Gut microbiota of patients with different subtypes of gastric cancer and gastrointestinal stromal tumors

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Authors
Sarhadi V, Mathew B, Kokkola A, Karla T, Tikkanen M, Rautelin H, Lahti L, Puolakkainen P, Knuutila S
Journal
Gut pathogens
Year
2021
Keywords:
Diffuse gastric adenocarcinoma, GIST, Gut microbiota, Intestinal gastric adenocarcinoma
BACKGROUND: Gastric adenocarcinoma is associated with H. pylori infection and inflammation that can result in the dysbiosis of gastric microbiota. The association of intestinal microbiota with gastric adenocarcinoma subtypes or with gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) is however not well known. Therefore, we performed 16S rRNA gene sequencing on DNA isolated from stool samples of Finnish patients and controls to study differences in microbiota among different histological subtypes of gastric adenocarcinoma, gastric GIST and healthy controls. RESULTS: We found that gut microbiota alpha diversity was lowest in diffuse adenocarcinoma patients, followed by intestinal type and GIST patients, although the differences were not significant compared to controls. Beta-diversity analysis however showed significant differences in microbiota composition for all subtypes compared to controls. Significantly higher abundance of Enterobacteriaceae was observed in both adenocarcinoma subtypes, whereas lower abundance of Bifidobacteriaceae was seen only in diffuse adenocarcinoma and of Oscillibacter in intestinal adenocarcinoma. Both GIST and adenocarcinoma patients had higher abundance of Enterobacteriaceae and lower abundance of Lactobacillaceae and Oscillibacter while lower abundance of Lachnoclostridium, Bifidobacterium, Parabacteroides and Barnesiella was seen only in the adenocarcinoma patients. CONCLUSIONS: Our analysis shows association of higher Enterobacteriaceae abundance with all types of gastric tumors. Therefore it could be potentially useful as a marker of gastric malignancies. Lower gut microbiota diversity might be indicative of poorly differentiated, invasive, advanced or aggressive tumors and could possibly be a prognostic marker for gastric tumors.

Experiment 1


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Curated date: 2025/04/22

Curator: Shulamite

Revision editor(s): Shulamite

Subjects

Location of subjects
Finland
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
Feces Cow dung,Cow pat,Droppings,Dung,Excrement,Excreta,Faeces,Fecal material,Fecal matter,Fewmet,Frass,Guano,Matières fécales@fr,Merde@fr,Ordure,Partie de la merde@fr,Piece of shit,Porción de mierda@es,Portion of dung,Portion of excrement,Portion of faeces,Portion of fecal material,Portion of fecal matter,Portion of feces,Portion of guano,Portion of scat,Portionem cacas,Scat,Spoor,Spraint,Stool,Teil der fäkalien@de,Feces,feces
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Gastric adenocarcinoma adenocarcinoma - stomach,adenocarcinoma of stomach,adenocarcinoma of the stomach,gastric (stomach) adenocarcinoma,gastric adenocarcinoma,STAD,stomach adenocarcinoma,Gastric adenocarcinoma
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Healthy controls
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Gastric Adenocarcinoma
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
13
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
29
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
6 Months.

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
Not specified
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Ion Torrent

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
centered log-ratio
Statistical test
Mann-Whitney (Wilcoxon)
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)?
Yes

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2025/04/22

Curator: Shulamite

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Source: Table 2

Description: Taxonomic groups with significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in pair-wise comparison of gastric cancer types

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Gastric Adenocarcinoma

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Barnesiella
Bifidobacteriaceae
Bifidobacterium
Eubacteriaceae
Parabacteroides
Lactobacillaceae
Oscillospiraceae
Lachnoclostridium
Oscillibacter

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Signature 2

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Source: Table 2

Description: Taxonomic groups with significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in pair-wise comparison of gastric cancer types

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Gastric Adenocarcinoma

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Enterobacteriaceae

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Experiment 2


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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Colorectal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor colorectal (colon or rectal) gastrointestinal stromal tumor (gist),colorectal gastrointestinal stromal tumor,colorectal gastrointestinal stromal tumor (gist),colorectal gist,Colorectal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor,colorectal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Healthy control
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients diagnosed with gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
23

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
decreased

Signature 1

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Curator: Shulamite

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Source: Table 2 and Fig 4

Description: Taxonomic groups with significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in pair-wise comparison of gastric cancer types.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)

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Enterobacteriaceae

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Signature 2

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Source: Table 2 and Fig 4

Description: Taxonomic groups with significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in pair-wise comparison of gastric cancer types in pair-wise comparison between gastric cancer subgroups and controls.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)

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Oscillibacter
Lactobacillaceae

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Experiment 5


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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Gastric adenocarcinoma adenocarcinoma - stomach,adenocarcinoma of stomach,adenocarcinoma of the stomach,gastric (stomach) adenocarcinoma,gastric adenocarcinoma,STAD,stomach adenocarcinoma,Gastric adenocarcinoma
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Diffuse adenocarcinoma
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Subset of gastric adenocarcinoma patients with diffuse-type tumors.
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
12
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
6 Months

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
decreased

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2025/04/22

Curator: Shulamite

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Source: Table 3

Description: Taxa with significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in pair-wise comparison of gastric cancer subgroup

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Diffuse adenocarcinoma

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Enterobacteriaceae

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Signature 2

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Source: Table 3

Description: Taxa with significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in pair-wise comparison of gastric cancer subgroups

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Diffuse adenocarcinoma

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Bifidobacteriaceae

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Experiment 7


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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Intestinal adenocarcinoma
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Subset of gastric adenocarcinoma patients with intestinal-type tumors.
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
15

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
decreased

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-5-1

Curated date: 2025/04/22

Curator: Shulamite

Revision editor(s): Shulamite

Source: Table 3

Description: Taxa with significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in pair-wise comparison of gastric cancer subgroups.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Intestinal adenocarcinoma

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Enterobacteriaceae

Revision editor(s): Shulamite

Signature 2

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Curated date: 2025/04/22

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Source: Table 3

Description: Taxa with significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in pair-wise comparison of gastric cancer subgroups

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Intestinal adenocarcinoma

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Oscillibacter

Revision editor(s): Shulamite

Experiment 8


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Curator: Shulamite

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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Mixed adenocarcinoma
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Subset of gastric adenocarcinoma patients with mixed histological features
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
2

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
decreased

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2025/04/22

Curator: Shulamite

Revision editor(s): Shulamite

Source: Table 3

Description: Taxa with significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in pair-wise comparison of gastric cancer subgroups

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Mixed adenocarcinoma

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Holdemania

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Experiment 9


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Curated date: 2025/04/22

Curator: Shulamite

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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Colorectal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor colorectal (colon or rectal) gastrointestinal stromal tumor (gist),colorectal gastrointestinal stromal tumor,colorectal gastrointestinal stromal tumor (gist),colorectal gist,Colorectal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor,colorectal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
23

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

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-5-1

Curated date: 2025/04/22

Curator: Shulamite

Revision editor(s): Shulamite

Source: Table 3

Description: Taxa with significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in pair-wise comparison of gastric cancer subgroups.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Mixed adenocarcinoma

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Holdemania

Revision editor(s): Shulamite

Experiment 10


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Curated date: 2025/04/22

Curator: Shulamite

Revision editor(s): Shulamite

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Gastric adenocarcinoma adenocarcinoma - stomach,adenocarcinoma of stomach,adenocarcinoma of the stomach,gastric (stomach) adenocarcinoma,gastric adenocarcinoma,STAD,stomach adenocarcinoma,Gastric adenocarcinoma
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Intestinal adenocarcinoma
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Subset of gastric adenocarcinoma patients with mixed histological features.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
15

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

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-5-1

Curated date: 2025/04/22

Curator: Shulamite

Revision editor(s): Shulamite

Source: Table 3

Description: Taxa with significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in pair-wise comparison of gastric cancer subgroups

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Mixed adenocarcinoma

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Holdemania

Revision editor(s): Shulamite