Analysis of oral microbiome in glaucoma patients using machine learning prediction models

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Authors
Yoon BW, Lim SH, Shin JH, Lee JW, Lee Y, Seo JH
Journal
Journal of oral microbiology
Year
2021
Keywords:
Neurodegenerative, biomarker, dysbiosis, glaucoma, oral microbiome
Purpose: The microbiome is considered an environmental factor that contributes to the progression of several neurodegenerative diseases. However, the association between microbiome and glaucoma remains unclear. This study investigated the features of the oral microbiome in patients with glaucoma and analyzed the microbiome biomarker candidates using a machine learning approach to predict the severity of glaucoma. Methods: The taxonomic composition of the oral microbiome was obtained using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, operational taxonomic unit analysis, and diversity analysis. The differentially expressed gene (DEG) analysis was performed to determine the taxonomic differences between the microbiomes of patients with glaucoma and the control participants. Multinomial logistic regression and association rule mining analysis using machine learning were performed to identify the microbiome biomarker related to glaucoma severity. Results: DEG analysis of the oral microbiome of patients with glaucoma revealed significant depletion of Lactococcus (P = 3.71e-31), whereas Faecalibacterium was enriched (P = 9.19e-14). The candidate rules generated from the oral microbiome, including Lactococcus, showed 96% accuracy for association with glaucoma. Conclusions: Our findings indicate microbiome biomarkers for glaucoma severity with high accuracy. The relatively low oral Lactococcus in the glaucoma population suggests that microbial dysbiosis could play an important role in the pathophysiology of glaucoma.

Experiment 1


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Subjects

Location of subjects
Republic of Korea
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
Buccal mucosa Buccal mucosa,buccal mucosa
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Glaucoma glaucoma,glaucoma (disease),Glaucoma (disorder),Glaucoma associated with other ocular disorders,Glaucoma associated with other ocular disorders (disorder),Glaucoma associated with other ocular disorders NOS,Glaucoma associated with other ocular disorders NOS (disorder),GLAUCOMA NEC,Glaucoma NOS,Glaucoma NOS (disorder),Glaucoma, NOS,Glaucomas,Other specified forms of glaucoma,Other specified forms of glaucoma (disorder),Other specified glaucoma,Other specified glaucoma NOS,Other specified glaucoma NOS (disorder),Unspecified glaucoma,Glaucoma
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Control subjects
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Glaucoma
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients diagnosed with glaucoma
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
25
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-V4
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).
raw counts
Statistical test
edgeR
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.00001
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
decreased
Richness Number of species
decreased

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Source: Figure 5b, Supplementary Table S1

Description: Differentially abundant taxa between glaucoma patients and control subjects

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Glaucoma

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Blautia
Candidatus Aenigmatarchaeota
Candidatus Carsonella
Faecalibacterium
Lachnospiraceae incertae sedis
Salarchaeum
Sulfophobococcus
Vampirovibrio
Woesearchaeota Incertae Sedis AR18Woesearchaeota Incertae Sedis AR18
Woesearchaeota Incertae Sedis AR20Woesearchaeota Incertae Sedis AR20
Pacearchaeota Incertae Sedis AR13Pacearchaeota Incertae Sedis AR13

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Source: Figure 5b, Supplementary Table S1

Description: Differentially abundant taxa between glaucoma patients and control subjects

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Glaucoma

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Alkaliflexus
Anaerosinus
Anaerosporobacter
Anoxybacillus
Atopobacter
Atopobium
Austwickia
Bavariicoccus
Beutenbergia
Candidatus Pelagibacter
Chlamydia
Dermabacter
Desemzia
Eilatimonas
Geobacillus
Geofilum
Granulicatella
Haloechinothrix
Humibacillus
Hydrogenimonas
Isobaculum
Jeotgalibaca
Lachnoanaerobaculum
Lacticigenium
Lactococcus
Luteipulveratus
Marihabitans
Megasphaera
Melissococcus
Methylomarinum
Miniimonas
Morganella
Negativicoccus
Oribacterium
Ornithinicoccus
Piscicoccus
Prevotella
Psychrobacter
Psychrosinus
Salana
Sedimenticola
Solobacterium
Stomatobaculum
Tetragenococcus
Veillonella
Marinimicrobia_genera_incertae_sedisMarinimicrobia_genera_incertae_sedis
Anaeroarcus
Anaeromusa

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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Open-angle glaucoma glaucoma (primary open-angle),glaucoma simplex,glaucoma, open-angle,open angle glaucoma,open-angle glaucoma,pigmentary glaucoma,wide-angle glaucoma,Open-angle glaucoma
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
POAG (Primary open-angle glaucoma)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients diagnosed with primary open-angle glaucoma
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
62

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
decreased
Richness Number of species
decreased

Signature 1

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Source: Figure 6b, Supplementary Table S2

Description: Differentially abundant taxa between primary open-angle glaucoma patients and control subjects

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in POAG (Primary open-angle glaucoma)

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Faecalibacterium
Lachnospiraceae incertae sedis
Blautia
Parabacteroides
Sulfophobococcus

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Source: Figure 6b, Supplementary Table S2

Description: Differentially abundant taxa between primary open-angle glaucoma patients and control subjects

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in POAG (Primary open-angle glaucoma)

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Anaerosinus
Anaerosporobacter
Atopobium
Austwickia
Bavariicoccus
Candidatus Pelagibacter
Dermabacter
Eilatimonas
Granulicatella
Haloechinothrix
Humibacillus
Hydrogenimonas
Isobaculum
Lactococcus
Luteipulveratus
Marihabitans
Melissococcus
Miniimonas
Negativicoccus
Ornithinicoccus
Psychrosinus
Salana
Stomatobaculum
Veillonella
Marinimicrobia_genera_incertae_sedisMarinimicrobia_genera_incertae_sedis
Megasphaera
Oribacterium
Lachnoanaerobaculum
Anaeromusa
Anaeroarcus
Piscicoccus
Lacticigenium
Geofilum
Psychrobacter
Tetragenococcus
Morganella
Endobacter
Vagococcus
Chlamydia
Demetria
Beutenbergia
Atopobacter

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