Cemal Yazici1, Patricia G Wolf2, Hajwa Kim3, Tzu-Wen L Cross2, Karin Vermillion2, Timothy Carroll1, Gaius J Augustus4, Ece Mutlu5, Lisa Tussing-Humphreys6, Carol Braunschweig7, Rosa M Xicola8, Barbara Jung1, Xavier Llor8, Nathan A Ellis4, H Rex Gaskins2,9. 1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2. Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA. 3. Center for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 4. Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA. 5. Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 6. Division of Academic Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 7. Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 8. Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. 9. Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence is higher in African Americans (AAs) compared with non-Hispanic whites (NHWs). A diet high in animal protein and fat is an environmental risk factor for CRC development. The intestinal microbiota is postulated to modulate the effects of diet in promoting or preventing CRC. Hydrogen sulfide, produced by autochthonous sulfidogenic bacteria, triggers proinflammatory pathways and hyperproliferation, and is genotoxic. We hypothesised that sulfidogenic bacterial abundance in colonic mucosa may be an environmental CRC risk factor that distinguishes AA and NHW. DESIGN: Colonic biopsies from uninvolved or healthy mucosa from CRC cases and tumour-free controls were collected prospectively from five medical centres in Chicago for association studies. Sulfidogenic bacterial abundance in uninvolved colonic mucosa of AA and NHW CRC cases was compared with normal mucosa of AA and NHW controls. In addition, 16S rDNA sequencing was performed in AA cases and controls. Correlations were examined among bacterial targets, race, disease status and dietary intake. RESULTS: AAs harboured a greater abundance of sulfidogenic bacteria compared with NHWs regardless of disease status. Bilophila wadsworthia-specific dsrA was more abundant in AA cases than controls. Linear discriminant analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed five sulfidogenic genera that were more abundant in AA cases. Fat and protein intake and daily servings of meat were significantly higher in AAs compared with NHWs, and multiple dietary components correlated with a higher abundance of sulfidogenic bacteria. CONCLUSIONS: These results implicate sulfidogenic bacteria as a potential environmental risk factor contributing to CRC development in AAs. Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/.
OBJECTIVE:Colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence is higher in African Americans (AAs) compared with non-Hispanic whites (NHWs). A diet high in animal protein and fat is an environmental risk factor for CRC development. The intestinal microbiota is postulated to modulate the effects of diet in promoting or preventing CRC. Hydrogen sulfide, produced by autochthonous sulfidogenic bacteria, triggers proinflammatory pathways and hyperproliferation, and is genotoxic. We hypothesised that sulfidogenic bacterial abundance in colonic mucosa may be an environmental CRC risk factor that distinguishes AA and NHW. DESIGN: Colonic biopsies from uninvolved or healthy mucosa from CRC cases and tumour-free controls were collected prospectively from five medical centres in Chicago for association studies. Sulfidogenic bacterial abundance in uninvolved colonic mucosa of AA and NHW CRC cases was compared with normal mucosa of AA and NHW controls. In addition, 16S rDNA sequencing was performed in AA cases and controls. Correlations were examined among bacterial targets, race, disease status and dietary intake. RESULTS: AAs harboured a greater abundance of sulfidogenic bacteria compared with NHWs regardless of disease status. Bilophila wadsworthia-specific dsrA was more abundant in AA cases than controls. Linear discriminant analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed five sulfidogenic genera that were more abundant in AA cases. Fat and protein intake and daily servings of meat were significantly higher in AAs compared with NHWs, and multiple dietary components correlated with a higher abundance of sulfidogenic bacteria. CONCLUSIONS: These results implicate sulfidogenic bacteria as a potential environmental risk factor contributing to CRC development in AAs. Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/.
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