Bifidobacteria support optimal infant vaccine responses

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Authors
Ryan FJ, Clarke M, Lynn MA, Benson SC, McAlister S, Giles LC, Choo JM, Rossouw C, Ng YY, Semchenko EA, Richard A, Leong LEX, Taylor SL, Blake SJ, Mugabushaka JI, Walker M, Wesselingh SL, Licciardi PV, Seib KL, Tumes DJ, Richmond P, Rogers GB, Marshall HS, Lynn DJ
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Nature
Year
2025
Accumulating evidence indicates that antibiotic exposure may lead to impaired vaccine responses1-4; however, the mechanisms underlying this association remain poorly understood. Here we prospectively followed 191 healthy, vaginally born, term infants from birth to 15 months, using a systems vaccinology approach to assess the effects of antibiotic exposure on immune responses to vaccination. Exposure to direct neonatal but not intrapartum antibiotics was associated with significantly lower antibody titres against various polysaccharides in the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and the Haemophilus influenzae type b polyribosylribitol phosphate and diphtheria toxoid antigens in the combined 6-in-1 Infanrix Hexa vaccine at 7 months of age. Blood from infants exposed to neonatal antibiotics had an inflammatory transcriptional profile before vaccination; in addition, faecal metagenomics showed reduced abundance of Bifidobacterium species in these infants at the time of vaccination, which was correlated with reduced vaccine antibody titres 6 months later. In preclinical models, responses to the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine were strongly dependent on an intact microbiota but could be restored in germ-free mice by administering a consortium of Bifidobacterium species or a probiotic already widely used in neonatal units. Our data suggest that microbiota-targeted interventions could mitigate the detrimental effects of early-life antibiotics on vaccine immunogenicity.

Experiment 1


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Curated date: 2025/04/07

Curator: ShadeAkinremi

Revision editor(s): ShadeAkinremi, Chloe

Subjects

Location of subjects
Australia
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
Response to vaccine Response to vaccine,response to vaccine
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Infacts exposed to antibiotics
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Infacts not exposed to antibiotics
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
These are infacts that were not exposed to antibiotics at peripartum period.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
111
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
80

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
WMS
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
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
centered log-ratio
Statistical test
metagenomeSeq
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
Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study
mode of birth


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Curated date: 2025/04/10

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Source: Figure 4D

Description: Comparison of the centered log-ratio abundance of taxa in the faecal microbiota of Neo-ABX, IP-ABX and PN-ABX infants, relative to No-ABX infants in week 1.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Infacts not exposed to antibiotics

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Bifidobacterium breve
Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis
Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum
Collinsella aerofaciens

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Source: Figure 4D

Description: Comparison of the centered log-ratio abundance of taxa in the faecal microbiota of Neo-ABX, IP-ABX and PN-ABX infants, relative to No-ABX infants in week 1.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Infacts not exposed to antibiotics

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Haemophilus sp.
Edwardsiella sp. (in: enterobacteria)
Streptococcus sp.

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Curated date: 2025/04/11

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Source: Figure 4E

Description: Comparison of the centered log-ratio abundance of taxa in the faecal microbiota of Neo-ABX, IP-ABX and PN-ABX infants, relative to No-ABX infants in week 2.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Infacts not exposed to antibiotics

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Bifidobacterium breve
Bifidobacterium bifidum
Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum
Collinsella aerofaciens

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Experiment 2


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Curated date: 2025/04/14

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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Response to antibiotic Response to antibiotic,response to antibiotic
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
124
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
79

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

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Curated date: 2025/04/14

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Source: Figure 6G, 6H, GI

Description: Extended analyses of the centered-log ratio (CLR) abundance of selected differentially abundant taxa in the faecal microbiota of Neo-ABX, IP-ABX and PN-ABX infants, relative to No-ABX infants in week 1.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Infacts not exposed to antibiotics

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Bifidobacterium breve
Bifidobacterium bifidum
Bifidobacterium longum
Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis

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Curated date: 2025/04/15

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Source: Figure 6G, 6H, GI

Description: Extended analyses of the centered-log ratio (CLR) abundance of selected differentially abundant taxa in the faecal microbiota of Neo-ABX, IP-ABX and PN-ABX infants, relative to No-ABX infants in week 1.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Infacts not exposed to antibiotics

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Enterobacter cloacae

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Experiment 3


Needs review

Curated date: 2025/04/15

Curator: ShadeAkinremi

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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Infacts exposed to antibiotics through their mothers during labor.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
55

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
Not specified


Signature 1

Needs review

Curated date: 2025/04/15

Curator: ShadeAkinremi

Revision editor(s): ShadeAkinremi

Source: Figure 6G, 6H

Description: Extended analyses of the centered-log ratio (CLR) abundance of selected differentially abundant taxa in the faecal microbiota of IP-ABX relative to No-ABX infants in week 1.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Infacts not exposed to antibiotics

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Enterobacter
Klebsiella
Haemophilus
Citrobacter
Streptococcus

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