A Comparison of Tumor-Associated and Non-Tumor-Associated Gastric Microbiota in Gastric Cancer Patients

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Citation
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Authors
Wu ZF, Zou K, Wu GN, Jin ZJ, Xiang CJ, Xu S, Wang YH, Wu XY, Chen C, Xu Z, Li WS, Yao XQ, Zhang JF, Liu FK
Journal
Digestive diseases and sciences
Year
2021
Keywords:
Carcinogenesis, Gastric cancer, Microbiota, Stomach
BACKGROUND: How gastric cancer (GC) incidence is associated with changes in the gastric microbiome has not been firmly established. The present study therefore aims to investigate the microbial communities present within the gastric mucosa of patients with superficial gastritis (SG) or GC. METHODS: Paired tumor and paracancerous samples of the gastric mucosa were collected from 18 patients being surgically treated for GC and from 32 patients with SG being treated via gastroscopy. The gastric microbiome in these samples was then profiled via 16S rRNA sequencing, with a linear discriminant analysis effect size (LEfSe) approach used to identify and compare different bacteria, and with PICRUSt used for predictive functional analyses. RESULTS: GC patients exhibited a distinct gastric microbiota profile from that observed in SG patients. These changes were evident in both tumor and paracancerous tissues from GC patients. Specifically, we found that 6 bacterial genera were specifically enriched in GC tissue samples relative to SG samples, while 18 genera were depleted in these same samples. Based on the differential abundance of these bacteria, we were able to calculate microbial dysbiosis index (MDI) values, which were significantly higher in GC patients than in SG patients. In addition, MDI values were negatively correlated with gastric Shannon index and were positively correlated with relative Helicobacter spp. abundance. Importantly, these MDI values were readily able to discriminate between GC and SG patient samples. Functional analysis suggested that GC patients were more likely to harbor a nitrosating microbial community. CONCLUSIONS: GC patients exhibited a gastric microbiome profile distinct from that observed in SG patients, with these differences being evident in both tumor and paracancerous tissues. Differences in the relative abundance of Helicobacter spp. may be the primary driver of gastric dysbiosis in GC patients.

Experiment 1


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Curated date: 2023/10/14

Curator: Chikamso

Revision editor(s): Chikamso, ChiomaBlessing

Subjects

Location of subjects
China
Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Homo sapiens
Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology
Gastric pit Foveola gastrica,Foveolae gastricae,Gastric foveola,Gastric pit,gastric pit
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Gastric cancer Ca body - stomach,ca greater curvature of stomach,Ca lesser curvature - stomach,cancer of stomach,gastric cancer,gastric cancer, intestinal,gastric neoplasm,malignant gastric neoplasm,malignant gastric tumor,malignant neoplasm of body of stomach,malignant neoplasm of lesser curve of stomach,malignant neoplasm of stomach,malignant neoplasm of the stomach,malignant stomach neoplasm,malignant tumor of body of stomach,malignant tumor of greater curve of stomach,malignant tumor of lesser curve of stomach,malignant tumor of stomach,malignant tumor of the stomach,stomach cancer,Gastric cancer
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Superficial gastritis
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Gastric cancer (GC)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Gastric microbiome in paired tumor and paracancerous tissue samples from GC patients undergoing surgical treatment
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
64
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
96
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
1 month

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V3-V5
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
relative abundances
Statistical test
LEfSe
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.05
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
No
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
3

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
decreased
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
decreased
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
increased

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Curated date: 2023/10/14

Curator: Chikamso

Revision editor(s): Chikamso, ChiomaBlessing

Source: Figure 2B

Description: Cladogram representation of the gastric microbiota taxa associated with superficial gastritis (group 0) an gastric cancer (group1)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Gastric cancer (GC)

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Aeromonadaceae
Aeromonas
Campylobacter
Campylobacterales
Campylobacterota
Chitinophagaceae
Chitinophagales
Clostridia
Dialister
Eubacteriales
Helicobacter
Helicobacteraceae
Lactobacillaceae
Lactobacillus
Mycobacteriales
Nocardiaceae
Prevotella
Rhodanobacteraceae
Rhodococcus
Rudaea
Sediminibacterium
Streptococcaceae
Streptococcus
Lysobacterales

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Source: Figure 2B

Description: Cladogram representation of the gastric microbiota taxa associated with superficial gastritis (group 0) and gastric cancer (group 1).

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Gastric cancer (GC)

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Actinomyces
Actinomycetaceae
Actinomycetales
Actinomycetota
Alloprevotella
Arthrobacter
Bacteroidales
Bacteroidia
Bacteroidota
Betaproteobacteria
Bradyrhizobium
Brevundimonas
Campylobacter
Campylobacteraceae
Candidatus Gracilibacteria
Fusobacteriaceae
Fusobacteriales
Fusobacteriia
Fusobacterium
Haemophilus
Hyphomicrobiales
Leptotrichia
Micrococcaceae
Micrococcales
Negativicutes
Neisseria
Pasteurellaceae
Pasteurellales
Patescibacteria group
Phyllobacterium
Porphyromonadaceae
Porphyromonas
Prevotella
Prevotellaceae
Rhizobiaceae
Rothia
Selenomonadales
Veillonella
Veillonellaceae
Xanthobacteraceae

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Experiment 2


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Curated date: 2023/10/21

Curator: Chikamso

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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
non-tumor tissues of gastric cancer patients
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
tumor tissues of gastric cancer patients
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Gastric microbiome in tumor tissue samples from GC patients undergoing surgical treatment
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
78
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
18

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
unchanged
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
unchanged

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2023/10/22

Curator: Chikamso

Revision editor(s): Chikamso

Source: Supplementary figure 3A

Description: Differential bacteria between the tumor and non-tumor tissues of gastric cancer patients by LEfSe analysis (LDA scores >3.0)

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in tumor tissues of gastric cancer patients

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Nitriliruptoria
Mesorhizobium
Bradyrhizobium
Xanthobacteraceae
Moraxellaceae
Rhizobiaceae
Pseudomonadales
Hyphomicrobiales

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Curated date: 2023/10/22

Curator: Chikamso

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Source: Supplementary figure 3A

Description: Differential bacteria between the tumor and non-tumor tissues of gastric cancer patients by LEfSe analysis (LDA >3.0)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in tumor tissues of gastric cancer patients

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Bacilli
Fusobacteriaceae
Fusobacteriales
Fusobacteriia
Fusobacterium
Lactobacillales
Neisseriaceae
Fusobacteriota
subgroup 6subgroup 6

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