| Literature DB >> 24816901 |
F J Reen1, D F Woods, M J Mooij, M N Chróinín, D Mullane, L Zhou, J Quille, D Fitzpatrick, J D Glennon, G P McGlacken, C Adams, F O'Gara.
Abstract
Chronic respiratory infections are a leading global cause of morbidity and mortality. However, the molecular triggers that cause respiratory pathogens to adopt persistent and often untreatable lifestyles during infection remain largely uncharacterised. Recently, bile aspiration caused by gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) has emerged as a significant complication associated with respiratory disease, and cystic fibrosis (CF) in particular. Based on our previous finding that the physiological concentrations of bile influence respiratory pathogens towards a chronic lifestyle in vitro, we investigated the impact of bile aspiration on the lung microbiome of respiratory patients. Sputum samples (n = 25) obtained from a cohort of paediatric CF patients were profiled for the presence of bile acids using high-resolution liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). Pyrosequencing was performed on a set of ten DNA samples that were isolated from bile aspirating (n = 5) and non-bile aspirating (n = 5) patients. Both denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and pyrosequencing revealed significantly reduced biodiversity and richness in the sputum samples from bile aspirating patients when compared with non-aspirating patients. Families and genera associated with the pervasive CF microbiome dominated aspirating patients, while bacteria associated with the healthy lung were most abundant in non-aspirating patients. Bile aspiration linked to GOR is emerging as a major host trigger of chronic bacterial infections. The markedly reduced biodiversity and increased colonisation by dominant proteobacterial CF-associated pathogens observed in the sputum of bile aspirating patients suggest that bile may play a major role in disease progression in CF and other respiratory diseases.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24816901 PMCID: PMC4182646 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2133-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN: 0934-9723 Impact factor: 3.267
Patient data for the paediatric patient cohort involved in the microbiome study
| ID no. | Age (years) | Sex | IV antibioticsa | PO antibioticsa | FEV%b | Mutation | BA (μM) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | M | 28 | 56 | 90 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | 0.34 |
| 2 | 15 | F | 28 | 14 | 85 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | 0.50 |
| 3 | 8 | M | 0 | 56 | 104 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | 0.50 |
| 4 | 11 | M | 30 | CM + 56 days CP | 85 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | 0.16 |
| 5 | 12 | M | 14 | 97 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | 0.28 | |
| 6 | 16 | M | 21 | CM + 28 days CP | 86 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | 0.1 |
| 7 | 16 | M | 14 | CM | 92 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | 0.27 |
| 8 | 9 | M | 42 | CM | 89 % | ΔF508/G542 | 1.16 |
| 9 | 14 | M | 14 | CM | 92 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | 0.53 |
| 10 | 16 | F | 70 |
| 52 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | 0.11 |
| 11 | 12 | F | 0 | CM | 79 % | ΔF508/G551D | 0.55 |
| 12 | 9 | M | 65 | CM. month on/off MT & AM | 42 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | 1.0 |
| 13 | 14 | F | SC IV antibiotics | CM or CD | 30 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | 14.5 |
| 14 | 9 | M | 14 | 42 days | 101 % | G55ID/Glu56Lys | 1.22 |
| 15 | 7 | F | 42 | CM | 94 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | 1.12 |
| 16 | 13 | M | 0 | CM | 75 % | ΔF508/G551D | 0.04 |
| 17 | 13 | M | 36 | CM + PO antibiotics | 90 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | 0.11 |
| 18c | 11 | M | 14 | CM | 118 % | G55ID/ΔF508 | 1.0 |
| 19 | 7 | F | 14 | CM | 91 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | 0.20 |
| 20 | 6 | M | 0 | 42 days | 94 % | ΔF508d | 0.18 |
| 21 | 19 | M | 28 | 100 days | 84 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | GORe -ve |
| 22 | 11 | M | 28 | 70 days | 91 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | GOR -ve |
| 23 | 15 | M | 28 | 0 | 96 % | ΔF508/G551D | GOR -ve |
| 24 | 16 | M | 14 | 28 days | 72 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | 0.6 |
| 25 | 8 | F | 49 | 42 days | 96 % | ΔF508/ΔF508 | GOR +ve |
CD, doxycycline; CM, chronic macrolide; PO, oral antibiotics; SC, semi-continuous
aNumber of days in 2012
bPredicted baseline
cPatient commenced ivacaftor treatment
dHeterozygote, second mutation not identified
eSymptom-based classification
Fig. 1Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis of bacterial and fungal biodiversity in aspirating and non-aspirating paediatric cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. a Patient samples separated into three distinct clades. The lane numbers refer to the patient ID for comparison of bacterial profiles. Lane 14# represents a patient that has only recently been diagnosed with CF and is an outlier to this analysis. Lanes 6* and 10* represent samples from patients that are symptomatic for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD). Statistical analysis was performed by Student’s t-test. b Fungal biodiversity profiles based on internally transcribed region (ITS) sequence variation. Lanes 7* and 2*, respectively, represent the GORD-positive outliers described above. The lane numbers refer to the following patient ID numbers in parentheses: Lane 1 (8), Lane 2 (10), Lane 3 (15), Lane 4 (13), Lane 5 (16), Lane 6 (19), Lane 7 (6), Lane 8 (12), Lane 9 (18)
Fig. 2Microbiome analysis of bile aspirating and non-aspirating paediatric patients. a Diversity (non-parametric Shannon) and (b) richness (Chao1) indices from the pyrosequencing dataset. The figures are representative of five patient samples for both aspirating and non-aspirating [Mann–Whitney U-test (p < 0.05)]. c Family with the highest relative abundance in each patient sample. d Combined relative abundance of Prevotellaceae, Veillonellaceae and Pasteurellaceae in non-aspirating patients relative to aspirating patients [Student’s t-test (p < 0.05)]
Fig. 3a Phylum, b family and c genus level analysis of the paediatric microbiome in aspirating and non-aspirating patients. In all cases, aspirating samples are represented by the inner circle, while non-aspirating samples are represented by the outer circle. Relative abundances ≥1 % are presented. d The relative abundance of genera was not linear relative to the patient number (R 2 = 0.4521), with Ralstonia, Rothia, Streptococcus and Prevotella being over-represented compared to other genera