Large-scale characterisation of the pregnancy vaginal microbiome and sialidase activity in a low-risk Chinese population

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Authors
Ng S, Chen M, Kundu S, Wang X, Zhou Z, Zheng Z, Qing W, Sheng H, Wang Y, He Y, Bennett PR, MacIntyre DA, Zhou H
Journal
NPJ biofilms and microbiomes
Year
2021
Vaginal microbiota-host interactions are linked to preterm birth (PTB), which continues to be the primary cause of global childhood mortality. Due to population size, the majority of PTB occurs in Asia, yet there have been few studies of the pregnancy vaginal microbiota in Asian populations. Here, we characterized the vaginal microbiome of 2689 pregnant Chinese women using metataxonomics and in a subset (n = 819), the relationship between vaginal microbiota composition, sialidase activity and leukocyte presence and pregnancy outcomes. Vaginal microbiota were most frequently dominated by Lactobacillus crispatus or L. iners, with the latter associated with vaginal leukocyte presence. Women with high sialidase activity were enriched for bacterial vaginosis-associated genera including Gardnerella, Atopobium and Prevotella. Vaginal microbiota composition, high sialidase activity and/or leukocyte presence was not associated with PTB risk suggesting underlying differences in the vaginal microbiota and/or host immune responses of Chinese women, possibly accounting for low PTB rates in this population.

Experiment 1


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Curated date: 2024/04/23

Curator: Rahila

Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica

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
Posterior fornix of vagina Pars posterior fornicis vaginae,Posterior fornix,Posterior part of fornix of vagina,Posterior fornix of vagina,posterior fornix of vagina
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Birth measurement Birth measurement,birth measurement
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Low vaginal sialidase activity
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
High vaginal sialidase activity
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Women with high vaginal sialidase activity, which is often associated with bacterial vaginosis (BV)
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
783
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
36
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
Within 30 days

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
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
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)?
Yes
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
2.0

Alpha Diversity

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

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Source: FIG 2 (C)

Description: LDA analysis in vaginal microbiota of women with low (green) versus high (red) vaginal sialidase activity

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in High vaginal sialidase activity

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Actinomycetota
Aerococcaceae
Aerococcus
Aerococcus sp.
Atopobium
Bacteroidales
Bacteroidia
Bifidobacteriaceae
Bifidobacteriales
Clostridia
Clostridiaceae
Clostridium
Clostridium sp.
Coriobacteriaceae
Coriobacteriales
Coriobacteriia
Dialister
Dialister sp.
Eubacteriales
Fannyhessea vaginae
Gardnerella
Gardnerella sp.
Gemella
Gemella sp.
Gemellaceae
Limosilactobacillus fermentum
Megasphaera
Megasphaera sp.
Parvimonas
Parvimonas sp.
Prevotella
Prevotella sp.
Prevotellaceae
Tissierellaceae
Veillonellaceae
Genus_OtherGenus_Other
Species_OtherSpecies_Other
GemellalesGemellales

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Source: FIG 2 (C)

Description: LDA analysis in vaginal microbiota of women with low (green) versus high (red) vaginal sialidase activity

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in High vaginal sialidase activity

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Alphaproteobacteria
Bacilli
Bacillota
Betaproteobacteria
Burkholderia
Burkholderia sp.
Burkholderiaceae
Burkholderiales
Chitinophagaceae
Comamonadaceae
Delftia
Delftia sp.
Herbaspirillum
Herbaspirillum sp.
Lactobacillaceae
Lactobacillales
Lactobacillus
Lactobacillus crispatus
Lactobacillus jensenii
Pseudomonadota
Saprospira
Saprospirales
Sediminibacterium
Sediminibacterium sp.

Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica

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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Leukocyte low (grades I-II)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Leukocyte high (grades III-IV)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Vaginal microbiota of women with Leukocyte high (grades III-IV)

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

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Curator: Rahila

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Source: FIG 3 (C)

Description: LDA analysis in vaginal microbiota of women with leukocyte low (grades I-II, green) versus leukocyte high (grades III-IV, red)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Leukocyte high (grades III-IV)

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Bacilli
Bacillota
Betaproteobacteria
Burkholderia
Burkholderia sp.
Burkholderiaceae
Burkholderiales
Delftia
Delftia sp.
Lactobacillaceae
Lactobacillales
Lactobacillus
Lactobacillus iners
Peptoniphilus
Peptoniphilus sp.
Family_OtherFamily_Other
Genus_OtherGenus_Other
Species_OtherSpecies_Other

Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica

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Curator: Rahila

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Source: FIG 3 (C)

Description: LDA analysis in vaginal microbiota of women with leukocyte low (grades I-II, green) versus leukocyte high (grades III-IV, red)

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Leukocyte high (grades III-IV)

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Alcaligenaceae
Alphaproteobacteria
Anaerococcus
Anaerococcus sp.
Bifidobacteriaceae
Bifidobacteriales
Clostridia
Comamonadaceae
Eubacteriales
Streptococcaceae
Streptococcus
Streptococcus anginosus
Streptococcus lutetiensis
Sutterella
Sutterella sp.
Tissierellaceae

Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica