:choloroform approach showed evidence of contamination in negative controls. Bias was evaluated using mock community controls, and was noted across all extraction methods, although Promega exhibited the least amount of bias. The extraction method did not impact the proportion of human reads, although stool had the lowest proportion of human reads (0.1%) as compared to dust (44.1%) and sputum (80%). We calculated Bray-Curtis dissimilarity and Aitchison distances to evaluate the impact of extraction method on microbial community structure by sample type. Extraction method had the lowest impact in stool (extraction method responsible for 3.0-3.9% of the variability), the most impact in vacuumed dust (12-16% of the variability) and intermediate values for sputum (9.2-12% variability). Similar differences were noted when evaluating microbial community function. Our results will inform investigators planning microbiome studies using diverse sample types in large clinical studies. A consistent DNA extraction approach across all sample types is recommended, particularly with lower microbial biomass samples that are more heavily influenced by extraction method.
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- Hui-yu Sui
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda
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- Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States,Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States,Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States,*Correspondence: Peggy S. Lai, ;
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Zheng BJ, Du LY, Zhao GY, Lin YP, Sui HY, Chan C, Ma S, Guan Y, Yuen KY. Studies of SARS virus vaccines. Hong Kong Med J 2008; 14 Suppl 4:39-43. [PMID: 18708674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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1. Intranasal vaccination using inactivated SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) vaccine with adjuvant can induce strong systemic (serum immunoglobulin [Ig] G) and respiratory tract local (tracheal-lung wash fluid IgA) antibody responses with neutralising activity. 2. RBD-Fc (protein-based vaccine) is able to induce effective neutralising antibodies able to provide protection from SARS-CoV infection in animal models. 3. A single dose of RBD-rAAV vaccination can induce adequate neutralising antibody against SARS-CoV infection. 4. Additional doses of vaccine increased the production of neutralising antibody 5-fold compared with a single dose. 5. RBD-rAAV vaccination provoked a prolonged antibody response with continually increasing levels of neutralising activity. 6. Intranasal vaccination with RBD-rAAV induced local IgA and systemic IgG neutralising antibodies and specific T-cell responses, able to protect against SARS-CoV infection in animal models. 7. When compared with the RBD-rAAV prime/boost vaccination, RBD-rAAV prime/RBD-peptide boost induced similar levels of Th1 and neutralising antibody responses that protected vaccinated mice from subsequent SARS-CoV challenges,but stronger Th2 and CTL responses. 8. Overall, our findings suggest that the inactivated vaccine, RBD-Fc and RBD-rAAV, can be further developed into effective and safe vaccines against SARS and that intranasal vaccination may be the preferred route of administration.
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- B J Zheng
- Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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Sun XD, Li HQ, Sui HY, Shen ZY. [Study on protein separation using immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography]. Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao 2000; 16:495-9. [PMID: 11051827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography (IMAC) has shown promise of isolating desired proteins from a mixture based on their difference of affinity for chelated metal ions. With its technological superiority, such as large adsorption capacity, mild separation condition, simple ligands and wide applications, IMAC has become powerful tool for biotechnological products separation, such as proteins, amino acids and gene products. In spite of many sophisticated applications for IMAC, the theoretical analysis of Immobilized metal chromatography has remained insufficient. In this paper, the eluted efficiencies of bovine serum albumin (BSA) in a single-component system under different elution conditions are studied. The effects of several elution factors, such as pH value, ammonium concentration and anion species on protein separation are studied. Comparing the elution data of BSA in IDA-Cu and IDA-Zn columns, the different ability of affinity between metal ions and proteins is found. In addition, the elution behaviors of different proteins are investigated. This work facilitates the further research in separation of real systems.
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- X D Sun
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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