Distinct alterations of gut microbiota between viral- and non-viral-related hepatocellular carcinoma

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Authors
Jinato T, Anuntakarun S, Satthawiwat N, Chuaypen N, Tangkijvanich P
Journal
Applied microbiology and biotechnology
Year
2024
Keywords:
16 s rRNA, Biomarker, Gut dysbiosis, HCC, NAFLD, Viral hepatitis
Altered gut microbiota has been connected to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) occurrence and advancement. This study was conducted to identify a gut microbiota signature in differentiating between viral-related HCC (Viral-HCC) and non-hepatitis B-, non-hepatitis C-related HCC (NBNC-HCC). Fecal specimens were obtained from 16 healthy controls, 33 patients with viral-HCC (17 and 16 cases with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, respectively), and 18 patients with NBNC-HCC. Compositions of fecal microbiota were assessed by 16S rRNA sequencing. Bioinformatic analysis was performed by the DADA2 pipeline in the R program. Significantly different genera from the top 50 relative abundance were used to classify between subgroups of HCC by the Random Forest algorithm. Our data demonstrated that the HCC group had a significantly decreased alpha-diversity and changed microbial composition in comparison with healthy controls. Within the top 50 relative abundance, there were 11 genera including Faecalibacterium, Agathobacter, and Coprococcus that were significantly enhanced in Viral-HCC, while 5 genera such as Bacteroides, Streptococcus, Ruminococcus gnavus group, Parabacteroides, and Erysipelatoclostridium were enhanced in NBNC-HCC. Compared to Viral-HCC, the NBNC-HCC subgroup significantly reduced various short-chain fatty acid-producing bacteria, as well as declined fecal butyrate but elevated plasma surrogate markers of microbial translocation. Based on the machine learning algorithm, a high diagnostic accuracy to classify HCC subgroups was achieved with an area under the receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) of 0.94. Collectively, these data revealed that gut dysbiosis was distinct according to etiological factors of HCC, which might play an essential role in hepatocarcinogenesis. These findings underscore the possible use of a gut microbiota signature for the diagnosis and therapeutic approaches regarding different subgroups of HCC. KEY POINTS: • Gut dysbiosis is connected to hepatocarcinogenesis and can be used as a novel biomarker. • Gut microbiota composition is significantly altered in different etiological factors of HCC. • Microbiota-based signature can accurately distinguish between Viral-HCC and NBNC-HCC.

Experiment 1


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Subjects

Location of subjects
Thailand
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
Hepatocellular carcinoma adult hepatoma,adult primary hepatocellular carcinoma,cancer, hepatocellular,carcinoma of liver,carcinoma of liver cells,carcinoma of the liver cells,carcinoma, hepatocellular, malignant,HCC,hepatoblastoma,hepatoblastoma caused by somatic mutation,hepatocellular adenocarcinoma,hepatocellular cancer,hepatocellular carcinoma,hepatoma,liver and intrahepatic bile duct carcinoma,liver cancer,liver carcinoma,liver cell cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma),liver cell carcinoma,primary carcinoma of liver cells,primary carcinoma of the liver cells,Hepatocellular carcinoma
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
Patients with Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
patients with viral related hepatocellular carcinoma or non-hepatitis B-, non-hepatitis C-related hepatocellular carcinoma whose diagnosis of HCC was documented by dynamic computed tomography (CT) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) regarding the clinical guideline of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
16
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
51
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
within 2 weeks of fecal sample collection

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).
relative abundances
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)?
No


Signature 1

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Source: Table 2

Description: The significant taxa from the top 50 relative abundance genus level compared between healthy controls and Hepatocellular carcinoma patients.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Patients with Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

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Bacteroides
Streptococcus
Mediterraneibacter gnavus
Veillonella
Thomasclavelia

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Source: Table 2

Description: The significant taxa from the top 50 relative abundance genus level compared between healthy controls and Hepatocellular carcinoma patients.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Patients with Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

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Anaerobutyricum hallii
Romboutsia
UCG-002UCG-002
Erysipelotrichaceae UCG-003Erysipelotrichaceae UCG-003
Bilophila
Lachnospiraceae bacterium NK4A136
Lachnospiraceae ND3007 groupLachnospiraceae ND3007 group

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Subjects

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Hepatitis virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma hepatitis virus-related hepatocellular cancer,Hepatitis virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma,hepatitis virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
viral-related Hepatocellular carcinoma
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
non-hepatitis B-, non-hepatitis C-related Hepatocellular carcinoma
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients with non-hepatitis B-, non-hepatitis C-related Hepatocellular carcinoma whose diagnosis of HCC was documented by dynamic computed tomography (CT) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) regarding the clinical guideline of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
33
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
decreased
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
unchanged
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
decreased

Signature 1

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Source: Table 3

Description: The significant taxa from the top 50 relative abundance genus level compared between Viral- and NBNC-HCC

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in non-hepatitis B-, non-hepatitis C-related Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Bacteroides
Streptococcus
Mediterraneibacter gnavus
Parabacteroides
Thomasclavelia

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Source: Table 3

Description: The significant taxa from the top 50 relative abundance genus level compared between Viral- and NBNC-HCC

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in non-hepatitis B-, non-hepatitis C-related Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Faecalibacterium
Agathobacter
Prevotella
Coprococcus
Subdoligranulum
Holdemanella
Ruminococcus gauvreauii
Lachnospiraceae ND3007 groupLachnospiraceae ND3007 group
Erysipelotrichaceae UCG-003Erysipelotrichaceae UCG-003
CAG56CAG56
Lachnospiraceae UCG-004Lachnospiraceae UCG-004

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Subjects

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Statistical test
LEfSe
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
2

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

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Source: Figure 4B

Description: LEfSe identifies the microbiota that differed the most between NBNC-HCC and Viral-HCC

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in non-hepatitis B-, non-hepatitis C-related Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Clostridiaceae
Eubacteriales
Oscillospiraceae
UBA1819UBA1819
Lactobacillales
Carnobacteriaceae
Granulicatella
Bacillota
Peptostreptococcaceae

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Source: Figure 4B

Description: LEfSe identifies the microbiota that differed the most between NBNC-HCC and Viral-HCC

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in non-hepatitis B-, non-hepatitis C-related Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Lachnospirales
Lachnospiraceae
Bacteroidota
Bacteroidia
Bacteroidales
Prevotellaceae

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Experiment 4


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Subjects

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Hepatocellular carcinoma adult hepatoma,adult primary hepatocellular carcinoma,cancer, hepatocellular,carcinoma of liver,carcinoma of liver cells,carcinoma of the liver cells,carcinoma, hepatocellular, malignant,HCC,hepatoblastoma,hepatoblastoma caused by somatic mutation,hepatocellular adenocarcinoma,hepatocellular cancer,hepatocellular carcinoma,hepatoma,liver and intrahepatic bile duct carcinoma,liver cancer,liver carcinoma,liver cell cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma),liver cell carcinoma,primary carcinoma of liver cells,primary carcinoma of the liver cells,Hepatocellular carcinoma
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Healthy controls
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients with non-hepatitis B-, non-hepatitis C-related Hepatocellular carcinoma whose diagnosis of HCC was documented by dynamic computed tomography (CT) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) regarding the clinical guideline of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
16

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Statistical test
Not specified
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
Not specified
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
Not specified

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
decreased

Experiment 5


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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Hepatitis virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma hepatitis virus-related hepatocellular cancer,Hepatitis virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma,hepatitis virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Hepatitis-B virus related Hepatocellular carcinoma
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
17

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

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