Gut microbiome of treatment-naïve MS patients of different ethnicities early in disease course

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Citation
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Authors
Ventura RE, Iizumi T, Battaglia T, Liu M, Perez-Perez GI, Herbert J, Blaser MJ
Journal
Scientific reports
Year
2019
Although the intestinal microbiome has been increasingly implicated in autoimmune diseases, much is unknown about its roles in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Our aim was to compare the microbiome between treatment-naïve MS subjects early in their disease course and controls, and between Caucasian (CA), Hispanic (HA), and African American (AA) MS subjects. From fecal samples, we performed 16S rRNA V4 sequencing and analysis from 45 MS subjects (15 CA, 16 HA, 14 AA) and 44 matched healthy controls, and whole metagenomic shotgun sequencing from 24 MS subjects (all newly diagnosed, treatment-naïve, and steroid-free) and 24 controls. In all three ethnic groups, there was an increased relative abundance of the same single genus, Clostridium, compared to ethnicity-matched controls. Analysis of microbiota networks showed significant changes in the network characteristics between combined MS cohorts and controls, suggesting global differences not restricted to individual taxa. Metagenomic analysis revealed significant enrichment of individual species within Clostridia as well as particular functional pathways in the MS subjects. The increased relative abundance of Clostridia in all three early MS cohorts compared to controls provides candidate taxa for further study as biomarkers or as etiologic agents in MS.

Experiment 1


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Curated date: 2024/10/02

Curator: MyleeeA

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Subjects

Location of subjects
United States of America
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
Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis Acute Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis,MS RELAPSING REMITTING,Multiple Sclerosis, Acute Relapsing,Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing Remitting,Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting,Multiple Sclerosis, Remitting-Relapsing,Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis,Relapsing-remitting MS,relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis,Remitting Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis,Remitting-Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis,RRMS,Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
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
Caucasian Americans (CA)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Individuals diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) who were Caucasian Americans
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
15
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
15
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
Less than 3 months

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)?
No
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
2
Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study
ethnic group

Alpha Diversity

Faith Phylogenetic diversity, takes into account phylogenetic distance of all taxa identified in a sample
unchanged

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Source: Figure 2D

Description: Differential abundance of taxa in Caucasian MS and control samples.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Caucasian Americans (CA)

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Verrucomicrobiales
Verrucomicrobiota
Verrucomicrobiaceae
Verrucomicrobiia
Clostridium
MogibacteriaceaeMogibacteriaceae
Akkermansia

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Experiment 2


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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Hispanic Americans (HA)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Individuals diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) who were Hispanic Americans by Ethnicity
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
16

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Faith Phylogenetic diversity, takes into account phylogenetic distance of all taxa identified in a sample
unchanged

Signature 1

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Curator: MyleeeA

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Source: Figure 2E

Description: Differential abundance of taxa's that were significantly enriched in Hispanic MS and control samples using linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score of differences by LDA effect size (LEfSe)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Hispanic Americans (HA)

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Blautia
Clostridium
Bacilli
Dorea
Holdemania
Adlercreutzia

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Source: Figure 2E

Description: Differential abundance of taxa's that were significantly enriched in Hispanic MS and control samples using linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score of differences by LDA effect size (LEfSe)

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Hispanic Americans (HA)

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Dialister
Lachnospira
Prevotella
Prevotellaceae
Slackia
ParaprevotellaceaeParaprevotellaceae
Muribaculaceae

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Experiment 3


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Curated date: 2024/10/02

Curator: MyleeeA

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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
African Americans (AA)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Individuals diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) who were African Americans by Ethnicity
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
14
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
14

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Faith Phylogenetic diversity, takes into account phylogenetic distance of all taxa identified in a sample
unchanged

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2024/10/04

Curator: MyleeeA

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Source: Figure 2F

Description: Differential abundance of taxa's that were significantly enriched in African American MS and control samples using linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score of differences by LDA effect size (LEfSe)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in African Americans (AA)

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Adlercreutzia
Butyricicoccus
Clostridium
Coriobacteriaceae
Coriobacteriales
Coriobacteriia

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Experiment 4


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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
All treatment-naïve Multiple Sclerosis subjects who were diagnosed within 6 months of the specimen collection. They subjects included Caucasian American, Hispanic American and African American.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
24
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
24
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
Less than 3months

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
WMS
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
Not specified

Statistical Analysis

Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study
ethnic group, age


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Source: Figure 4

Description: Differential abundance of taxa in the Multiple Sclerosis and control subjects from Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) analysis as determined by LDA effect size (LEfSe).

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

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Adlercreutzia equolifaciens
Alistipes onderdonkii
Anaerofustis stercorihominis
Anaerotruncus colihominis
Blautia producta
Clostridium sp. KLE 1755
Dialister invisus
Eggerthella lenta
Enterocloster asparagiformis
Enterocloster bolteae
Enterocloster citroniae
Enterocloster clostridioformis
Erysipelotrichaceae bacterium 2_2_44A
Erysipelotrichaceae bacterium 6_1_45
Escherichia coli
Eubacterium sp. 3_1_31
Gardnerella vaginalis
Gordonibacter pamelaeae
Hoylesella timonensis
Hungatella hathewayi
Intestinibacter bartlettii
Lachnospiraceae bacterium 3_1_57FAA_CT1
Lachnospiraceae bacterium 5_1_57FAA
Lactococcus lactis
Mediterraneibacter gnavus
Peptostreptococcus anaerobius
Porphyromonas asaccharolytica
Porphyromonas uenonis
Prevotella bivia
Prevotella disiens
Ruminococcus sp. 5_1_39BFAA
Streptococcus mutans
Subdoligranulum sp. 4_3_54A2FAA
Thomasclavelia ramosa
[Clostridium] innocuum
[Clostridium] leptum
[Clostridium] methylpentosum
[Clostridium] nexile
[Clostridium] symbiosum

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Signature 2

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Curated date: 2024/10/04

Curator: MyleeeA

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Source: Figure 4

Description: Differential abundance of taxa in the Multiple Sclerosis and control subjects from Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) analysis as determined by LDA effect size (LEfSe).

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

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Burkholderiales bacterium 1_1_47
Haemophilus parainfluenzae
Alistipes senegalensis
Bacteroides xylanisolvens
Odoribacter splanchnicus
Barnesiella intestinihominis

Revision editor(s): MyleeeA